The National Medical Journal of India, On the frontline of Indian medicine,VOLUME 9,NUMBER 2, MARCH / APRIL 1996

VOLUME 9,NUMBER 2

MARCH / APRIL 1996

EDITORIALS
Conquering the common cough with ayurveda		[PDF] 53
	IRWIN ZIMENT
Vagotomy in India		[PDF] 54
	JOHN SPENCER
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Truncal vagotomy and gastrojejunostomy for chronic duodenal ulcer in India		[PDF] 57
	K. SRINIVASAN, N. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, C. CHEZIAN, A. SAHAI
The quality of prescribing in an Indian district		[PDF] 60
	A. R. PHADKE
Preoperative bile salt administration versus bile refeeding in obstructive jaundice		[PDF] 66
	U. TRIPATHY, R. K. DHIMAN, A. ATTARI, R. N. KATARIYA, N. K. GANGULY, Y. K. CHAWLA, J. B. DILAWARI
SHORT REPORT
Prenatal diagnosis of β- thalassaemia mutations using the reverse dot blot technique		[PDF] 70
	S. MURALITHARAN, A. SRIVASTAVA, R. V. SHAJI, M. MATHAI, V. M. SRIVASTAVA, D. DENNISON, C. Y. LU, R. KRISHNAMOORTHY
REVIEW ARTICLE
Prevention of gastrointestinal diseases		[PDF] 72
	P. S. DHAWAN, H. G. DESAI
SELECTED SUMMARIES
Selegiline in patients with Parkinson's disease		[PDF] 76
Preventing coronary heart disease with pravastatin		[PDF] 77
Surgery for epilepsy		[PDF] 78
EVERYDAY PRACTICE
Urine analysis in clinical practice		[PDF] 80
	SANJIV SAXENA
MEDICAL ETHICS		[PDF] 84
MEDICINE AND SOCIETY
International Medical Commission, Bhopal: A model for the future		[PDF] 86
	R. BERTELL, G. TOGNONI
OBITUARY		[PDF] 91
LETTERS
	LETTER FROM MADRAS	[PDF] 92
	LETTER FROM NORTH AMERICA	[PDF] 93
	LETTER FROM LONDON	[PDF] 94
BOOK REVIEWS		[PDF] 96
CORRESPONDENCE		[PDF] 99
MASALA		[PDF] 101
NOTICES		[PDF] 102

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