1. Editorial: Training in minimally invasive therapy and its impact on traditional surgical education

   • Thomas F. Gorey

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 2

2. The management of first trimester miscarriage by general practitioners in Ireland

   • Walter Prendiville
   • F. O’Kelly
   • N. McGuinness

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 6

3. Intravenous alpha-1-antitrypsin replacement therapy: Case report after one year of treatment

   • A. C. Ward
   • B. A. Keogh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 9

4. Ethnic differences in the frequency distribution of serum cholinesterase activity

   • J. Hosseini
   • F. Firuzian
   • J. Feely

   OriginalPaper Pages: 10 - 12

5. Laparoscopic appendicectomy — A successful operation in adults and children

   • P. P. Fleming
   • A. K. Chan
   • G. C. O’Sullivan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 15

6. Role of quality assessment in improving red blood cell transfusion practice

   • G. Joshi
   • M. McCarroll
   • F. Coffey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 16 - 19

7. Escherichia coli 0157: H7 — Two case reports

   • J. M. Lee
   • B. Crowley
   • C. A. O’Morain

   OriginalPaper Pages: 20 - 22

8. General practitioner and public health nurse views of nutritional risk factors in the elderly

   • J. P. Browne
   • V. A. O’Doherty
   • R. Fuller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 25

9. An unusual case of ischio rectal abscess presenting as acute urinary retention

   • G. M. Lennon
   • A. D. Desmond

   OriginalPaper Pages: 26 - 27

10. Carers of the elderly — Knowledge, use of and satisfaction with day care services

    • S. Jennings
    • G. Sayers
    • A. Deehan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 28 - 31

11. Eradication ofHelicobacter pylori: The results of a pilot study of 3, 5 & 7 day triple antibiotic regime with bismuth for one month

    • H. J. O’Connor
    • K. Cunnane
    • C. A. O’Morain

    OriginalPaper Pages: 32 - 34

12. A profile of attenders to a South Dublin City Accident and Emergency Department

    • M. Laffoy
    • B. O’Herlihy
    • G. Keye

    OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 37

13. European Union of Medical Specialities section of gastroenterology — Present status

    • C. O’Moráin
    • M. Whelton

    OriginalPaper Pages: 38 - 40

14. Utility of Wang transbronchial needle biopsy in sarcoidosis

    • C. Leonard
    • V. Tormey
    • C. M. Burke

    OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 43

15. Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the larynx

    • A. C. Curran
    • N. McDermott
    • M. Walsh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 44 - 46

16. Endometrial pipelle biopsy compared to conventional dilatation and curettage

    • S. Ong
    • T. Duffy
    • J. Murphy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 49

17. Irish medicine’s appeal to Rockefeller, 1920s

    • J. B. Lyons

    OriginalPaper Pages: 50 - 56

18. Wolfe Tone’s death: Suicide or assassination?

    • Patrick O'Donnell

    OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 59

19. Royal academy of medicine in Ireland section of epidemiology and public health proceedings of meeting held 22nd February 1996

    OriginalPaper Pages: 60 - 62

20. Book reviews

    • W. S. Monkhouse
    • Clare O’Connor
    • Hugh R. Brady

    BookReview Pages: 63 - 64