The Ulster Medical Journal index: volumes 1-64.

The National Breast Screening Programme: the first 5,000 women screened in Northern Ireland.

The National Breast Screening Programme is an ongoing public health programme. Women between 50 and 64 years are being invited to attend for screening at three yearly intervals. The results of the first 5,000 women screened in the Eastern Health and Social Services Board's unit are presented. The breast cancer detection rate was 7.8 per thousand women screened. The malignant to benign biopsy ra...

A Therapeutic Index

The Problems of Diphtheria in the Light of Modern Knowledge

THE Council of the Ulster MIedical Society and the Editorial Committee of the ULSTER MEI)ICAL JOURNAL have received, andl accepte(l with very great regret, the resignation of Dr. R. H. Hunter from the office of Editor. Dr. Iliunter has earne(d the very warnm thanks of tJlster (loctors for his work, a1n(d the fact that it has been a labour of love in nIo way lessens either its effort orI its val...

“The Editor”

THE Council of the Ulster MIedical Society and the Editorial Committee of the ULSTER MEI)ICAL JOURNAL have received, andl accepte(l with very great regret, the resignation of Dr. R. H. Hunter from the office of Editor. Dr. Iliunter has earne(d the very warnm thanks of tJlster (loctors for his work, a1n(d the fact that it has been a labour of love in nIo way lessens either its effort orI its val...

Atrial Fibrilation in Practice: Gregory YH Lip

These two volumes form part of the excellent In Practice series, published by the Royal Society of Medicine. Each examines an aspect of cardiology and presents it in such a way as to be accessible for the expert and the generalist alike. Professor Lip is well known for his work on atrial fibrillation, and the book manages to include a lot of information. Despite this, it is very readable. My on...