COMPLETE
REPERTORY
By
Roger-Van Zandvoort
The major repertories used in this century have been Kent’s
Repertory, Boenninghausen’s Therapeutic Pocket Book, Boger’s Boenninghausen’s Repertory,
Barthel and Klunker’s Synthetic Repertory and Künzli’s Kent’s Repertorium
Generale.
The richness and accuracy of repertories is of vital
importance since we use them as the primary tools to lead us toward the choice
of the similimum. Therefore we need a repertory that covers as much relevant
information as possible and has as many of the rubrics as possible verified
back to their original sources.
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To be
reliable the repertory should refer to the oldest source of an addition rather
than a later one.
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To
maintain continuity it should show the related page number for each rubric for
the other major repertories.
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To
help new and experienced practitioners to find exactly what they are looking
for it should have extensive cross references.
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And to
enable us to zero in on the similimum it should have all of the additions from
every available reliable source.
Roger-van Zandvoort – Netherlands – worked
on corrections to Kent rep – found information differed from Synthetic Rep –
worked in detail – initial version came out as database file for use with KHA
Mac Repertory
Doris
Spinedi was an associate of Roger.
In
1990, Roger met Kunzli in a seminar on Mac Rep – team of 40 docs from Swiss,
Austria and Germany started work – after Kunzli’s death in 1992, Spinedi co-ordinated
between Roger and the team of doctors.
1n
1996 – Complete rep was published by Institute of Research, Homoeopathic
Information and Symptomatology, Netherlands
When
text of a rubric was unclear, Roger went to original MM to correct it.
Added
proving data of Granite, Limestone, Bothrops, Atrax, etc
ORIGINS AND CONSTRUCTION - THE SOURCE INFORMATION
The source information used to create this repertory came
from the first, third and sixth American editions of Kent’s Repertory. This
information was combined with many corrections and additions found in:
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Homeopathic journals
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Pierre Schmidt and H Chand’s Final General Repertory
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Jost Künzli’s Repertorium Generale
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Sivaraman’s Additions and corrections to Kent’s Repertory
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Boger’s Additions to Kent’s Repertory and
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CCRH’s Corrections to Boger’s Boenninghausen Repertory (there is
material in Kent’s Repertory that comes from this repertory).
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In addition to the corrections, extensive verification and correction of
remedy abbreviations that were confusing was done. Example: am-br. instead of
ambr.
TEXTUAL CHANGES TO KENT'S REPERTORY
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The
hierarchy and text of each rubric has been examined and inconsistencies
corrected.
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The
most important word in a rubric was moved to the beginning of that rubric.
Example: during urination was changed to urination, during.
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The
rubrics were re-ordered alphabetically for the hierarchy used in Kent’s
Repertory and that hierarchy has been improved compared to Kent’s. The
hierarchy of the rubrics was restructured to follow the format: General; sides
(one-sided, left, right); times; agg. and amel.; modalities and concordances;
extending to; localizations and sensations (pain).
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All of the agg. rubrics with amel. sub-rubrics were
reorganized.
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Older
terminology was replaced when clearly needed by more modern terminology
following the American English spelling. Example: miscarriage is included in
abortion, and siesta is included in afternoon sleep.
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The
text of the rubrics, when unclear, has been corrected to match its Materia Medica
source text.
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The
inconsistent use of several words with the same meaning was replaced by a
single word throughout. Example: micturition became urination, qualmishness
became nausea.
ALTERATIONS TO REMEDY ABBREVIATIONS
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Different
abbreviations for one and the same remedy were put together. Example: Kaol and
Alum-sil became Alum-sil. (A full index to abbreviation changes can be found on
the Indexes page in the Reference section.)
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The
remedies in each rubric were re-ordered alphabetically according to the
alphabetic order of the abbreviations instead of the alphabetic order of the
full names of the remedies.
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Some
remedy abbreviations have been changed to ensure less confusion about what each
abbreviation denotes. The confusion was particularly marked for the mineral
salts, metals, acidums and aceticums.
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Aceticums,
aceticas end in -acet. Previously -a or -ac or -acet. Example: Am-a was changed
to Am-acet.
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Alkaloids
end in –in (some exceptions still exist though). Example: Dub. was changed to
Dubin., Coni-br. was changed to Conin-br.
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Arsenicosums,
arsenicicums etc. end in -ar. Previously -ar or -a. or -ars. Example: Nat-a was
changed to Nat-ar.
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Carbonicums
end in -c. One exception because of the weight of usage and tradition is
Calcarea carbonica which remains as Calc.
