OBITUARY NOTICES
	Br Med J  1972;3:771-773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.771 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1972;3:776-778, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.776 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Neonatal Paediatrics
	Douglas Gairdner
	Br Med J  1972;3:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.774 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Instrumentation in Medicine
	J. Tinker
	Br Med J  1972;3:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.774-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Herpes, Chickenpox, and Shingles
	K. Hellmann
	Br Med J  1972;3:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.774-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Synthetic and Biological Cardiac Prostheses
	Celia M. Oakley
	Br Med J  1972;3:775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.775 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Reluctant Bowel
	S. C. Truelove
	Br Med J  1972;3:775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.775-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Geriatric Plans
	R. W. Parnell
	Br Med J  1972;3:760, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.760 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Payment by Colour
	C. J. B. Hundleby
	Br Med J  1972;3:765-766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.765-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	College of Anaesthetists
	J. Chari, S. Mehta
	Br Med J  1972;3:766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.766-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Advice on Contraception
	E. O. Evans
	Br Med J  1972;3:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.767-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Advice on Contraception
	Derek Phillips
	Br Med J  1972;3:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.767-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Advice on Contraception
	D. R. Aylin
	Br Med J  1972;3:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.767-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Advice on Contraception
	J. A. Lunn
	Br Med J  1972;3:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.767-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Hospital Consultant's Secretary
	P. D. Roberts
	Br Med J  1972;3:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.768-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Hospital Consultant's Secretary
	J. K. Oates
	Br Med J  1972;3:768-769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.768-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	St. Stephen's Hospital Group
	O. A. N. Husain
	Br Med J  1972;3:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.769 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lumbar Disc Problems
	James Cyriax
	Br Med J  1972;3:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.769-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Defence Society Subscriptions
	J. H. MacLaughlin
	Br Med J  1972;3:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.769-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cold Drink and Syncope
	R. H. Townshend
	Br Med J  1972;3:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.770 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Contraception and Infertility
	John Slome
	Br Med J  1972;3:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.770-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Overseas Conference
	H. Vincent Corbett
	Br Med J  1972;3:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.770-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	N.H.S. Reorganization
	A. J. Chadwick
	Br Med J  1972;3:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.770-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Regional Hospital Staffing
	F. J. Bramble
	Br Med J  1972;3:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.770-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Evaluation of Spontaneous Reports of Adverse Reactions to Drugs
	William H. W. Inman, David A. Price Evans
	Br Med J  1972;3:746-749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.746 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Optimal Electrical Stimulus for Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis
	A. N. Nicolaides, V. V. Kakkar, E. S. Field, P. Fish
	Br Med J  1972;3:756-758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.756 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Lord Ballantrae
	Br Med J  1972;3:759, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.759 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Originals

This week's Papers and Originals

	Oral Contraceptives and Breast Neoplasia: A Retrospective Study
	Martin P. Vessey, Richard Doll, Peter M. Sutton
	Br Med J  1972;3:719-724, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.719 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Daily Requirement of Oxygen to Reverse Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Chronic Bronchitis
	R. D. Stark, P. Finnegan, J. M. Bishop
	Br Med J  1972;3:724-728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.724 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of Methylcellulose on Rectal and Colonic Pressures in Treatment of Diverticular Disease
	John Hodgson
	Br Med J  1972;3:729-731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.729 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Relation between Serum Cholesterol and Triglyceride Concentration and Haemoglobin Values in Non-anaemic Healthy Persons
	L. E. Böttiger, L. A. Carlson
	Br Med J  1972;3:731-733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.731 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Serum Enzyme Levels in Diagnosis of Postoperative Myocardial Infarction
	Sylvia M. Watkins, Adam Lewis
	Br Med J  1972;3:733-735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.733 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosis of Ruptured Aneurysm of Abdominal Aorta
	J. P. Pryor
	Br Med J  1972;3:735-736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.735 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Incidence of β-Thalassaemia Trait among Cypriots in London
	C. B. Modell, A. Benson, C. R. Payling Wright
	Br Med J  1972;3:737-738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.737 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Latent Osteomalacia in Epileptic Patients on Anticonvulsants
	Claus Christiansen, Mogens Kristensen, Paul Rødbro
	Br Med J  1972;3:738-739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.738 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Immunosuppression and malignancy.
