Franklin PHM-3022 User manual

PDR®



PHM-3022

Medical Book Card

User’s Guide



MBS

Medical Book System™

for Herbal

Medicines

To Search for Words

1. Press

2. Type one or more words.

3. Press

ENTER

4. Hold

✩

and press

to see

the locations of matches.

5. Press

ENTER

to see a match or

to see the matches listed

on the menus.

6. To expand a search, press

Quick Reference Guide

To Use the Menus

Press

and highlight the

Herbals menu or the Indications

menu.

2. Highlight an entry by typing its

name or pressing or .

3. Press

ENTER

4. Select subitems, if needed, by

highlighting them and pressing

ENTER

5. Use ,

, or

SPACE

to scroll.

Quick Keys*

Goes to

Actions and

Pharmacology

topic.

Goes to

Contraindications

topic.

Goes to

Dosage

topic.

Goes to

Description (Gen-

eral)

topic.

Goes to

Indications and Us-

age

topic.

Goes to

Literature

topic.

Goes to

Overdosage

topic.

Goes to

Precautions and Ad-

verse Reactions

* You can use the Quick Keys only when the text of a

drug monograph is on the screen.

To Use Notes

1. When the text of the book is on

screen, press

LIST

2. Press

ENTER

to select

Add note

3. Press

ENTER

or type your own

note title and then press

ENTER

4. To find a note in the text, press

LIST

, highlight a note title, and

then press

ENTER

READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE MEDICAL BOOK

SYSTEM.

YOUR USE OF THE MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM DEEMS THAT YOUACCEPT

THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE

TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO

THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE MEDICAL BOOK SYS-

TEMAND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. The MEDICAL

BOOK SYSTEM means the software product, hardware, and documentation found in

this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.

LIMITED USE LICENSE

All rights in the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM remain the property of FRANKLIN.

Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to

use 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-export, directly or indirectly, the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM without com-

pliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM

contains Franklin’s confidential and proprietary information which you agree to take

adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective

until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN

if you fail to comply with any provision of this license.

License Agreement

Contents

➤

About Book Card Compatibility

IMPORTANT This book card can be

used only with the Medical Book Sys-

tem

™

platform and will not function in any

other Franklin BOOKMAN

platform.

The Medical Book System platform

can use Franklin BOOKMAN book

cards as well as Medical Book System

book cards. However, Franklin BOOK-

MAN platforms cannot use Medical

Book System book cards.

➤

For More Information

To learn more about 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

Expanding Your Searches ......... 12

Using Notes................................ 13

Looking Up Words

in Other Books ........................... 14

Resetting the Medical Book

System........................................ 15

Book Card Care.......................... 15

Specifications and Patents ....... 16

FCC Notice ................................. 16

Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ..... 17

Index ........................................... 18

Publishers’ Note

published by Medical Economics Company,

Inc. at Montvale, NJ 07645-1742. All rights

reserved. Content is based on the second

PhytoPharm Consulting, Institute for

Phytopharmaceuticals. Inclusion of an

herbal product does not represent an en-

dorsement by the publisher.

Neither the publisher, Medical Economics,

nor the producer of the unit, Franklin Elec-

tronic Publishers, Inc., warrant that the in-

formation is accurate, that the unit will

perform without interruption or free of er-

rors nor shall they be liable for any claim

arising out of or relating to the use of PDR®

for Herbal Medicines™.

For additional information on limitations

of liability and warranty disclaimers, con-

sult the LicenseAgreement and Limited

Warranty printed in the User's Guide. All

use of this product is subject to the terms

and conditions of the User License.

PDR®is a registered trademark used

herein under license.

1999 Medical Economics Company, Inc.

The PDR®for Herbal Medicines™contains

information on some 600 herbs. It includes

the findings of the German Regulatory

Authority’s herbal watchdog agency, com-

monly called “Commission E.” This

agency has conducted an intensive assess-

ment of the peer-reviewed literature on

some 300 botanicals. For those herbs not

considered by Commission E, Physicians'

Desk Reference has added an exhaustive lit-

erature review conducted by the respected

PhytoPharm U.S. Institute of

Phytopharmaceuticals under the direction of

Dr. Joerg Gruenwald. These additional

monographs, some 300 in number, provide

a detailed introduction to an array of exotic

botanicals.

