23 December 1978 (Vol 2, Issue 6154)

Research Articles

How does alcohol damage the liver?

BMJ 1978;2:1733 (Published 23 December 1978)

Sudden death.

BMJ 1978;2:1734.1 (Published 23 December 1978)

Reliability and reversibility of female sterilisation.

BMJ 1978;2:1734.2 (Published 23 December 1978)

Recurrent vaginal candida infection.

BMJ 1978;2:1735 (Published 23 December 1978)

Hydronephrosis.

BMJ 1978;2:1736 (Published 23 December 1978)

Medicine, the community, and the university: a century of Cambridge history.

BMJ 1978;2:1737 (Published 23 December 1978)

Mortality among drug addicts in Greater London.

BMJ 1978;2:1742 (Published 23 December 1978)

Guar crispbread in the diabetic diet.

BMJ 1978;2:1744 (Published 23 December 1978)

Cervical spine injuries in Rugby Union football.

BMJ 1978;2:1747.1 (Published 23 December 1978)

Study of toxocaral infection in dog breeders.

BMJ 1978;2:1747.2 (Published 23 December 1978)

Lead poisoning from aphrodisiacs: potential hazard in immigrants.

BMJ 1978;2:1748 (Published 23 December 1978)

Comparison of transcendental meditation and progressive relaxation in reducing anxiety.

BMJ 1978;2:1749.1 (Published 23 December 1978)

Silver poisoning associated with an antismoking lozenge.

BMJ 1978;2:1749.2 (Published 23 December 1978)

Facial naevus and unsuspected visual loss from glaucoma.

BMJ 1978;2:1750 (Published 23 December 1978)

Urethral discharge associated with ingested foreign body.

BMJ 1978;2:1751.1 (Published 23 December 1978)

Adenosine deaminase activity in pleural effusions: an aid to differential diagnosis.

BMJ 1978;2:1751.2 (Published 23 December 1978)

CAT brain scans after central nervous system prophylaxis for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

BMJ 1978;2:1752 (Published 23 December 1978)

Inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion associated with neurohypophyseal choristoma.

BMJ 1978;2:1753 (Published 23 December 1978)

Psychiatry and natural history.

BMJ 1978;2:1754 (Published 23 December 1978)

Injuries in Rugby Union football.

BMJ 1978;2:1759 (Published 23 December 1978)

Doctors, physiotherapists, and placebo pharmacology.

BMJ 1978;2:1761 (Published 23 December 1978)

How should a consultant spend his time?

BMJ 1978;2:1763 (Published 23 December 1978)

Sex and the Church.

BMJ 1978;2:1766 (Published 23 December 1978)

How the RAMC almost lost its band.

BMJ 1978;2:1769 (Published 23 December 1978)

Successful cardiac resuscitation with electricity in the 18th century?

BMJ 1978;2:1770 (Published 23 December 1978)

The medicine of ocean yacht racing.

BMJ 1978;2:1771 (Published 23 December 1978)

Doctors and literature.

BMJ 1978;2:1779 (Published 23 December 1978)

Normansfield: vacuum of management in the NHS.

BMJ 1978;2:1802 (Published 23 December 1978)

A woman's place is in the wrong.

BMJ 1978;2:1805 (Published 23 December 1978)

Medical Practice

Nice people with no manners

BMJ 1978;2:1774 (Published 23 December 1978)

Biology, blind men, and elephants

BMJ 1978;2:1775 (Published 23 December 1978)

Letter from Chicago: Auctioning Brenda

BMJ 1978;2:1776 (Published 23 December 1978)

Christmas Quiz, 1978

BMJ 1978;2:1778 (Published 23 December 1978)

Materia Non Medica

BMJ 1978;2:1781 (Published 23 December 1978)

Personal View

BMJ 1978;2:1782 (Published 23 December 1978)

Letters

Rugby injuries to the cervical cord.

BMJ 1978;2:1783.1 (Published 23 December 1978)

Postanaesthetic oxygen.

BMJ 1978;2:1784.2 (Published 23 December 1978)

Diagnosis of breast tumors.

BMJ 1978;2:1784.3 (Published 23 December 1978)

Use of the telephone in consultant practice.

BMJ 1978;2:1784.4 (Published 23 December 1978)

Paracetamol poisoning.

BMJ 1978;2:1785.1 (Published 23 December 1978)

Changing social-class distribution of heart disease.

BMJ 1978;2:1785.2 (Published 23 December 1978)

Selection of patients for dialysis and transplantation.

BMJ 1978;2:1785.3 (Published 23 December 1978)

Behçet's disease.

