Publications
Brand Names in Prescribing
1 September 1976
To present a balanced view of the brand name/generic controversy and the associated field of bioavailability. Many have discussed these problems; scientists, politicians, industrialists, legislators, hospital…
Rabies
1 April 1976
Rabies, which is traditionally regarded as a mortal condition in humans once the symptoms have developed, is the best known and most feared of all the…
Anaesthesia
1 February 1976
Anaesthesia is the art or science of rendering the patient unaware, thereby providing an indispensable foundation for surgery. Although man had unsuccessfully been attempting to eliminate…
Murder, Manslaughter and Infanticide
1 January 1976
During the last fifteen years the rate of homicides (which comprise all cases of murder, manslaughter and infanticide) occurring in England and Wales has doubled. Analysis…
Infant and Child Health
1 December 1975
In 1901 approximately 127,000 infants and 81,000 children aged 1-14 died in England and Wales. By 1973, the corresponding figures were 11,500 and 4,500, representing falls…
Medicines Which Affect the Mind
10 January 1975
Mankind has used mind affecting drugs throughout and probably for many thousands of years before recorded history. In European culture alcohol, tobacco, caffeine and to a…
Health Care Dilemma or ‘Am I kranken, doctor?’
1 August 1975
For the past 25 years the problems of the National Health Service in Britain have been considered primarily in terms of a shortage of resources. This…
Canberra Hypothesis: the Economics of the Prescription Medicine Market
1 July 1975
The Office of Health Economics delivered a paper to the Pharmaceutical Sciences Section of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science at the Academy of Sciences in Canberra.
Multiple Sclerosis
1 May 1975
The unequal geographical distribution of multiple sclerosis is one of its most striking and potentially significant characteristics. The disease occurs with much greater frequency in temperate…