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The Ceylon

Medical Journal

Established 1887
Volume 39, No.1, March, 1994


CONTENTS

Leading Articles

1

Making murder sound respectable. R Smith
 

3

The Dunkel draft - a prescription for disaster. T George, J Amalorpavanathan, Zaibunissa Begum
 

4

Pharmacological management of hypertension in pregnancy. T N Aturaliya
 

9

Neurology of sleep. K Puvanendran
Papers

11

Effect of age on serum prolactin concentration in presumably fertile men in Sri Lanka. K H Tennekoon, E H Karunanayake
 

14

Incidence of induced abortion determined by the randomised response technique. L C Rajapakse, D C Perera
 

19

Subcutaneous morphine for postoperative analgesia. M Nirmalan, U I Bopitiya, J Jayawardene, D Attygalle
 

22

Prevalence of lipid abnormalities in Sri Lankan patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. S Siribaddana, N Perera, S Perera, D Fernando, N Weerasuriya
 

25

Agricultural accidents in North Central Sri Lanka. G Goonatilleke
Occasional Review

30

The treatment of ulcerative colitis: from cure to a new disease. H J de Silva
Impression of Sri Lanka

37

Criticism without offence. A C P Sims
Point of View

40

Challenges for space medicine. S Sri Kantha
Case Reports

43

Salmonella typhi endocarditis. U C L Hewage, A L Kamaladasa, A K C P Amarasinghe, N Amarasekera
 

45

Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and chloroquine resistant Plasmodium falciparum infection in Sri Lanka. S M Handunetti, S Jayasinghe, P P S L Pathirana, R Fernando
 

46

Acalypha indica induced haemolysis in G6PD deficiency. S P Lamabadusuriya, U K Jayantha
 

48

Skeletal fluorosis with neurological complications. J K Dissanayake, A Abeygunasekara, R Jayasekara, C Ratnatunga, N V I Ratnatunga
 

50

Cystic fibrosis in Sri Lanka. D G H de Silva, A J A L Fernando, M D M S Gunatilleke
Picture-Story

53

Chronic haematoma of the abdominal wall presenting as an obstructed ventral hernia. G Goonatillake
From the Journals

55

R L Jayakody
Book Review

57

C G Uragoda
Letters

58

First-aid for jelly fish stings. M Fernando
 

58

Benzathine penicillin for rheumatic fever prophylaxis. S B Gunatilake
 

59

In reply 1 R L Jayakody, S Kottegoda
 

69

In reply 2 G Fernando
Obituary

61

H D Goonatillake by C G Uragoda


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