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BRITISH
JOURNAL
DICAL
OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
SATURDAY MAY 9 1959
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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LuDo VAN BoAERT, M.D..................
Acute Encephaitis in Childhood
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Electroencephalogram in Myxoedema Coma E. A. NIEMAN, M.D., M.R.C.P., D.C.H.
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M.R.C.P.Ed.
W.
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Value of the Voice
LLOYD, M.B.,
Elderly
Diagnosis Myxoedema
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A. J. BRAFIELD, M.B., D.C.P., D.Path.
Nicoumalone: A New Anticoagulant
Mass Radiography and Cancer of the Lung
1213
E. POSNER, M.D., L. A. MCDOWVELL, M.D., D.P.H., and K. W. CRoss, Ph.D.
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D.C.P.
M.R.C.S.,
INGLE
MARY
WRIGHT,
with
Associated
Agammaglobulinaenia
Kala-azar of Unusual Duradon,
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Electrophoretic Differential Serum Protein Pattern in Kala-azar AJAI SHANKER,M.D
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Breast Abscess
IAN C. S. KNIGHT, M.B., F.R.C.S.Ed., and BERNARD NOLAN, M.B., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.Ed.
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LEADING ARTICLES
MEDICAL MEMORANDA
Xanthocillin Cream for Local Treatment.
BET-rLEY, F.R.C.P ............. 1226
PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATIONS
F. RAY
The Physiopathology of Acute Haemolytic Shock. Cs. HADNAGY and I.
SZAB6 ............................. 1227
BOOK REVIDEWS ................. 1228
Acroparaesthesia and the Carpal Tunnel 1230
Syndromes of Islet-cell Tumours of the
Pancreas ........................... 1231
Hazards of Mass Radiography ........ 1232
1224
CORRESPONDENCE-contd.
Steroid Therapy in Heart Failure. S.
SHUSTER, M.R.C.P ................... 1240
M. P. MCCORMACK,
Pulled Elbow.
1240
F.R.C.S.Ed.
Pancreatitis. ERIC SAMUEL, F.F.R.; A. V.
1240
POLLOCK, F.R.C.S.
ANNOTATIONS
Calamity Syndrome. C. M. PARKES,
Cancer Risks of Cosmetics ............ 1233
M.B. ..............................1241
Strontium-90 in Food and Bone ...... 1234-the Nipple. E. JEAN HIGGIE,
Safe Industrial Environment .......... 1234 Protecting
M.B. ..............................
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Gonorrhoea Increasing .....:
for Bronchoscopy. I. A.
Anaesthesia
Wellcome Research Laboratories ...... 1235
1241
KELLOCK, M.R.C.P.
Hypnosis for Patients with Bums. B. L.
FINER, F.F.A. R.C.S., and B. 0. NYLEN,
CORRESPONDENCE
1242
Med.LiC. .........
Muscle Pain after Short-acting Relaxants.
of the Broad Ligament. P.'F. 'R.
Lipoma
1239
G. I. TEWPIK, M.D.
1242
CANTIN, M.B.
Intermittent Suxamethonium Injections.
Mummified Foetus. G. E. J. PORTER,
IAN VERNER, F.P.A. R.C.S., and CHRISTINA
M.R.C.S. ........................... 1242
1239
COMTY, M.B.
BRIAN
Children wIth Pneumonia.
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RUSSEK, M.D.,
Cardiac Pain. H. ..............
MCNICHOLL, M.R.C.P. .......... 1242
1240
P.A.C.P.
Atony of the Female Bladder. R.
MARCUS, F.R.C.S.; W. G. Q. MILLS,
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P.R.C.S
Glycyrrhetinic Acid Ointment. E.
SUPPLEMENT
1243
LIPMAN COHEN, M.B ..
D.
Fufl Contents on First Page of Supplement Case Reports from the Bible. A. J. .1243
BRASS, B.A
General Medical Services Committee ..207
to Tie the Cord. P. G. HARRIES,
Intra-professional and Public Relations . .209 When
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M.B ..
Correspondence:
and Cirrhosis. N. K.
Kwashiorkor
Representatives' Expenses. J. GEMMELL,
1244
CHANDA, M.D.
212
M.B.
Attempted Suicide. CYRIL Fox, M.B. .. 1244
Locums and Assistants. L. G. JACOB,
Medical Qualifications. I.
212 International
M.B.
1244
LAUFER, M.D ...
Letters from Hospitals. J. K. PATERSON,
M.L .. 213
Letters on other subjects on pp. 1245-6
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DRUG TREATMENT OF DISEASE
Tonics. J. C. HOUSTON, M.D., F.R.C.P. 1236
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GENERAL ARTICLES AND NEWS
Royal Society of Health
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MEDICAL NOTES IN PARLIAMENT ...... 1248
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES .......... 1250
VITAL STATISTICS .................... 1251
MEDICAL NEWS ....................... 1252
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS ...... 1253
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ........... 1254
To-day's Drugs
OBITUARY
P. E. Barber, ch.M., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. . . 1247
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C. de B. Thomson, L.M.S.S.A.
D. Glanville Evanr, M.B., B.ch........ 1247
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D.P.H.
M. J. Evans, M.B., B.S.,
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