1. Message from the president

   • John W. Dundee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 1

2. The Irish journal of medical science: Past and future

   • T. F. Gorey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 1

3. Management of reflux oesophagitis: Role of weight loss and cimetidine

   • F. E. Murray
   • J. Ennis
   • J. P. Crowe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2 - 4

4. The monk hard-top prosthesis for displaced intracapsular fractures of the femoral neck

   • H. B. Casserly
   • B. Healy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 7

5. It looks like agromegaly but it is not

   • S. Donnelly
   • D. Sugrue

   OriginalPaper Pages: 8 - 9

6. Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) complicating meningococcaemia

   • D. C. Wilson
   • P. M. Crean
   • J. G. Jenkins

   OriginalPaper Pages: 10 - 11

7. Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus infection among infants over three winter seasons

   • E. A. O’Kelly
   • Irene B. Hillary

   OriginalPaper Pages: 12 - 16

8. Control of growth in preimplantation embryos

   • M. T. Kane

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 22

9. Abdominal aortic aneurysms: The importance of elective repair

   • A. F. Horgan
   • D. S. O’Riordain
   • J. A. O’Donnell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 25

10. Royal academy of medicine in Ireland section of Epidemiology and preventive medicine

    • Mary Kennedy
    • Patricia McDonald
    • Catherine Hayes

    Report Pages: 26 - 27

11. Royal academy of medicine in Ireland section of pathology

    • K. W. El. Bouri
    • J. O’Dowd
    • P. Dervan

    Report Pages: 28 - 29

12. Irish association of Rheumatology & Rehabilitation

    • A. B. Etwebi
    • F. R. Comerford
    • O. FitzGerald

    Report Pages: 30 - 37

13. The Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland

    Announcement Pages: 38 - 38

14. Instructions to authors

    OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 39

15. Instructions for abstracts

    Abstract Pages: 40 - 40

16. Editorial: Oesophageal pH monitoring

    • R. Stewart

    EditorialNotes Pages: 41 - 41