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Role of the Thymus in Immunity J. F. A. P. MILLER, Ph.D., M.B. .. .. ..Quaternary Nitrogen Bases in Human Thymus Glands

T. N. CALvEY, Ph.D., M.B., and A. WILSON, M.D., Ph.D, F.R.C.P.GlaSg. .. ..

Incidence of Renal Lesions in Polycythaemia P. W. T. BRANDT, M.B., M.C.R.A., J. V. DACIE, M.D., F.R.R.E.STEINER,M.D., M.R.C.P., F.F.R., and Z. L. SZUR, M.B., F.F.R., D.M.R. .. ..

Malignant Myelosclerosis S. M. LEWIS, M.D." D.C.P., and Z. L. SZUR, M.B., F.F.R., D.M.R.Malaria Antibody Titres of West Africans in Britain

SANFORD F. KuVIN, M.S., M.D., D.T.M.&H., and ALISTER VOLLER, M.SC., Ph.D. ..Serological Pregnancy Test using Latex Particles

N. R. GARDEN, B.M., D.Path., H. MILLER, M.D., M.R.C.P., and J. A. DURANT, B.SC.

Ankylosing Spondylitis and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases of the IntestinesJ. A. MCBRIDE, M.B., M.R.C.P.Ed., MARGARET J. KING, M.B., M.R.C.P.Ed., A. G. BAIKIE, M.B., F.R.C.P.Ed.,G. P. CREAN, M.B., M.R.C.P.Ed., and W. SIRCUS, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P.Ed., M.R.C.P.

Smoking Deterrent StudyA REPORT FROM THE RESEARCH COMMITTEE OF THE BRITISH TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION

MEDICAL MEMORANDAAcute Pneumocholecystitis. S. E.

TRICKEY, M.D., F.F.R., and R. C.BAILLIE, M.B., F.R.C.S. .. .. 488

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GENERAL ARTICLES ANDMedico-Legal ..Epidemiology ..MEDICAL NEWS ..BIRTHS ..

UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES . .

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NEWS..508..509..510..510..510

OBITUARYLaura S. Veale, M.B.A. A. Lisney, M.A,, M.D., D.P.H.G. Harvey, M.B., ch.B.Frank Lyth, F.R.C.S.Glas.John M. Pringle, M.C., M.M., ch.B.,

F.R.C.S.Ed. ..

W. W. Wilson, M.B., ch.B .Sir Max Page, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., M.A.,

M.B., M.S., F.R.C.S.

BOOK REVIEWSBiochemistry and the ClinicianCerebral ExcitabilitySolipsistic World

Two Kinds of UnconsciousnessContrast Methods in NeuroradiologyClinical ElectrocardiographyMethods of Forensic ScienceWhat Tropical Medicine NeedsReflex Epilepsy ..

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LEADING ARTICLESPresent State of Medicine .. .. 453Physique and Smoking .. .. . 456

ANNOTATIONSD6ja-vu and Cerebral Dominance .. 457Exomphalos .. .. .. .. 457Increase in Gonorrhoea . 458Strontium-90 in Bones .. . . 458

CURRENT PRACTICETo-day's Drugs 489Any Questions? .. .. 491

SUPPLEMENTof B.M.A. News and Reports

Full Contents on first page of Supplement

CORRESPONDENCEThe Good Doctor. R. R. WILSON,

M.D.

Distress in Dying. J. N. LORING,C.V.O., M.R.C.S.

Hospital Manners. JAMES ANDREWS,M.D., D.P.H.: C. L. POTTS, M.D. ..

Phenylketonuria. J. D. ALLAN, M.D.,and others; J. H. THOMPSON, M.D.

Framycetin and the Staphylococcus.W. I. H. SHEDDEN, M.B., and others 499

Future of General Practice. G. F.KNIGHT-WEBB, M.B . .. 499

Pulmonary Oedema. J. S. CALLCUTT,F.I.C.S. ...500

Discharge from Mental Hospitals.H. D. LEGGATT, B.M... 500

Abortion and the Psychiatrist. P.DARBY, M.R.C.S 501

Psychiatry and Appendicitis. M. D.

EILENBERG, M.B., D.P.M. .. .. 501Registration Fees. D. ANDERSON,

M.D. 502

Echo Encephalography. DOUGLAS

GORDON, M.B. 502

Prevention of Rheumatic Fever. W. A.BALL, M.B. .. .. .. .. 502

Morphine in Diverticulitis. J. A.SHEPHERD, F.R.C.S...502

Meprobamate. B. W. CROMIE,M.R.C.P.Ed. .. .. .. .. 502

Arsenic and Visceral Cancer. B.

RUSSELL, M.D., F.R.C.P. .. .. 503"Refractory Obesity." J. LIEBER,

M.R.C.S. .. .. .. .. 503Oral Contraceptives on the N.H.S.

F. R. C. CASSON, M.B. 503Allergy to Griseofulvin. B. J.

O'DRISCOLL, M.D. .. .. .. 503Dangers of Lignocaine. S. AUSTIN,

M.R.C.S.; B. J. BEADSWORTH, M.B. .. 503Letters on other subjects on pp. 504-5

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