Systemic corticosteroids in treatment of herpes simplex encephalitis.
	M Longson, B E Juel-Jensen, L A Liversedge
	Br Med J  1975;4:578, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.578 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Hibiscrub in acne
	Br Med J  1975;4:587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.587 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SHMOs grading review
	Br Med J  1975;4:587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.587-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1975;4:585-587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.585 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	MRC mild hypertension treatment trial
	W S Peart, W E Miall
	Br Med J  1975;4:578, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.578-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Happy death day
	R W L Ward
	Br Med J  1975;4:581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.581-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Added years and lump sum—act now
	B L Alexander
	Br Med J  1975;4:581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.581-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Profession or trade?
	E K Blackburn
	Br Med J  1975;4:581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.581-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Profession or trade?
	Michael Blackmore
	Br Med J  1975;4:581-582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.581-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultants and the Government
	David Vulliamy
	Br Med J  1975;4:582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.582-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultants and the Government
	M J Illingworth
	Br Med J  1975;4:582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.582-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dare they resign?
	H Leslie Leaming
	Br Med J  1975;4:582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.582-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Failure of communication
	B J Britton, KP Gibbin, P D Ll Edwards
	Br Med J  1975;4:583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.583 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: A safer antidepressant?
	J Grabinar
	Br Med J  1975;4:583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.583-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Swallowed foreign bodies
	T Loughnane
	Br Med J  1975;4:583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.583-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Deaths in asthma
	H Herxheimer
	Br Med J  1975;4:583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.583-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Site of carotid atheromatosis
	Erik Ask-Upmark
	Br Med J  1975;4:583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.583-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Emergency call systems
	Frances Sorrell
	Br Med J  1975;4:583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.583-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Top-heavy administration?
	Myer Goldman
	Br Med J  1975;4:583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.583-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Kilopascals
	A Hollman, A F Rickards
	Br Med J  1975;4:583-584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.583-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Industrial action
	A M Campbell
	Br Med J  1975;4:584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.584 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Industrial action
	N F Coghill
	Br Med J  1975;4:584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.584-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Industrial action
	C S Ogg
	Br Med J  1975;4:584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.584-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Industrial action
	Nigel Loring
	Br Med J  1975;4:584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.584-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Future of the NHS
	M Macleod
	Br Med J  1975;4:584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.584-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Junior hospital staff contract
	J L Peters
	Br Med J  1975;4:584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.584-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Pay perspectives
	G C J Wiernik
	Br Med J  1975;4:584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.584-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Deputising service fees
	D C Mawson
	Br Med J  1975;4:584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.584-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Arsine toxicity aboard the Asiafreighter
	D Hacking
	Br Med J  1975;4:584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.584-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Any Questions?
	Br Med J  1975;4:567-571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.567 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1975;4:575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.575 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	F. R. Gusterson
	Br Med J  1975;4:576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.576 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Editorial: Feeding sick babies.
	Br Med J  1975;4:539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.539 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: Diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis.
	Br Med J  1975;4:540-541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.540 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: "Mumbling the GP".
	Br Med J  1975;4:541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.541 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: High pressure medicine.
	Br Med J  1975;4:541-542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.541-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: Tests on overseas doctors.
	Br Med J  1975;4:542-543, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.542 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: The ten day rule.
	Br Med J  1975;4:543, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.543 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: Depression and curtailment of sleep.
	Br Med J  1975;4:543, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.543-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: Industrial action by doctors.
	Br Med J  1975;4:544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.544 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Operative mortality and postoperative morbidity of highly selective vagotomy.
	D Johnston
	Br Med J  1975;4:545-547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.545 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Local infusion of urokinase and heparin into renal arteries in impending renal cortical necrosis.
	F E Jones, P J Black, J S Cameron, C Chantler, D Gill, M N Maisey, C S Ogg, H Saxton
	Br Med J  1975;4:547-549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.547 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Plastic isolators for treatment of acute leukaemia patients under "germ-free" conditions.
	P C Trexler, A S Spiers, H Gaya
	Br Med J  1975;4:549-552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.549 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Value of Doppler ultrasound in diagnosis of clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis.
	J Meadway, A N Nicolaides, C J Walker, J D O'Connell
	Br Med J  1975;4:552-554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.552 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Laparoscopy and laparotomy combined with bone marrow biopsy in staging Hodgkin's disease.
