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TABLE OF CONTENTSThe Eisenmenger Syndrome.-H PAUL WOOD, O.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P. ........................................

755

Local Treatment of Bronchial Asthma with Hydrocorfisone Powder H. HERXHEIMER, M.D., L.R.C.P.&S.Ed.MONICA K. MCALLEN, M.D., M.R.C.P., and D. A. WILLIAMS, M.D., M.SC. F.R.C.P.

Bronchial Asthma and Chronic Bronchitis Treated with Hydrocortisone Acetate InhalationsW. H. HELM, M.R.C.P., and F. HEYWORTH, M.B. ........................................................ 765

Inhalation of Hydrocortisone Acetate for Bronchial Asthma W. H. HELM, M.R.C.P., and F. HEYWORTH, M.B. ....768

Foetal Cells in the Maternal Circulation During Pregnancy W. WEINER, M.D., ROSALIE M. CHaLD, M.B., J. M. GARVIE,B.M. M.R.C.P. D.C.H., and W. H. PEEK, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.O.G. ........................................ 770

Intravenous Phentolamine for Phaeochromocytoma and "Adrenaline Shock"R. BARRATT TERRY, M.D., M.R.C.P., JOHN R. TOBIN, jun., M.S.(Med.), M.D., and RICHARD B. O'CONNOR, M.D.... .771

Puerperal Mental Illness MARY E. MARTIN, M.B., M.R.C.P.I. ............................................... 773

Acute Laryngotracheobronchitis Treated with 0.125% SuperinoneM. HOLMES-SIEDLE, M.B., and T. N. NAUTH-MISIR, M.B., M.R.C.P., D.C.H. .................................... 777

Poisoning by Aconiine F. S. FDDESM.D. ............................................................ 779

MEDICAL MEMORANDAA Case of Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus.

L. H. GLASER, M.B ............ 780

Duplication of the Stomach SimulatingPyloric Stenosis. MARGARET E. R.STONEMAN, M.B., D.C.H. ............... 781

BOOK REVIEWS .................. 782

GENERAL ARTICLES AND NEWSA Survey of 100 Consecutive Chi.dren

Awaiting Admission to a Mental Defici-ency Hospital. M. W. G. BRANDON,B.A.Dip.Ed., and M. F. CRAIB, A.M.I.A. 790

To-day's Drugs ...................... 794

ISRAEL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION .......... 792

PROMOTION OF THE SALE OF DRUGS ...... 793MEDICAL DEFENCE UNION.794

MEDICO-LEGAL ......................... 804

MEDICAL NEWS 806

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS ...... 807QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ............ 808

OBITUARYW. J. A. Webster, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S.Ed. 802J. W. Brown, M.D., F.R.C.P. ............ 802

H. Murta*h, M.B., B.Ch. 803

D. J. Davies, M.B., B.S., 803

J. Cathcart, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H. .......... 803C. H. Burgess, M.B., ch.B ............... 803

T. Rowland, M.B., B.s.............. 804

R. R. Macnicol, M.B., ch.B. ............ 804

LEADING ARTICLESImmunological Speculations .......... 784Symptomless Jaundice ................ 785Tissue Building and Protein Anabolizers 785

ANNOTATIONSThe Nature of Penicillin Sensitivity ...... 787Peptic Ulcer and Secretor Status ...... 787The John Curtin School .............. 788Black Patch Delirium .788Contractual Validity of Spens.......... 789In Need of Help 789Annual Clinical Meeting at Southampton 789

CORRESPONDENCEMedical Education. H. GAINSBOROUGH,

F.R.C.P.; H. Fox, M.B. ... ..795Contraception by Inhibition of Ovulation.G. R. VENNING, M.R.C.P. ............ 796

Anaesthetic Hazards. R. E. ANGEL, F.F.A.R.C.S. .............................. 796

SUPPLEMENTFull Contents on First Page of SupplementAnnual Clinical Meeting, Southampton:Programme 147

Registrars Oppose M Proposals 149Contractual Validity of Spens .......... 149Correspondence:

Tlhe Wrong Meaning. P. A. HUBBARD,M.R.C.S. .......................... 150

CORRESPONDENCE-contd.Antenatal Irradiation and Childhood

Malignancies. J. RABINOW ITCH,D.M.R.E .... 796

Sweet Tooth and Decay. T. L. CLEAVE,M.R.C.P.- A. K. K. NYAZAI, L.M.S.S.A. 797

Fishbone Furunculosis. PETER COOK,M .B................................ 797

Premonition of Death. ARNOLD B.COWAN, L.R.C.P.Ed. . . I.I.I..-.I.I.I.I....797

Human Factor in Diagnosis. H. J.PRATAP, M.B.; P. T. MACDONALD, M.B. 798

Cord Round the Neck. R. E. WRIGHT-ST. CLAIR, M.B. .....................

798

Cancer Education. MALCOLM DONALDSON,F.R.C.S. .............................

798

Adrenalectomy and Hypertension. H. G.HANLEY, F.R.C.S. ....................

798

Aetiology of Coronary Disease. I. T.PATRICK, M.B. ......................

798

Halothane Concentration. P. J. C.BURTON, F.F.A. R.C.S., and F. R. GUSTER-SON, F.F.A. R.C.S. .................... 799

Buzzers for Bed-wetters. C. E. ALLEN,M.D. ..................

799

Mass Casualties from Nuclear War.

MARGUERITE M. HAMMOND, B.A.; M. C. XBERENBAUM, M.B. .799

Hypno-anaesthesia. W. MOODm, F.R.C.P.,and E. E. WOOKEY, F.D.S. R.C.S....... 800

Letters on other subjects appear on p. 801

Vital Statistics ...........805

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