Around this time of year I always look forward to the publication of the BMJ Christmas issue. For your viewing pleasure, below are some links to issues of Christmases past. The essence of the Christmas BMJ is strangeness. It’s our left brain issue. From A pile of strangeness
- 2008 Seasonal Fayre Christmas Podcasts PubMed Records
- 2007 PubMed Records
- 2006 PubMed Records
- 2005 PubMed Records
My favourite title: The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute - 2004 PubMed Records
My favourite title: A Fee-Nom-in-Hum and an Expotition - 2003 PubMed Records
My favourite title: How long did their hearts go on? A Titanic study - 2002 PubMed Records
My favourite title: Ice cream evoked headaches (ICE-H) study: randomised trial of accelerated versus cautious ice cream eating regimen - 2001 PubMed Records
My favourite title: The A to Z of authorship: analysis of influence of initial letter of surname on order of authorship - 2000 PubMed Records
My favourite title: Do animals bite more during a full moon? Retrospective observational analysis
1999; 1998; 1997; 1996; 1995 (Why do old men have big ears?)
Filed under: Christmas Journal Issues, Friday Fun, Series or Collections
[...] The little that I’d seen of Phil Jupitus, I’d liked. However, my opinion of him accompanied my hearsink after he shuffled on stage in an overcoat, scarf and muffler and read us a couple of lists. Hearing Schott’s Miscellany would have been rather more entertaining. If any of the performers had been that strapped for material, they might have consulted previous Christmas issues of BMJ for seasonal myths or science. [...]