The future is for
electronic books!
More about
"The Really Current
Ophthalmology"
Electronic book
Introduction
My goal of writing this
book is to provide the reader with a book that will continuously be expanded and
updated. In my opinion the only way to keep up with all the developments in
medicine and ophthalmology is by keeping up with the literature.
In this age, when medical
knowledge is changing with such an alarming speed, it will be very difficult to
provide such a book in the usual printed format. It would be much easier and
much more practical to produce such a book in an electronic format. I intend to
update my book every three months, and by doing this I hope, I will be able to
provide the reader with a REALLY CURRENT
and up to date
book. My book is meant to complement other basic ophthalmology books. I believe
the book can make a useful addition to every ophthalmologist’s library. It will
complement other basic textbooks, and it will also save on the time spent in
the library looking through the ophthalmic journals. I intend to expand the
book, add photos and diagrams and also possibly produce the book on a CD rather
than a floppy disc.
I have added a new
chapter about basic ophthalmology. This chapter would be useful for all
non-ophthalmologists who deal with eye problems. It contains basic textbook
ophthalmology, which is aimed at guiding non-ophthalmologists who deal with eye
problems. It provides the basic manifestations of the common eye problems, how
to deal with them and indications for when to referral for a specialist
opinion.
How to use the Book?
I have used a
computer program called "Adobe acrobat" to programme the book.
This program enables easy transfer of electronic publications and data between
all different computers. To be able to read my book, the reader will need to
have the reader part of the program "Acrobat-reader" installed
on his / her computer. This programme is free-share. You may have the "Acrobat-reader"
programme installed on your computer already. It is often distributed freely
with most of the computer magazines. It can also be downloaded freely from the
Internet by clicking http://www.adobe.com and then following the instructions
on the screen. You may like to do this now. Once this programme is installed,
it will be very easy to use the floppy disc in the usual way. You can either
run the disc from the floppy disc drive or you can transfer it to the hard disc
drive.
Magdy A Nofal. September 2000