MODEL OVERVIEW

Models (General Comments)

The models presented should be considered as hypotheses, and not as proven facts.

In many cases, the models have proven to be consistent within and between themselves, with Journal Literature, and with observations of the author's illness and treatment. They have been quite good as predictors and in explaining unanticipated events, and therefore could be considered as "working hypotheses," at least for the author's case. It may well be that these models will not hold for other people.

A model indicates the cause and effect mechanisms involved to produce the subset of symptoms or biological mal-condition the model illustrates.

A model may have pathways which appear on other models. This is done to present a model in a complete form on one Sub-Page.

Graphics

I started this project 17 years ago (before 2002). Over time a lot of information and its relationships accumulated. When recorded in the usual form of text documents, it was difficult to read and view in any sort of "grand view." It became obvious that a different representation was needed, one that would place information and its relationships into a tightly packed and very clear format. The format presented on this Web Site was the result. There is a lot of information densely packed into graphics.

There are some kinds of information which need not be instantly available to make the graphics understandable. That information is reached via links from the graphics. An example is the Bibliography. These links are not yet all installed.

One of the features is to roughly indicate the quality of the information presented. This is done by differences in the graphic symbols used. The thicker the line used, the higher the quality of the information presented.

Key

The following key is generally available while viewing a model. Look for a LINK to "KEY"