Table of Contents
Leading Article
| Anti-venom for snakebite in Sri Lanka | |
| HJ de Silva, SB Gunatilake, SAM Kularatne, KH Sellahewa | 43-45 |
| Parasitic zoonoses in Sri Lanka: an update | |
| AS Dissanaike | 46-47 |
Papers
| Safety of subcutaneous adrenaline as prophylaxis against acute adverse reactions to anti-venom serum in snakebite | |
| AS Dassanayake, P Karunanayake, KTAA Kasturiratne, MMD Fonseka, B Wijesiriwardena, SB Gunatilake, HJ de Silva | 48-49 |
| Theophylline blood levels in Sri Lankan asthmatics: comparison of two methods of assay | |
| AKE Goonetilleke, TMJ Munasinghe, HC Cooray, WK Balasuriya, N Fernando | 50-51 |
| Strategies for immunisation against rubella: evidence from a study in the Kalutara District | |
| P Palihawadana, AR Wickremasinghe, J Perera | 52-57 |
| First successful in vitro culture of autochthonous Leishmania sp. in Sri Lanka | |
| RL Ihalamullal, HVYD Siriwardana, S Gamage, AJ Perera, ND Karunaweera | 58 |
From the Journals
| From the journals v.47i.2 | |
| Kusum de Abrew | 59-60 |
Point of View
| Use of disability adjusted life years in health planning: a plea for caution | |
| Saroj Jayasinghe, Nalaka Mendis, Reidar Lie | 61-63 |
| Survival of an infant with amnion rupture sequence: a dilemma for clinicians | |
| MVC de Silva, DC Gooneratne, MDP Gooneratne, H Ediriweera | 63 |
| Analysis of the reported symptoms that preceded the death of KingRajasinghe of Sithawake (1592 AD) | |
| Philip G Veerasingam | 65-67 |
Case Reports
| Endoscopic cysto-enterostomy in the management of pseudopancreatic cysts | |
| Mohan de Silva, R Mahanama, Dayasiri Fernando | 68 |
| Mitochondrial myopathy with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia | |
| Harsha Gunasekera, Udaya Ranawaka, Jagath Wijesekera | 69-70 |
| Amyand’s hernia | |
| Jayaindra Fernando, Sanjaya Leelaratna | 71 |
Correspondence
| Reducing abortions is a public health issue | |
| PS Wijesinghe, Prasanna Gunasekera | 74 |
| Psychological distress among university students | |
| A Sumathipala, S Siribaddana | 74-75 |
| Evidence based medicine | |
| H Karunatilake, ASV Mendis | 75-76 |
| A religious conversion | |
| HDB Herath | 76 |
Book Reviews
| Organophosphates and health. - Lakshman Karalliedde, Stanley Feldman, John Henry and Timothy Marrs | |
| CG Uragoda | 77 |