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
SEARCH
.
2. Type one or more words.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Hold
✩
and press
DN
to see
the locations of matches.
5. Press
ENTER
to see a match or
MENU
to see the matches listed
on the menus.
6. To expand a search, press
MORE
.
Quick Reference Guide
To Use the Menus
1. Press
MENU
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 ,
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 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
.

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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
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of, or in any way reverse engineer the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM. You may not ex-
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if you fail to comply with any provision of this license.
License Agreement

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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

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Publishers’ Note
published by Medical Economics Company,
Inc. at Montvale, NJ 07645-1742. All rights
reserved. Content is based on the second
edition of Herbal Remedies, copyright ©
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.
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 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-
cines™Datacard are copyright © 1999 and

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Color Keys
MORE
(red)Expands a word search.
SPEC
(green)Displays the Outline loca-
tion of the current text.
SEARCH
( 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.
MENU
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.
✩
+
DN
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.
or
UP
or
* Hold the first key while pressing the second.

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➤ 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*
A
Goes to Actions and Pharmacology
topic.
C
Goes to Contraindications topic.
D
Goes to Dosage topic.
G
Goes to Description (General)
topic.
I
Goes to Indications and Usage topic.
L
Goes to Literature topic.
O
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
DN
* 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.

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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
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 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.

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Before you start using this book, you may
want to see a brief demonstration.
Press
MENU
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
MENU
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.

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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
.
5. Highlight a topic and press
ENTER
to
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