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- Doctor on a Disk
-
- Users Manual
- for
-
- Doctor on Disk
- Version 1.2
-
- "The Computerized Medical Book"
-
- Copyright (c) 1992
- by
- Emerald Coast Software
- 2707 East 6th Place
- Panama City, FL 32401-5227
- Telephone (904) 785-8946
-
- All Rights Reserved
-
-
- Introduction.
- -------------
- Doctor on Disk, the Computerized Medical Book, was developed by Emerald
- Coast Software to allow you to quickly determine what illness is suspected
- when you or your family start showing symptoms of sickness.
-
- An enormous amount of time was spent in research and programming to assure
- that the diagnosis presented will be accurate. As with any illness, you
- should consult your physician at the first symptoms of sickness.
-
-
-
- Index of Symptoms.
- ------------------
- The index contains over 615 entries arranged in alphabetical order.
- It may be searched by using the Up/Down arrow keys, PageUp/PageDown keys,
- Home/End keys or by pressing the letter on the keyboard that corresponds
- to the first letter of the symptom listing.
-
- When the letter is pressed, the index list will immediately be positioned
- at, and highlight, the first listing in the index that begins with the
- letter pressed. If the same letter is pressed again, the next index
- listing that begins with the letter pressed will be highlighted.
-
- This will go on until the last listing in the index beginning with the
- letter pressed is highlighted. Pressing the same letter again will once
- more place the cursor at the first listing that begins with the letter
- pressed and it will again be highlighted.
-
- When the desired index entry is highlighted, pressing the <space> bar
- will select the entry by placing a "tick" mark to the left of entry. If
- you press the <space> key again the "tick" mark will disappear and the
- entry will be de-selected.
-
- You may select as many as six symptoms at a time. You must select a
- minimum of two symptoms. The more actual symptoms you select, the more
- accurate the diagnosis will be.
-
-
- Look closely at the example below and note the results.
- -------------------------------------------------------
-
- Symptom Selected Illness diagnosed
- ---------------- ------------------------------------------
- Appetite loss \ Pancreas Cancer
- Weight loss \ Stomach Cancer
- Vomiting / Addison's Disease (Adrenal insufficiency)
- / Diabetes Mellitus
- --------------- ------------------------------------------
- Appetite loss \ Pancreas Cancer
- Weight loss \ Addison's Disease (Adrenal insufficiency)
- Vomiting / Diabetes Mellitus
- Nausea /
- --------------- ------------------------------------------
- Appetite loss \
- Weight loss \ Stomach Cancer
- Vomiting /
- Anemia /
- --------------- ------------------------------------------
- Appetite loss \
- Weight loss \
- Vomiting > Diabetes Mellitus
- Nausea /
- Vision, blurred /
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- NOTE: You must select ACTUAL symptoms of an illness before the computer
- can determine which illness to display.
-
- If you select symptoms at random, you will probably be told that
- no illness with the selected symptoms was found since we have gone
- to great lengths and tremendous amount of research to assure that
- the normal symptoms for an illness are the only ones that will
- select it.
-
- If you select six symptoms and the computer determines that a large number
- of illnesses are common to those symptoms, you may narrow the diagnosis
- by selecting three or four of the first selected symptoms and then select
- one or two different symptoms.
-
-
-
- Index of Illness.
- -----------------
- The index contains over 695 entries arranged in alphabetical order.
- It may be searched by using the Up/Down arrow keys, PageUp/PageDown keys,
- Home/End keys or by pressing the letter on the keyboard that corresponds
- to the first letter of the illness listing.
-
- When the letter is pressed, the index list will immediately be positioned
- at, and highlight, the first listing in the index that begins with the
- letter pressed. If the same letter is pressed again, the next index
- listing that begins with the letter pressed will be highlighted.
-
- This will go on until the last listing in the index beginning with the
- letter pressed is highlighted. Pressing the same letter again will once
- more place the cursor at the first listing that begins with the letter
- pressed and it will again be highlighted.
-
- When the desired index entry is highlighted, pressing the <Enter> key
- will select the entry and you will be presented with a description of
- the illness, it's symptoms and the usual expected medical treatment.
-
-
-
- Order Latest Upgrade.
- ---------------------
- We at Emerald Coast Software are constantly striving to improve all of
- our software. We will be adding new features, new listings, etc. as time
- and disk space permits, while keeping our software user friendly.
-
- Each program we release is as complete as we can make it at that time. We
- receive input from our customers and usually attempt to incorporate their
- suggestions for features and/or improvements into a subsequent version.
-
- Once a software program is released, we do not stop working and attempting
- to improve it. We will usually have an upgrade of most of our software
- within six months of each subsequent release.
-
- Upgrades are usually offered at one-half price (or less) of the full
- purchase price.
-
-
-
- Other Emerald Coast Software Programs.
- --------------------------------------
- This is a listing of other excellent software programs that are
- available from ECS.
-
-
-
- Change Emergency Numbers. ( Registered version only )
- -------------------------
- These are the emergency numbers that are constantly displayed on the
- screen while the user is in the menu mode.
-
- The user may customize the emergency phone number layout to best suit
- the user. The user may have the listing reflect their desired description
- for each listing and the order in which they are listed on the screen.
-
- Up to twenty one names and phone numbers may be displayed on the menu
- screen in the registered version.
-
-
- We welcome all comments and suggestions.
-
- Thanks for evaluating Doctor on Disk - the Computerized Medical Book.
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