	P Spinelli, G Beretta, E Bajetta, G Tancini, R Castellani, F Rilke, G Bonadonna
	Br Med J  1975;4:554-556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.554 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Weight gain and the sleeping electroencephalogram: study of 10 patients with anorexia nervosa.
	J H Lacey, A H Crisp, R S Kalucy, M K Hartmann, C N Chien
	Br Med J  1975;4:556-558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.556 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prognostic value for immediate function of one-hour renal allograft biopsy.
	I W McDicken, K M Hawking, L D Lameyer, A P Blok, D L Westbroek
	Br Med J  1975;4:559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.559 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Primary spontaneous pneumothorax and smoking.
	C A Jansveld, J H Dijkman
	Br Med J  1975;4:559-560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.559-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	High density polyethylene plate for fracture fixation in the elderly.
	S C Gallannaugh
	Br Med J  1975;4:560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.560 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chemoprophylaxis.
	L P Garrod
	Br Med J  1975;4:561-564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.561 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of uraemic pericarditis.
	P Kramer, W Wigger, F Scheler
	Br Med J  1975;4:564-566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.564 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter from...South Australia. Inflation down under.
	P Rhodes
	Br Med J  1975;4:566-567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.566 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Geriatric patients in an acute medical ward.
	C McArdle, J C Wylie, W D Alexander
	Br Med J  1975;4:568-569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.568 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ambulatory electrocardiographic records in patients with transient cerebral attacks or palpitation.
	A D Goldberg, E B Raftery, P M Cashman
	Br Med J  1975;4:569-571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.569 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diseases of the central nervous system. Involuntary movements.
	C Mawdsley
	Br Med J  1975;4:572-574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.572 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Mortality of pathologists and medical laboratory technicians.
	W H St John-Brooks
	Br Med J  1975;4:577, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.577 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Ocular reactions to beta-blocking drugs.
	P Wright
	Br Med J  1975;4:577, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.577-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Treatment of meningitis and encephalitis.
	R J Fallon, J H Lawson
	Br Med J  1975;4:577-578, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.577-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: SI units.
	A Crowther, B Gray, R Rogers
	Br Med J  1975;4:578-579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.578-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Penicillin-"sensitive" methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
	R W Lacey
	Br Med J  1975;4:579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.579 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Long-term postinfarction treatment with practolol.
	J A Vedin, C E Wilhelmsson
	Br Med J  1975;4:579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.579-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Rheumatic heart disease in South Africa.
	D H Spodick
	Br Med J  1975;4:579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.579-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Merrison Report and overseas doctors.
	S K Roy
	Br Med J  1975;4:579-580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.579-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Miliary tuberculosis presenting with polymyalgia rheumatica.
	J A Mathews, D L Child
	Br Med J  1975;4:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.580 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Renal stones and coronary heart disease.
	S Ljunghall, H Hedstrand
	Br Med J  1975;4:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.580-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Health Service administration.
	D E Cullington
	Br Med J  1975;4:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.580-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Antibiotic diarrhoea.
	P L Kinsella
	Br Med J  1975;4:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.580-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Clonidine overdose.
	J Saperia
	Br Med J  1975;4:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.580-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: "Happy death day".
	C Cohen
	Br Med J  1975;4:581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.581 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Profession or trade?
	Br Med J  1975;4:581-582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.581-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Consultants and the government.
	Br Med J  1975;4:582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.582 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Junior hospital staff contract.
	P J Milewski
	Br Med J  1975;4:582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.582-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: Dare they resign?
	H G Saunders
	Br Med J  1975;4:582-583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.582-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obituary notices.
	Br Med J  1975;4:588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.588 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1975;4:590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.590 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is there a case for private practice?
	Rudolf Klein
	Br Med J  1975;4:591-593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.591 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	CCHMS—Consultants meet to discuss Queen's Speech
	Br Med J  1975;4:593-595, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.593 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Special meeting of Council
	Br Med J  1975;4:595-599, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.595 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Junior staffs' contract dispute
	Br Med J  1975;4:599-600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.599 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital Junior Staffs Committee
	Br Med J  1975;4:600-601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.600 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital dispute—Royal colleges' statement
	Br Med J  1975;4:601-602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.601 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital crisis: Advice from BMA
	Br Med J  1975;4:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5996.602 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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