BRITISH

MEDICAL JOURNAL-

JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

SATURDAY JANUARY 27 1951

TABLE OF CONTENTSThe Vitamin B1,2 Group of Factors E. LESTER SMITH, D.SC., F.R.LC1. ........................... 151

Vitamin B12c in Pernicious Anaemia and Subacute Combined Degeneration ofCord C. C. UNGLEY, M.D., F.R.C.P., and H. CAMPBELL, B.A., F.S.S. .............................. 152

Vitamin B,2 and Folic Acid in Megaloblastic Anaemia after Total GastrectomyNANCY S. CONWAY, M.B., and HUGH CONWAY, M.B., M.R.C.P. ............................................. 158

Haemopoietic Activity of Vitamins B,2c and B,2d in Pernicious AnaemiaJ. N. MARSHALL CHALMERS, M.D., M.R.C.P. ................................ . 161

Two Cases of Pernicious Anaemia Treated with Vitamin B12dG. C. K. REID, M.B. ................................. 164

Mucus Catheters MARK S. FRASER, M.B., M.R.C.P.Ed. .............................................. 165

Chronic Renal Disease with Secondary HyperparathyroidismD, G. B. RICHARDS, M.B., M.R.C.P. ...................................................................... 167

Cryoglobulinaemia in Multiple Myelomatosis A. N. BLADES, M.B. 169

MEDICAL MEMORANDAFaecal Fistula and Bilateral Strangulated

Hernia in an Infant. FRANCIS E.STOCK, F.R.C.S. 171

Unusually High Blood Sugar in a Boy.P. C. MEYER, M.B., B.S., D.C.P., andH. B. SALT, M.SC., A.R.ILC. .......... 171

Unusually High Blood Sugar in an Adult.H. S. BRODRIBB, D.M. ...... ........ 172

REFRESHER COURSEScarlet Fever. A. JOE, D.S.C., M.D.,

F.R.C.P.Ed. .......................... 181

GENERAL ARTICLES AND NEWSAssembly of Polish Doctors .......... 184New Minister of Health .............. 185NOVA ET VETERA ...................... 187MEDrCO-LEGAL ....................... 196UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES .......... 196MEDICAL NEWS ..........200BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATFE S.II202QUFSTIONS AND COMMENTS ...... ...... 203

OBITUARYG. E. Gask, C.M.G., D.S.O., F.R.C.S. ....193Sir Lenthal Cheatle, K.C.B., C.V.O., F.R.C.S. 194J. H. Rawlinson, F.R.C.S.Ed. ............ 194W. J. Logie, M.B. ................... 195C. R. Worthington, B.ch. ..........I..... 195E. J. Davis-Taylor, M.B. ..............195C. W. Gurd, M.B. ................... 195

LEADING ARTICLESThe Old Minister and the New ........ 175The B,2 Group of Vitamins .......... 175New Tests for Hearing .............. 177

ANNOTATIONSOphthalmologists' Fees ....i............... 178Falling Diphtheria Mortality .......... 178Hope for Registrars .................. 179Influenza in Europe .................. 179Acetylcholine and Cardiac Muscle ...... 180Man-eating Sharks ............. ...... 180

REVIEWSOrthopaedic Surgery ................... 173Hastening Evolution .................. 173Congenital Heart Disease ....... ....... 173Sex Anatomy ........................ 174Rochester Medical Centre ............ 174Books Received ...................... 174

REPORTS OF SOCIETIESROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE. 185ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE: Influenza 186

Epidemiology Section ................ 198

SUPPLEMENTFor Contents see First Page of Supplement

CORRESPONDENCEAppendicitis in the Navy. SIR CECILWAKELEY, P.R.C.S. .................. 188

Colonial Medical Service. J. L. GILKS, /F.R.C.S.Ed. .......................... 188

Registrars. A. C. LENDRUM, M.D....... 188Atypical Pneumonia. S. P. BEDSON,

M.D., F.R.S.; E. C. ATKINSON, M.B .. 188Idiosyncrasy to Tubocurarine. H.HOWELL-JONES, M.R.C.S. ............. 189

Sulphonamide Sensitivity. J. KINSELLA,L.R.C.P.I. ...................... ... 189

Erythrocyte Sedimentation in Anaemia.RICHARD TERRY, M.D ................. 189

Loss of Vision ........................190Popliteal Ligation for Post-phlebitic Leg.A. J. WALKER, F.R.C.S. ....... ....... 191

Treatment of Tinea with Oral Sulphone.P. H. BIRKS, M.R.C.S . ................ 191

Oedema of the Glottis. J. B. HORGAN,M.ch............................l..191

Certification. E. A. R. EVANS, M.B. ... 191Shorter House Jobs. H. K. FORD ...... 191Oral Penicillin. F. BICKNELL, D.M. .... 191Poliomyelitis in London in 1949. G. E.

BREEN, M.D., and B. BENJAMIN, B.SC. . . 192Management of Thyrotoxicosis. CHARLESDONALD, ch.M. ...................... 192

Acetonuria Rare. GEORGE GRAHAM, M.D. 192Refresher Course. R. BELL, M.B....... 192What is Homoeopathy ? R. E. W.OLIVER, M.R.C.S . .......... ......... 192

Points from Letters ..................192

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