Printed materials substantiation

Information on instruments preserved in collections, on ephemeral printed material connected with instruments and on the makers of instruments is not easily available. Before substantial studies on instruments can be undertaken, basic curatorial information needs to be available. Over the past few years there has been some progress in compiling material in all of these categories. 

On the other hand a number of solid substrates — printing materials, textiles, hairs — when in contact with liquids are porous in different degrees. In spite of much experimental and practical experience in the area, only a limited number of publications are available in the literature that deals with fundamental aspects of the phenomenon. We show in this book that spreading kinetics over porous substrates differs substantially as compared with spreading over nonporous substrates. 

Whenever an author wishes to include a figure, a table, or a substantial portion of text that has already been published elsewhere (in print or on the Internet), the author must obtain permission from the copyright holder to reproduce the material. It is the author s responsibility to... 

Whenever a product and its medical claim are promoted, there must be provision for the recipient of the information to obtain additional comprehensive information about the product. Advertising in print must be accompanied by the brief summary of risks. The FDA permits print advertising directed at the consumer to be accompanied by a consumer-directed brief summary, which can be in the form of a Q A. If a product is promoted directly to the consumer through a television commercial, then provision must be made to assure that the consumer can obtain substantial additional information needed to assess the benefits and risks of the product. Under an FDA guidance issued in August 1999, this requirement can be met through four mechanisms an 800 number that the consumer can call to ask that the information be mailed or read referral to an internet site information in an advertisement in a current issue of a magazine or materials that can be obtained from a health care provider. ... 

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