	Br Med J  1972;3:713-714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.713 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Maternal deaths.
	Br Med J  1972;3:714-715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.714 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gas gangrene and hyperbaric oxygen.
	Br Med J  1972;3:715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.715 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unquiet rest.
	Br Med J  1972;3:715-716, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.715-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	To nibble or gorge?
	Br Med J  1972;3:716-717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.716 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Toxicity of thallium.
	Br Med J  1972;3:717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.717 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Urinary incontinence in women.
	Br Med J  1972;3:717-718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.717-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fat embolism and cerebral infarction after use of methylmethacrylic cement.
	J H Adams, D I Graham, E Mills, T G Sprunt
	Br Med J  1972;3:740-741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.740 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Erythropoietic protoporphyria: first report in an Indian.
	L K Bhutani, S G Deshpande, S K Sood
	Br Med J  1972;3:741-742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.741 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiovascular disease in the tropics. II. Endomyocardial fibrosis.
	A G Shaper
	Br Med J  1972;3:743-746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.743 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Variations in pharmaceutical and medical practice in Europe.
	D Dunlop, R S Inch
	Br Med J  1972;3:749-752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.749 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Infantile autism or infantile psychoses.
	I Kolvin
	Br Med J  1972;3:753-755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.753 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Crohn's disease and pregnancy.
	D H Soltau
	Br Med J  1972;3:760-761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.760-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anabolic steroids in athletics.
	D Freed, A J Banks, D Longson
	Br Med J  1972;3:761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.761 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Was it a drug?
	J L Burn
	Br Med J  1972;3:761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.761-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Immunosuppression by co-trimoxazole.
	H Arvilommi, M Vuori, A Salmi
	Br Med J  1972;3:761-762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.761-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ultrasound in diagnosing hydrocephalus.
	M F Reed
	Br Med J  1972;3:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.762 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosing secondary syphilis.
	M A Waugh
	Br Med J  1972;3:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.762-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical preadmission clinic.
	J A Williams, J M Yates
	Br Med J  1972;3:762-763, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.762-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Au antigen and antibody in cord and maternal serum.
	D G Woodfield
	Br Med J  1972;3:763, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.763 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Propranolol in renal failure.
	P Franzen, A Pasternack
	Br Med J  1972;3:763, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.763-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rosette inhibition test in management of transplantations.
	R F Wood, A Gray, P R Bell, J D Briggs
	Br Med J  1972;3:763-764, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.763-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Allergy to house-dust mites in the tropics.
	D J Buchanan, I G Jones
	Br Med J  1972;3:764, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.764 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chinese heroin.
	M W Carney
	Br Med J  1972;3:764, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.764-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	School refusal.
	B H Burne
	Br Med J  1972;3:764-765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.764-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Haemolytic streptococcus group R infection.
	O Koldkjaer, G Nielsen
	Br Med J  1972;3:765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.765 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Toxic amblyopia from ibuprofen.
	C A Palmer
	Br Med J  1972;3:765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.765-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Depigmentation from corticosteroid.
	E Bloomfield
	Br Med J  1972;3:766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.766 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Case of parotitis.
	K A Anderson
	Br Med J  1972;3:766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.766-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cataracts after renal transplantation.
	R Porter, A L Crombie
	Br Med J  1972;3:766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.766-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Training anaesthetists.
	C J Elliott
	Br Med J  1972;3:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.767 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abdominal distension.
	G A Lavy
	Br Med J  1972;3:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.767-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mechanics of elastic bandaging.
	H D Johnson
	Br Med J  1972;3:767-768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.767-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating incontinence electrically.
	H Kiesswetter
	Br Med J  1972;3:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.768 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Kirschner wire extraction forceps.
	C L Colton
	Br Med J  1972;3:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.768-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unit doses.
	L Greenfield, J G Iles
	Br Med J  1972;3:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.768-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Problems with asthma.
	L E Houghton
	Br Med J  1972;3:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.769-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Latex agglutination test and H.A.A.
	M al-Hujaj, H Schönthal
	Br Med J  1972;3:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.769-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Placental tumour.
	L D Courtney
	Br Med J  1972;3:769-770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5829.769-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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