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PDR

®

PHM-3022

Medical Book Card

User’s Guide

MBS

Medical Book System

for Herbal

Medicines

Summary of Contents for PHM-3022

Page 1: ...PDR PHM 3022 Medical Book Card User s Guide for Herbal Medicines ...

Page 2: ... and pressing ENTER 5 Use DN or SPACE to scroll Quick Keys A Goes to Actions and Pharmacology topic C Goes to Contraindications topic D Goes to Dosage topic G Goes to Description Gen eral topic I Goes to Indications and Us age topic L Goes to Literature topic O Goes to Overdosage topic P Goes to Precautions and Ad verse Reactions You can use the Quick Keys only when the text of a drug monograph is...

Page 3: ...se the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM You may not make any copies of the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM or of the preprogrammed data stored therein whether in electronic or print format Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws Further you may not modify adapt disassemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM You may not ex port or re...

Page 4: ...ut the Medical Book System or other products from Frank lin Electronic Publishers call 800 665 5450 or visit the Franklin Web site at www franklin com Publishers Note 3 Key Guide 4 Installing Book Cards 5 Selecting a Book 6 Changing the Settings 6 Viewing a Demonstration 7 Finding Herb Information 7 Finding Indications 9 Reading the Glossary 10 Searching for Words 10 Highlighting Search Words 12 E...

Page 5: ...is product is subject to the terms and conditions of the User License PDR is a registered trademark used herein under license PDR for Herbal Medicines Copyright 1999 Medical Economics Company Inc All rights reserved Copyright 1999 Franklin Electronic Pub lishers Inc All rights reserved worldwide The PDR for Herbal Medicines contains information on some 600 herbs It includes the findings of the Ger...

Page 6: ...le of a high lighted item With CAP types an asterisk to stand for letters in a word At text displays the current Out line location of the text Key Combinations BACK Goes to the top level of a menu from a lower level CARD Transfers a highlighted word between installed book cards ENTER At a highlighted menu item dis plays the related text At text highlights special markers e g footnotes cross refere...

Page 7: ...Goes to Overdosage topic P Goes to Precautions and Adverse Reactions CAUTION Never install or remove a book card when the platform is turned on If you do information entered in any installed book cards may be erased 1 Turn the platform off 2 Turn the platform over 3 Align the book card tabs with the notches in a card slot 4 Press the book card until it snaps into the slot Installing Book Cards UP ...

Page 8: ... The type size sets how large the charac ters appear on screen The shutoff time sets how long your Medical Book System stays on if you forget to turn it off The default topic sets which topic will appear first when you hold and press ENTER to view a drug monograph The default state sets the screen that appears when you press CLEAR 1 Press MENU 2 Highlight Set Type Size Set De fault Topic Set Defau...

Page 9: ...r example type Gold Chain To delete a letter press BACK You can also highlight a menu item by using or The slanted arrow indicates that the menu item has a submenu 4 When the herb is highlighted press ENTER to select it When you select a common name the corresponding scientific name will dis play and you will go to its monograph Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtu ally any ...

Page 10: ... read the Key Guide 7 Use DN or SPACE to scroll 8 To go to the next or previous topic hold CAP and use or 9 Press CLEAR when finished Finding Herb Information If You Misspell a Drug Name When you type letters that do not match a drug on the Herbals menu the spelling correction entry screen ap pears You can press BACK repeatedly to exit it Or you can enter the mis spelled drug name to view correcti...

Page 11: ...t a topic and press ENTER 7 To go quickly to another topic use the Quick Keys To learn more about the Quick Keys read the Key Guide 8 Use DN or SPACE to scroll 9 To go to the next or previous topic hold CAP and use or 10 Press CLEAR when finished Where in the Book Am I When you are reading the text of a monograph you can see the Outline location of the current text by pressing SPEC green or To scr...

Page 12: ...press ENTER 6 Use DN or SPACE to scroll 7 Press CLEAR when finished Reading the Glossary Searching for Words Word searches find all the occurrences or matches of a word or word phrase in this book You can type up to 99 characters in a single search But you cannot search for short common words such as the and is 1 Press SEARCH yellow 2 Type your search words For ex ample type nervousness To delete ...

Page 13: ...ghlight a menu item and then press ENTER If needed select a subitem 9 Press SEARCH yellow or CLEAR to clear your search Searching for Words If You Misspell a Search Word If you enter a misspelled search word a list of corrections appears Use to highlight a correction and then press ENTER Searching for Parts of Words If you want to find prefixes suffixes or other parts of words type an aster isk in...

Page 14: ...evious matches if any hold and use UP 6 Press MENU to see the menu items with matches 7 Press CLEAR when finished Expanding Your Searches You can expand a word search up to three times to find inflected forms of words synonyms and similar words 1 Press SEARCH yellow 2 Type a word and then press ENTER For example enter asthma 3 Press MORE red to expand the search 4 Hold and use DN to see the Outlin...

Page 15: ...search stops as soon as matches are found at a level described above Pressing MORE red continues the search to the next level and finds additional matches if any Note The number of matches found at a given search level may be less than at the previous level Expanding Your Searches Using Notes To Add a Note You can add up to 10 notes to the text of this book to quickly find the sections that you mo...

Page 16: ...hlighted appears in the other book 6 Press ENTER again if needed to search for the word in the other book Using Notes Looking Up Words in Other Books To Find a Note Once you have added notes to this book you can easily find them 1 Press LIST blue 2 Use to highlight a note title Your notes are listed by recency 3 Press ENTER to go to that note To Remove a Note 1 Find a in the text of this book Tole...

Page 17: ...press the reset button on the back of the platform The reset button is recessed in a pin sized hole located near the book card slots CAUTION Pressing the reset button with more than light pressure may per manently disable it If nothing happens try Step 3 3 Remove and reinstall the batteries To learn how read the Medical Book System platform s User s Guide LBS Do not put excessive pressure on the b...

Page 18: ... equipment generates uses and can radiate radio fre quency energy and if not installed and used in accor dance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a par ticular installation If this equipment does cause harm ful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning ...

Page 19: ...Y TO FRANKLIN FOR YOUR RETURN Limited Warranty U S only LIMITED WARRANTY DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITED REMEDY A LIMITED WARRANTY FRANKLIN WARRANTS TO THE ORIGINAL END USER THAT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE 1 YEAR FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE AS EVIDENCED BY A COPY OF YOUR RECEIPT YOUR FRANKLIN PRODUCT SHALL BE FREE FROM DEFECTS IN MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP THIS LIMITED WARRANTY DOES NOT INCLUD...

Page 20: ... the United States that are returned under warranty should be returned to the original vendor with proof of purchase and description of fault Charges will be made for all repairs unless valid proof of purchase is pro vided This warranty explicitly excludes defects due to misuse accidental damage or wear and tear This guarantee does not affect the consumer s statutory rights key 4 9 11 14 Arrow key...

Page 21: ...ORE Red key 4 NOTE marker 14 Notes deleting 14 deleting all at once 14 finding 14 Publisher s Note 3 Quick Keys 5 9 understanding 5 Red MORE key 4 Reset button 15 Screen contrast 6 SEARCH yellow key 10 12 Settings changing 6 Shutoff time 6 SPEC green key 9 Tutorial 7 Type size 6 Viewing demonstration 7 help messages 7 Word searches understanding 13 Words highlighting 12 Yellow SEARCH key 10 12 FRB...

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