Thiamine before glucose to prevent Wernicke encephalopathy: examining the conventional wisdom.

merely lead to vagueness, ambiguity, or nonsense. For example, “Cohesiveness is the thread-forming ability of mucus under the influence of large amplitude deformation,” probably means, “Cohesiveness refers to mucus forming threads when mucus is stretched.” This practice is clearly becoming more common in medical writing. Reviewers should be encouraged to review manuscripts not only for scientific content but also for sound rules and principles of composition. Authors who wish to publish in medical journals should be encouraged to spend as much time and effort on their writing as they do on other aspects of research. Editors can effect change by making a distinction between good writing and bad writing and using the ultimate sanction, which is to accept or reject.