MEDICAL ,JOURNAL~~~~SATURDAY 13 JANUARY 1973

LEADING ARTICLESA Confused Bill page 61 Thyrotrophin-releasing Hormone page 62 Menace ofMan-made Lakes page 62 Infectious Disease page 63 Intestinal Pseudo-obstructionpage 64 Antibiotics in Acne Vulgaris page 65 Canada Turns to the Tropics page 66

PAPERS AND ORIGINALSFatal Car Occupant Injuries after Car/Lorry Collisions WILLIAM GISSANE, JOHN BULL .................................. 67Immunological Abnormalities in Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukaemia ARLETTE CANNAT, MAXIME SELIGMANN............ 71Use of Benzoctamine as Sedative in Patients with Respiratory Failure T. J. H. CLARK, J. V. COLLINS...................... 75Prevalence in England of Antibody to Human Polyomavirus (B.K.) SYLVIA D. GARDNER................................ 77Oxygen Transport in Acute Pulmonary Oedema and in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Bronchitis

D. C. FLENLEY, H. C. MILLER, A. J. KING, B. J. KIRBY, A. L. MUIR ............................................................ 78Comparative trial of Co-trimoxazole and Chloramphenicol in Typhoid Fever

H. V. SARDESAI, R. S. KARANDIKAR, R. G. HARSHE ........................................................................ 82Association between Previous Tuberculous Infection and Cerebal GliomaDONALD W. WARD, M. L. MATTISON, RONALD FINN ...................................................................... 83

Subtypes of Hepatitis B Antigen in Blood Donors and Post-transfusion Hepatitis: Clinical and Epidemiological AspectsSTEN IWARSON, LARS MAGNIUS, ANNIKA LINDHOLM, PER LUNDIN .......................................................... 84

Congenital Hemihypertrophy with Aortic, Skeletal, and Ocular AbnormalitiesM. HENRY, J. P. LOUIS, J. C. HOEFFEL, C. PERNOT ........................................................................ 87

Water Intoxication in Relation to Acute Psychotic Disorder E. R. ALEXANDER, T. J. CROW, S. M. HAMILTON .................... 89

MEDICAL PRACTICEPulmonary Thromboembolism Presenting as Asthma w. J. WINDEBANK, G. BOYD, F. MORAN . ....................... 90Whither Psychiatric Day Care? A Study of Day Patients in Birmingham

D. H. GATH, CHRISTINE HASSALL, K. W. CROSS .......................................................................... 94

A New Look at Infectious Diseases: Enteric Fever, Salmonellosis, and Food Poisoning A. M. GEDDES .................... 98Withdrawal of Prescriptions for Amphetamines G. LLOYD ........................................................ 101Gelsenkirchen Typhoid Epidemic of 1901, Robert Koch, and the Dead Hand of Max von Pettenkofer

N. HOWARD-JONES ................................................................................................ 103

Personal View D. H. SMYTH ...................................................................................... 106

CORRESPONDENCE-List of Contents .............. 107

OBITUARY NOTICES ............ ................ 118

BOOK REVIEWS .................................. 120

NEWS AND NOTESEpidemiology-Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning ............ 122Medicolegal-Sale of Poison .......................... 122Medical News .................................... 123

SUPPLEMENTG.M.S. CommitteeWorking Party on "Chambers in Principle"..........Hospital Advisory Service........................Family Planning in General Practice.................

Central Committee for Hospital Medical Services"Chambers in Principle"..........................

Special Risks for Hospital Doctors..................

Was it a Drug?....................................Association Notices ................................

NO. 5845 BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 1973 VOLUME 1 61-124 ASTM CODEN: BMJOAE 1 (5845) 61-124 (1973)

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