Burnand and G T Layer (26 July, p 224) that general practitioners cannot prescribe graduated compression stockings on an FPIO. In 1974 graduated compression hosiery was found to produce relief of symptoms and lowering of the venous ambulatory pressure'; a study presented at a congress in Munich earlier this year concluded that all properly fitted compression stockings improved the physiological variables examined with an optimal pressure of 20 mm Hg at the ankle and that a higher compression did not confer any further benefit (P J Reddy et al, unpublished observations); and studies of the effects of compression stockings on physiological tests of venous function in legs with chronic venous disease that have shown a fall in the ambulatory venous pressure,2 quoted in the article, have all been carried out using Scholl Soft Grip Stockings, Standard Elastic Yarn, prescribable on an FP10.

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that should be pursued between teacher, child, and parents. There is evidence that the pendulum phenomenon is now heralding an era of "narrow punitive education associated with the bullying of children and adolescents,"'3 and that this would be welcome in some quarters. Let us hope that sufficient people feel strongly enough to ensure that the next decade does not provide further inspiration for the Pink Floyd.

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