BMJ 1978;2:1786.2 (Published 23 December 1978)

Retroperitoneal fibrosis after treatment with atenolol.

BMJ 1978;2:1786.3 (Published 23 December 1978)

Hazards of sulphinpyrazone.

BMJ 1978;2:1786.4 (Published 23 December 1978)

Costs and benefits of serum alpha-fetoprotein screening.

BMJ 1978;2:1787.1 (Published 23 December 1978)

Seizure following lumbar myelography with metrizamide.

BMJ 1978;2:1787.2 (Published 23 December 1978)

Quality control.

BMJ 1978;2:1787.3 (Published 23 December 1978)

Management of self-poisoned patients in hospital.

BMJ 1978;2:1788.1 (Published 23 December 1978)

Caring for babies of very low birth weight.

BMJ 1978;2:1788.2 (Published 23 December 1978)

Social mobility in African patients with duodenal ulcers.

BMJ 1978;2:1788.3 (Published 23 December 1978)

Dealing with residual bile duct stones.

BMJ 1978;2:1788.4 (Published 23 December 1978)

Extending the role of the clinical nurse.

BMJ 1978;2:1788.5 (Published 23 December 1978)

Communication with Asian diabetics.

BMJ 1978;2:1789.2 (Published 23 December 1978)

Placement of central feeding catheters.

BMJ 1978;2:1789.3 (Published 23 December 1978)

Listening to the lungs.

BMJ 1978;2:1789.4 (Published 23 December 1978)

Syngamus in an Australian.

BMJ 1978;2:1789.5 (Published 23 December 1978)

"Ultrasound swallow".

BMJ 1978;2:1789.6 (Published 23 December 1978)

Letters - continued

Naming of drugs.

BMJ 1978;2:1790.1 (Published 23 December 1978)

Frusemide and renal enzyme excretion.

BMJ 1978;2:1790.2 (Published 23 December 1978)

Nitrites--to ban or not to ban?

BMJ 1978;2:1790.3 (Published 23 December 1978)

Car doors.

BMJ 1978;2:1790.4 (Published 23 December 1978)

Children with small stature.

BMJ 1978;2:1790.5 (Published 23 December 1978)

General practice records.

BMJ 1978;2:1790.6 (Published 23 December 1978)

Nomen proprium--an unusual side effect.

BMJ 1978;2:1791.1 (Published 23 December 1978)

A national medical service.

BMJ 1978;2:1791.2 (Published 23 December 1978)

Staffing of accident and emergency departments.

BMJ 1978;2:1791.3 (Published 23 December 1978)

Correspondence

Lecture Notes on Medical Statistics

BMJ 1978;2:1783.2 (Published 23 December 1978)

Lecture Notes on Medical Statistics

BMJ 1978;2:1784.1 (Published 23 December 1978)

Selection of patients for dialysis and transplantation

BMJ 1978;2:1786.1 (Published 23 December 1978)

Type II errors and ethics

BMJ 1978;2:1789.1 (Published 23 December 1978)

Chaos caused by maternity leave regulations

BMJ 1978;2:1791.4 (Published 23 December 1978)

Non-emergencies out of hours

BMJ 1978;2:1791.5 (Published 23 December 1978)

Thoughts on hospital staffing

BMJ 1978;2:1792.1 (Published 23 December 1978)

Consultant milage allowances

BMJ 1978;2:1792.2 (Published 23 December 1978)

GP trainees' car allowance

BMJ 1978;2:1792.3 (Published 23 December 1978)

Points: Postanaesthetic oxygen

BMJ 1978;2:1792.4 (Published 23 December 1978)

Points: Hip replacement: self-assessment of disability

BMJ 1978;2:1792.5 (Published 23 December 1978)

Points: Treatment of pressure sores

BMJ 1978;2:1792.6 (Published 23 December 1978)

Points: Data sheets and ABPI Compendium

BMJ 1978;2:1792.7 (Published 23 December 1978)

Articles

OBITUARY

BMJ 1978;2:1793 (Published 23 December 1978)

NEWS AND NOTES

BMJ 1978;2:1795 (Published 23 December 1978)

Supplements

The Week

BMJ 1978;2:1799 (Published 23 December 1978)

BMA Congress, Hong Kong—Programme

BMJ 1978;2:1800 (Published 23 December 1978)

New consultant contract: draft circular

BMJ 1978;2:1806 (Published 23 December 1978)

Correction

Correction: Heart valve replacement in the elderly

BMJ 1978;2:1792.8 (Published 23 December 1978)