PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - BMJ Publishing Group Ltd TI - What should the doctor carry in the case? AID - 10.1136/dtb.14.11.42 DP - 1976 May 21 TA - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin PG - 42--44 VI - 14 IP - 11 4099 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/14/11/42.short 4100 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/14/11/42.full SO - Drug Ther Bull1976 May 21; 14 AB - What is in the general practitioner’s ‘black bag’ is a very individual matter. The contents reflect the style of the doctor’s practice and the type of area served and are a compromise between provision for any eventuality and the need to keep the bag down to a convenient size. The contents can be classified as diagnostic, therapeutic and administrative (forms, notepaper etc.).