BACKGROUND The Noveon is a unique dual-wavelength near-infrared diode laser used to treat onychomycosis. The device operates at physiologic temperatures that are thermally safe for human tissue. It uses only 870- and 930-nm near-infrared light, wavelengths that have unique photolethal effects on fungal pathogens. These wavelengths lack the teratogenic danger presented by ultraviolet light and t...

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The very first edition of this classic text in tropical diseases appeared in 1898 under the authorship of the legendary "father of tropical medicine," Sir Patrick Manson, who nurtured this book through six editions until his death in 1922. For over eighty years students of tropical diseases have turned to its previous editions to familiarize themselves with these important disease entities. The...