Contemplating a one child world
	A J McMichael
	BMJ  1995;311:1651-1652 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Death undefeated
	Ivan Illich
	BMJ  1995;311:1652-1653 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Penalties of shifting weight
	J S Garrow
	BMJ  1995;311:1653-1654 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and commitment
	Clare Vaughan, Roger Higgs
	BMJ  1995;311:1654-1655 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The war on drugs
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  1995;311:1655-1656 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	The microhostage
	Duncan Cameron
	BMJ  1995;311:1716-1717 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	St Valentine's Day
	BMJ  1995;311:1717-1718 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A call at Christmas
	E Saphier
	BMJ  1995;311:1701 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The gnus:
	J G Collee
	BMJ  1995;311:1717 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

LOOKING BACK

This week's LOOKING BACK

	Madness and care in the community: a medieval perspective
	David Roffe, Christine Roffe
	BMJ  1995;311:1708-1712 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Views from the gallery
	Fiona Haslam
	BMJ  1995;311:1712-1713 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gone to the devil: the murals of Ile Royale hospital
	A J Davidson
	BMJ  1995;311:1713-1714 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Early evidence of scleroderma
	Jan Dequeker, Ludo Vanopdenbosch, Antonio Castillo Ojugas
	BMJ  1995;311:1714-1715 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CASE REPORTS

This week's CASE REPORTS

	Postal diagnosis: breaking the bad news in the 17th century
	John Forrester
	BMJ  1995;311:1694-1696 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A new breed of parasuicide patient
	Gerry Doyle
	BMJ  1995;311:1696 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Florence Nightingale's fever
	D A B Young
	BMJ  1995;311:1697-1700 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Excessive impertinence or a missed diagnosis?
	Timothy M Williams, Kim , Gareth Williams
	BMJ  1995;311:1700-1701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.311.7021.1700 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

DOING THE ROUNDS

This week's DOING THE ROUNDS

	Another Christmas carol
	Paul Worthington
	BMJ  1995;311:1702-1704 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	White coat effects
	Patricia M Gordon, Stephen G Keohane, Robert M Herd
	BMJ  1995;311:1704 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Analysis of the bureaucratic unsolicited mountainous paper heap (BUMPH) that general practitioners received in 1994
	Damian Kenny
	BMJ  1995;311:1705-1706 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Of no fixed abode: homeless house officers
	Susan Pembrey
	BMJ  1995;311:1706-1707 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

DYING DEATH AND AFTER

This week's DYING DEATH AND AFTER

	Hospice at home
	Jane Woyka
	BMJ  1995;311:1687-1688 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The aftermath of disaster
	Jane Swire
	BMJ  1995;311:1688 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How I'd like to be treated if I was terminally ill
	Karen E Groves
	BMJ  1995;311:1690 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A case for non-intervention
	David Fowler
	BMJ  1995;311:1691 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Someone who sticks in your mind
	Paul Goubran
	BMJ  1995;311:1693 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

INSIDE STORIES

This week's INSIDE STORIES

	Wine as a digestive aid: comparative antimicrobial effects of bismuth salicylate and red and white wine
	Martin E Weisse, Bardwell Eberly, Donald A Person
	BMJ  1995;311:1657-1660 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac chest pain: does body language help the diagnosis?
	W M Edmondstone
	BMJ  1995;311:1660-1661 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Frostbite of the face and ears: epidemiological study of risk factors in Finnish conscripts
	E Lehmuskallio, H Lindholm, K Koskenvuo, S Sarna, O Friberg, A Viljanen
	BMJ  1995;311:1661-1663 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Resting energy expenditure, substrate use, and video tapes
	B G Cooper, J N S Matthews, K G M M Alberti
	BMJ  1995;311:1664-1665 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	HLA-DR4 and career prospects in rheumatology: is there a link?
	A Gough, J Faint, M Salmon, P Bacon, P Emery
	BMJ  1995;311:1665-1666 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Polythenia gravis: the downside of evidence based medicine
	Down End Research Group
	BMJ  1995;311:1666-1668 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Why do old men have big ears?
	James A Heathcote
	BMJ  1995;311:1668 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prominent ears: a European perspective
	J Hamish, E Laing
	BMJ  1995;311:1715 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PHOTO FINISH

This week's PHOTO FINISH

	PHOTO FINISH
	BMJ  1995;311:1719-1720 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

TOWARDS A BETTER HUMAN

This week's TOWARDS A BETTER HUMAN

	The mark 2 human genome: a word of advice from us down here
	J D Gillies, P N Le Souef
	BMJ  1995;311:1669-1676 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cover story
	Fiona Godlee, Margaret Cooter
	BMJ  1995;311:1676 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

TOWARDS A BETTER WORLD

This week's TOWARDS A BETTER WORLD

	The international arms trade and its impact on health
	Victor W Sidel
	BMJ  1995;311:1677-1680 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Infectious diseases: an ecological perspective
	Mary E Wilson
	BMJ  1995;311:1681-1684 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Great expectorations! The decline of public spitting: lessons for passive smoking?
	Simon Chapman
	BMJ  1995;311:1685-1686 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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