All contents of the PDR®for Herbal Medi-

Color Keys

(red)Expands a word search.

SPEC

(green)Displays the Outline loca-

tion of the current text.

(

yellow

)Displaysthewordsearchscreen.

LIST

(blue) Lets you add, find, or remove

a note.

Function Keys

BACK

Erases typed letters, or backs up to

the previous screen.

CAP

Shiftskeystotypecapitalsorpunctuation.

CARD

Exits the currently selected book.

CLEAR

Clears an entry or search and goes

to the default state.

ENTER

Enters a word, selects a menu item,

or starts the highlight in text.

HELP

Displays help messages.

Displays the main menus.

ON/OFF

Turns the platform on or off.

SPACE

At entry screens, types a space. At

menus and text, pages down.

✻

At menus, displays the title 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-references,

tables, etc.).

✩

+Q-P Types numbers.

✩

At text, displays the next or

previous paragraph, table row,

or search match.

CAP

Goes to the top or bottom of

a menu or list.At text, goes to

the next or previous Outline title.

Key Guide

➤

Understanding the Keys

The functions of the keys may vary ac-

cording to which book card is installed

and selected in the platform. To learn

how to use a particular book card, read

its User’s Guide.

* Hold the first key while pressing the second.

➤

Removing Book Cards

CAUTION When you remove a book

card from a platform, information en-

tered in that book card may be erased.

Key Guide

Direction Keys

Pages up or down.

Moves the cursor, text, or highlight.

Quick Keys*

Goes to Actions and Pharmacology

topic.

Goes to Contraindications topic.

Goes to Dosage topic.

Goes to Description (General)

topic.

Goes to Indications and Usage topic.

Goes to Literature topic.

Goes to Overdosage topic.

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

* You can use the Quick Keys only when the text of a

drug monograph is on the screen.

➤

Understanding the Quick Keys

When a drug monograph is on the screen,

you can use the quick keys to quickly

view its different topics.

If you have installed two book cards in

the platform, you can select which book

you want to read.

1. Turn the platform on.

2. Press

CARD

3. Use or to highlight the book

you want to use.

4. Press

ENTER

to select it.

Selecting a Book Changing the Settings

Using the Setup menu, you can adjust the

type size, default topic, default state, shutoff

time, and screen contrast of this book.

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

view a drug monograph. The default state sets

the screen that appears when you press

CLEAR

1. Press

2. Highlight

Set Type Size, Set De-

fault Topic, Set Default State, Set

Shutoff

, or

Set Contrast

on the

Setup menu.

3. Press

ENTER

4. Use or to change the setting.

Or press

BACK

to leave the setting

unchanged.

5. Press

ENTER

to select it.

Before you start using this book, you may

want to see a brief demonstration.

Press

and then use the arrow keys to

highlight View Demo on the Setup menu.

Press

ENTER

to select it. To stop the dem-

onstration, press

CLEAR

Viewing a Demonstration

Finding Herb Information

The simplest way to find herb informa-

tion is to type a common or scientific

name at the Herbals menu. Scientific

names are capitalized on the Herbals

menu, but you do not need to type capi-

tals.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. If needed, press

and high-

light the Herbals menu.

3. Type an herb name. For 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 screen by pressing

HELP

. To

exit help, press

BACK

To read a tutorial about this book, se-

lect Tutorial from the Setup menu.

For more information about the PDR®

for Herbal Medicines™, select About

PDR HM from the Setup menu.

➤

Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows at the right of the

screen show which arrow keys you can

press to move through menus or view

more text.

When you select a scientific name, you

will go directly to the monograph.

Note: You can go directly from the

Herbals menu to the default topic of

the monograph by holding

✩

and

pressing

ENTER

Highlight a topic and press

ENTER

view the monograph.

6. To go quickly to another topic, use

the Quick Keys.

To learn more about the Quick Keys,

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 corrections.

You can select Words starting with... to

view completions, if any, or select a

correction to view its monograph.

Finding Herb Information

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