MAYNE'S POCKET DISPENSATORY.

Identifying a family heirloom: The Indian Doctor's Dispensatory.

For over a century and a half a small book of pharmacological interest has been passed down within my family. Leather-bound in what may be sextodecimo format, it contains nearly 200 prescriptions for botanical remedies and descriptions of curative roots, leaves, barks, and berries found in eastern North America. References in the text suggest it was published in the United States in the second ...

Pocket Mathematics *

Mathematics is in a dramatic and massive process of changing, mainly due to the advent of computers and computer science. Our aim is to present a pocket image of this phenomenon; a “case study” will give us the opportunity to describe some of these new ideas, problems, and techniques. Particularly, we will be concerned with foreseeable mutations in the interaction between deductive and experime...

Pocket Endocrinology

Pages 179 i have carried this useful book in my pocket and used it with benefit in clinical meetings. It is intended for hospital doctors as a guide to practical management of people with diabetes and endocrine disorders. It describes each gland, the normal function and its variants, the symptoms and signs, the tests which might be used to establish the diagnosis and treatment. There is a sensi...

Pocket Prescriber

Pocket PhotoMesa: A Zooming Image Browser for the Pocket PC

Small devices such as Palm and Pocket PC have gained much popularity with the advent of mobile technology and price affordability. Image browsers are among popular software applications on PDAs. The limitations introduced by these devices such as screen resolution, processing power and interaction make it harder for multimedia applications designed for larger displays to be as much usable on sm...