Sir, I have read and attempted to digest the stimulating view of future general practice contained
in Computers in Primary Care, Occasional Paper 13 (RCGP, 1980). While a great deal …

Students Doing House Jobs SIR,-Last October the Medical Protection Society was asked by
a representative of the British Medical Students' Association to consider the legal status of …

T"\URING a period of over 30 years, I have collected a**^ considerable amount of information
about Thomas Wakley, whom I have come to regard as the most important personality in …

RCN Questionnaire SIR,-The Royal College of Nursing has prepared a questionnaire which
may be filled in by nurses who consider that they have detected abuse ofthe NHS …

SIR,-My owIn experience of the delay in getting urgent cases admitted to voluntary hospitals
is exactly the same as that of Dr. Swan (September 16th, p. 547). I have long since given up …

SIR,-On February 8th, 1930, I published in the Journal an article on the cure of hydrocele of
the tunica vaginalis by the injection of quinine and urethane. Some correspondents inquired …

duced by any organisms that may have gained access to the j wound during the course of the
operation in spite of these precautions. In other words, the term embraces all the measures …

Mr. W. LANG, the President, being in the chair. Captain RH ELLIOT, IM 8., showed Vafiadi’s
Instrument for detecting Feigned Amblyopia. This instrument was constructed so that when …

There is controversy concerning the role of genetic factors in species extinctions. Many
authors have asserted that species are usually driven to extinction before genetic factors have …

If habitat destruction or overexploitation of populations is severe, species loss can occur
directly and abruptly. Yet the final descent to extinction is often driven by synergistic processes (…