1. Usefulness of routine admission complete blood cell counts on a general medical service

   • Elizabeth B. Frye
   • F. Allan Hubbell
   • Lloyd Rucker

   Original Articles Pages: 373 - 376

2. Survey of medicine/pediatrics residency training programs

   • James M. Shumway
   • Norman D. Ferrari

   Original Articles Pages: 377 - 380

3. The relative risk of myocardial infarction in patients who have high blood pressure and non-cardiac pain

   • Bruce M. Psaty
   • Thomas D. Koepsell
   • Thomas S. Inui

   Original Articles Pages: 381 - 387

4. Divisions of general medicine

   • Jeanne S. Mandelblatt
   • Rhodes S. Adler
   • Thomas J. Mattimore

   Original Articles Pages: 388 - 393

5. Physicians’ and nurses’ attitudes toward withholding treatment in a community hospital

   • Mark W. Frampton
   • Raymond J. Mayewski

   Original Articles Pages: 394 - 399

6. Reflections

   • Tolstoy

   Legacy Pages: 399 - 399

7. Predicting emergency readmissions for patients discharged from the medical service of a teaching hospital

   • Russell S. Phillips
   • Charles Safran
   • Thomas L. Delbanco

   Original Articles Pages: 400 - 405

8. The association between hypertension treatment, control, and functional status

   • David S. Siscovick
   • David S. Strogatz
   • Robert H. Brook

   Original Articles Pages: 406 - 410

9. “Mastersinging”

   • James P. Whalen

   Reflections Pages: 410 - 410

10. Gauze vs. plastic for peripheral intravenous dressings

    • Benjamin Littenberg
    • Lynn Thompson

    Original Articles Pages: 411 - 414

11. The social responsibility of medical journal editing

    • George D. Lundberg

    Perspectives Pages: 415 - 419

12. Alcoholism

    • J. Taylor Hays
    • W. Anderson Spickard Jr.

    Clinical Reviews Pages: 420 - 427

13. Long-term care

    • Hirsch S. Ruchlin
    • Robert L. Braham

    Clinical Reviews Pages: 428 - 435

14. Introduction

    Controversy Pages: 436 - 436

15. Treating mild hypertension with drugs

    • Winslow Engel
    • John Sawyer

    Controversy Pages: 436 - 438

16. Benefits of treatment of mild to moderate hypertension

    • Charles H. Hennekens

    Controversy Pages: 438 - 441

17. On the costs of treating mild hypertension

    • Amiram Gafni

    Controversy Pages: 441 - 443

18. Mild hypertension and public policy

    • Paul D. Levinson
    • Richard A. Carleton

    Controversy Pages: 444 - 446

19. Health care for the poor in divisions of general medicine

    • Nicole Lurie

    Editorials Pages: 447 - 448

20. Medical — Ethical decisions

    • Marion Danis

    Editorials Pages: 449 - 450

21. Training internists for a role in long-term care

    • Paul R. Katz

    Editorials Pages: 450 - 452

22. The dynamic nature of sensitivity and specificity

    • Richard P. Lofgren

    Editorials Pages: 452 - 453

23. Bon voyage to david siscovick and michael O’Malley

    Editorials Pages: 453 - 453

24. Old age and surgery

    • James K. Cooper
    • Robert S. Sandler
    • Kathy L. Holland

    Letters To The Editors Pages: 454 - 454

25. Book reviews

    • Anne Scheetz
    • C. Stewart Rogers
    • Claudia Beghe’

    BookReview Pages: 455 - 458

26. Books received

    Announcement Pages: 458 - 458