1. If not now, when?

   • T. N. Walsh

   Editorial Pages: 9 - 9

2. Robert Graves and the origins of Irish medical journalism

   • E. Colman

   Retrospective Pages: 10 - 11

3. Recognising Excellence in Clinical Research: The 2000 Awards

   The 2000 Awards Pages: 11 - 11

4. Is there a future for a national scientific medical journal in Ireland?

   • E. M. M. Quigley

   Prospective Pages: 12 - 12

5. A cure for cancer? Dealing with minimal residual disease

   • G. C. O’Sullivan

   Perspective Pages: 13 - 16

6. Why not publish in theIrish Journal of Medical Science?

   IJMS Pages: 16 - 16

7. Lessons from sudden infant death syndrome

   • P. J. Kearney

   Commentary Pages: 17 - 18

8. Pregnancy in Irish renal transplant recipients in the cyclosporine era

   • M. A. Little
   • K. A. Abraham
   • J. J. Walshe

   Original Paper Pages: 19 - 21

9. The provision of a semen cryopreservation service for male cancer sufferers in the Republic of Ireland

   • D. Keane
   • S. Naughton
   • R. F. Harrison

   Original Paper Pages: 22 - 25

10. Initial experiences of a testicular sperm extraction programme for assisted reproduction in Ireland

    • S. Jacob
    • H. Spillane
    • R. F. Harrison

    Original Paper Pages: 26 - 29

11. Hospital-based stroke care in Ireland: results from one regional register

    • C. W. Fan
    • R. Mc Donnell
    • M. J. Crowe

    Original Paper Pages: 30 - 33

12. Evaluation of an alternative model of anticoagulant care

    • B. J. Hennessy
    • M. Vyas
    • S. A. Allard

    Original Paper Pages: 34 - 36

13. Feasibility of day case varicose vein surgery in a district general hospital

    • R. Mofidi
    • A. O. Bello
    • W. P. Joyce

    Original Paper Pages: 37 - 39

14. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome — are parents getting the message?

    • A. Cullen
    • B. Kiberd
    • M. O’Regan

    Original Paper Pages: 40 - 43

15. Inner-city hospital closures in Dublin: implications for general practice

    • G. Bury
    • N. Breen

    Original Paper Pages: 44 - 46

16. The pattern of perforating eye injuries in Ireland

    • A. Mulvihill
    • P. Eustace

    Original Paper Pages: 47 - 49

17. Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphisms and serum cholesterol in healthy Irish adults: a proposed genetic marker for coronary artery disease risk

    • D. Sheehan
    • T. Bennett
    • K. Cashman

    Original Paper Pages: 50 - 54

18. Circadian rhythm of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in normal subjects and neutropenic hospitalised patients

    • M. A. Abdelaal
    • I. A. Hashim
    • G. A. Oni

    Original Paper Pages: 55 - 57

19. A comparison of papaveretum-promethazine with morphine-ondansetron for patient-controlled analgesia

    • B. O’Brien
    • B. Nevin
    • K. Patterson

    Original Paper Pages: 58 - 59

20. The effects of blood on rapid urease testing forHelicobacter pylori in mucosal biopsies from the gastric antrum

    • J. M. Lee
    • N. P. Breslin
    • C. A. O’Morain

    Original Paper Pages: 60 - 62

21. Pharmacoeconomics in Ireland concepts and terminology

    • M. Barry
    • J. Feely

    Short Report Pages: 63 - 64

22. Successful management of penetrating cardiac trauma in a regional hospital

    • D. A. McNamara
    • C. McCart
    • R. G. K. Watson

    Case Report Pages: 65 - 66

23. Endometriosis in a scarless abdominal wall with underlying umbilical hernia

    • A. Ramsanahie
    • S. K. Giri
    • G. T. Nessim

    Case Report Pages: 67 - 67

24. Bernardino Ramazzini and his treatise of the diseases of tradesmen

    • C. S. Breathnach

    Literary & Historical Pages: 68 - 71

25. Pens and needles: the physician as writer

    • M. Fanning

    Literary & Historical Pages: 72 - 74

26. Book reviews

    • J. V. Lucey
    • C. Thompson
    • R. Fitzgerald

    BookReview Pages: 75 - 81

27. Someone should write a letter

    Correspondence Pages: 82 - 82

28. Patrick G Collins (1923–99)

    • David Bonchier-Hayes

    Obituary Pages: 84 - 84