23 December 1995(vol 311, issue 7021)

Editorials

• Contemplating a one child world

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1651 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Death undefeated

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1652 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Penalties of shifting weight

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1653 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Doctors and commitment

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1654 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• The war on drugs

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1655 (Published 23 December 1995)

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Inside Stories

• Wine as a digestive aid: comparative antimicrobial effects of bismuth salicylate and red and white wine

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1657 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Cardiac chest pain: does body language help the diagnosis?

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1660 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Frostbite of the face and ears: epidemiological study of risk factors in Finnish conscripts

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1661 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Resting energy expenditure, substrate use, and video tapes

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1664 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• HLA-DR4 and career prospects in rheumatology: is there a link?

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1665 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Polythenia gravis: the downside of evidence based medicine

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1666 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Why do old men have big ears?

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1668 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Prominent ears: a European perspective

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1715 (Published 23 December 1995)

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TOWARDS A BETTER HUMAN

• The mark 2 human genome: a word of advice from us down here

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1669 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Cover story

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1676 (Published 23 December 1995)

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TOWARDS A BETTER WORLD

• The international arms trade and its impact on health

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1677 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Infectious diseases: an ecological perspective

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1681 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Great expectorations! The decline of public spitting: lessons for passive smoking?

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1685 (Published 23 December 1995)

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DYING DEATH AND AFTER

• Hospice at home

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1687 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• The aftermath of disaster

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1688 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• How I'd like to be treated if I was terminally ill

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1690 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• A case for non-intervention

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1691 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Someone who sticks in your mind

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1693 (Published 23 December 1995)

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Case Reports

• Postal diagnosis: breaking the bad news in the 17th century

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1694 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• A new breed of parasuicide patient

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1696 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Florence Nightingale's fever

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1697 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Excessive impertinence or a missed diagnosis?

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1700 (Published 23 December 1995)

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DOING THE ROUNDS

• Another Christmas carol

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1702 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• White coat effects

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1704 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Analysis of the bureaucratic unsolicited mountainous paper heap (BUMPH) that general practitioners received in 1994

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1705 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Of no fixed abode: homeless house officers

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1706 (Published 23 December 1995)

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LOOKING BACK

• Madness and care in the community: a medieval perspective

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1708 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Views from the gallery

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1712 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Gone to the devil: the murals of Ile Royale hospital

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1713 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• Early evidence of scleroderma

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1714 (Published 23 December 1995)

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Personal Views

• The microhostage

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1716 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• St Valentine's Day

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1717 (Published 23 December 1995)

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PHOTO FINISH

• PHOTO FINISH

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1719 (Published 23 December 1995)

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Fillers

• A call at Christmas

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1701 (Published 23 December 1995)

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• The gnus

  BMJ 1995; 311 :1717 (Published 23 December 1995)

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