The inhumanity of medicine
	D J Weatherall
	BMJ  1994;309:1671-1672 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical marriages
	Claire Beiser, John Roberts
	BMJ  1994;309:1673 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The rich man in his castle
	Peter Townsend
	BMJ  1994;309:1674-1675 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The poor man at his gate
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  1994;309:1675-1676 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The animal kingdom bites back
	Paul Garner, Mary E Gibson, Carole Wilson
	BMJ  1994;309:1676 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Mixed Messages

This week's Mixed Messages

	Whatalotwegot--the messages in drug advertisements
	R E Ferner, D K Scott
	BMJ  1994;309:1734-1736 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cross words
	D R Appleton
	BMJ  1994;309:1737-1738 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas wishes
	H E Emson
	BMJ  1994;309:1738-1739 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	An audit of excuses
	V Wright
	BMJ  1994;309:1739-1740 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A lesson in Indonesian:
	Dorothy Logie
	BMJ  1994;309:1690 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prawn bites fisherman:
	Alberto Gregori, Gordon Mackay
	BMJ  1994;309:1695 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Postscript:
	Hilary Jackson
	BMJ  1994;309:1736 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Summer visitors:
	Christina Scott-Moncrieff
	BMJ  1994;309:1740 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BITES

This week's BITES

	Crocodile bites and traditional beliefs in Korogwe District, Tanzania
	Richard Scott, Heather Scott
	BMJ  1994;309:1691-1692 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Come back DDT--all is forgiven
	Jacqueline Currey
	BMJ  1994;309:1692 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tickborne melanoma?
	Saul M Halpern, Dowling D Munro
	BMJ  1994;309:1693 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Squirrel bites
	J P Wyatt
	BMJ  1994;309:1694 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Once bitten, twice shy
	J Marshall, E Sharp, I G Barrison
	BMJ  1994;309:1694-1695 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

COVER

This week's COVER

	Cover story: Meg Campbell's "Mother and Child"
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  1994;309:1708 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

HOBBY HORSES

This week's HOBBY HORSES

	De inertia urbanorum
	Ronald Williams
	BMJ  1994;309:1741-1745 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Another kind of flying doctor
	Iain Macintyre
	BMJ  1994;309:1745-1746 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PAST AND PRESENT

This week's PAST AND PRESENT

	John Marshall: the making of true spectacles
	D J Bryden, D L Simms
	BMJ  1994;309:1713-1714 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dr Doubledose: a taste of one's own medicine
	Roy Porter
	BMJ  1994;309:1714-1718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.309.6970.1714 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The earliest days of first aid
	John Pearn
	BMJ  1994;309:1718-1720 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adelaide Bartlett and the Pimlico mystery
	Michael Farrell
	BMJ  1994;309:1720-1723 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Frederick Cayley Robinson's Acts of Mercy murals at the Middlesex Hospital, London
	J H Baron
	BMJ  1994;309:1723-1724 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Thank you, Mr Shaw
	Murray T Pheils
	BMJ  1994;309:1724-1726 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Gulag
	Igor Kosserev, Ralph Crawshaw
	BMJ  1994;309:1726-1730 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine at the centre of the nation's affairs
	Maurice Shock
	BMJ  1994;309:1730-1733 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PHOTO FINISH

This week's PHOTO FINISH

	Photo finish
	BMJ  1994;309:1747-1748 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

SCIENCE

This week's SCIENCE

	The miracle of DICE therapy for acute stroke: fact or fictional product of subgroup analysis?
	Carl E Counsell, Mike J Clarke, Jim Slattery, Peter A G Sandercock
	BMJ  1994;309:1677-1681 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Handedness and longevity: archival study of cricketers
	John P Aggleton, J Martin Bland, Robert W Kentridge, Nicholas J Neave
	BMJ  1994;309:1681-1684 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Colour blind cricketers and snowballs
	Nicholas Goddard, Dominic Coull
	BMJ  1994;309:1684-1685 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How sensitive are cardiac surgeons' fingers?
	G D Angelini, M B Izzat, A J Bryan, R R West
	BMJ  1994;309:1685-1686 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ability to distinguish whisky (uisge beatha) from brandy (cognac)
	E J Moran Campbell, Diana M E Campbell, Robin S Roberts
	BMJ  1994;309:1686-1688 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: A spirited attempt
	Ken MacRae
	BMJ  1994;309:1688 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of ale, garlic, and soured cream on the appetite of leeches
	Anders Baerheim, Hogne Sandvik
	BMJ  1994;309:1689 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The killing season--fact or fiction?
	Paul Aylin, F Azeem Majeed
	BMJ  1994;309:1690 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

THE INHUMANITY AND HUMANITY OF MEDICINE

This week's THE INHUMANITY AND HUMANITY OF MEDICINE

	Dying for palliative care
	Anonymous
	BMJ  1994;309:1696-1699 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Going private: time for change
	Anonymous
	BMJ  1994;309:1699-1700 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The price of truth
	Graham Pink
	BMJ  1994;309:1700-1705 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A passage through grief--the Western Australian Rural Pregnancy Loss Team
	Simon Knowles
	BMJ  1994;309:1705-1708 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

THE PATIENTS PERSPECTIVES

This week's THE PATIENTS PERSPECTIVES

	The lean and slippered pantaloon
	Peter A Gardiner
	BMJ  1994;309:1709-1710 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sartorial eloquence: does it exist in the paediatrician-patient relationship?
	T G Barrett, I W Booth
	BMJ  1994;309:1710-1712 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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