N-Hydroxyphenacetin has been found in the urine of rats dosed with phenacetin, extending
previous reports that phenacetin is N-hydroxylated by liver microsomes in vitro. After an oral …

The effects on the quality of matrix isolation Raman spectra of varying parameters such as
the deposition conditions and the substrate metal have been investigated, and the optimum …

A technique for the direct quantitative determination of plasma warfarin concentrations has
been developed using multiple metastable peak monitoring on a double focusing mass …

On preparing a history on the stings of venomous fishes, I found that heat, whether in the form
of hot water, vinegar, fig juice, boiled cactus, heated stones, hot urine, or other materials, …

We may return unduly long letters to the authorfor shortening so that we can offer readers as
wide a selection as possible. We receive so many letters each week that we have to omit …

SIR,-YOU published an article (13 April, p. 113) on new hospital development under the title"
Two for the Price of One." Some daily papers also derived this inference from a vague …

No other branch of the medical profession is as preoccupied with its everyday tribulations
as general practice. The specialty weeklies abound with homespun anecdotes showing the …

SIR,-Drs RR Ghose and SK Gupta have described their experience of the synergistic action
of metolazone with" loop" diuretics (2 May, p 1432) in the treatment of" resistant" oedema. …

Professor Marshall Marinker, ofLeicester University, has had conferred on him an honorary
MD by the University of Tempere, Finland. He has also been appointed Directorof the MSD …