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Cyanatums
end in -cy. Previously sometimes -c. Example Arg-c was changed to Arg-cy. Ferro-cyanatums
end in -fcy. Previously -fer. Example: Kali-fer was changed to Kali-fcy.
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Iris.
All Irises now begin with Iris- followed by the abbreviation for the sub
species.
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Magnetas
begin with M- (previously Mag-), to avoid confusion with Magnesiums, which will
all remain Mag-. Example: Mag-p-a was changed to M-p-a.
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Lacticums
end in -l. Previously -l or -lac. Example: Ferr-lac was changed to Ferr-l.
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Metallicums
now have no suffix at all. Example: Arg-m was changed to Arg. Many metals like
Aurum had no suffix, while some like Arg-m. did. The exception to the rule
because of the weight of usage and tradition is Arsenicum metallicum which
remains as Ars-met. The -met suffix avoids confusion with the muriaticums (-m)
and differentiates it from Ars, which stands for Arsenicum album (which in
future could change to Ars-o, since it stands for Arsenicum oxidatum).
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Muriaticums
end in -m. Previously -m or mur. Example Arg-mur was changed to Arg-m.
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Nitricums,
nitrates, etc, end in -n. Previously sometimes -nit. Example: Stront-nit was
changed to Stront-n.
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Oxydatums
end in -o. Previously -ox or -o. Example: Ant-ox was changed to Ant-o.
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Oxalicums
end in -ox. Previously -ox or -o. Example: Kali-o was changed to Kali-ox.
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Sulphuricums,
sulphates, sulfites, etc, end in -s. Previously sometimes -sul or -s. Example:
Merc-sul was changed to Merc-s.
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Many
minor remedy abbreviations have been changed in order not to confuse them with
other remedy abbreviations that represent completely different remedies. Example:
Cocc-s. (Coccinella septempunctata, an insect) has been changed to Cocci-s in
order not to be confused with Cocc (Cocculus indicus, a plant). One might think
Cocc-s is a further species in the Cocc family, which it is not. Example:
Crot-t (Croton tiglium, a plant) has been changed to Croto-t in order not to be
confused with Crot-h and Crot-c, the Crotalus snakes.
REMEDY DEGREES USED IN THE REPERTORY
Remedy degrees have been chosen using specific guidelines
for the grades indicated in the Materia Medica. Here are a few examples.
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Complete Repertory |
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Hahnemann’s Materia Medica Pura and Chronic Diseases |
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(Between
brackets) |
not
relevant enough to use |
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Normal
print |
infrequently
seen in provings/patients |
First
degree: plain type |
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Bold text |
often
seen in provings/patients |
Second
degree: italics |
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Stapf’s Archiv and Additions to the Materia Medica Pura |
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Normal
text |
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First
degree: plain type |
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E x t e n d e d text |
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Second
degree: italics |
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Noack and Trinks Handbüch der Homöopathischen Arzneimittellehre |
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Normal
text |
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First
degree: plain type |
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E x t e n d e d text |
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Second
degree: italics |
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Jahr’s New Manual of Homeopathic Practice |
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Normal
text |
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First
degree: plain type |
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Italic text |
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Second
degree: italics |
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(both
can include |
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Hering’s Guiding Symptoms, Analytical Repertory of the
Symptoms of the Mind |
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occasionally
confirmed proving symptom |
First
degree: plain type |
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more
frequently confirmed proving symptom |
First
degree: plain type |
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symptoms
verified by cures |
Second
degree: italics |
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symptoms
repeatedly verified by cures |
Third
degree: bold |
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approved
characteristic |
Third
degree: bold |
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T F Allen’s Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica |
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Normal
text |
not
verified symptoms |
First
degree: plain type |
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verified
symptoms |
First
degree: plain type |
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Italic text |
more
frequent in provings |
Second
degree: italics |
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more
frequent in provings, verified in cures |
Second
degree: italics |
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Bold text |
frequent
in provings |
Third
degree: bold |
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frequent
in provings and verified in cures |
Third
degree: bold |
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H C Allen’s Materia Medica of the Nosodes |
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proving
symptom, not or only occasionally confirmed |
First
degree: plain type |
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more
frequently confirmed proving symptom |
Second
degree: italics |
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Italics |
more
frequently confirmed proving symptom |
Second
degree: italics |
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symptoms
verified by cures ? |
Second
degree: italics |
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frequently
confirmed proving symptom ? |
Third
degree: bold |
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W Boericke’s Materia Medica, O Boericke’s Repertory |
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Normal
text |
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First
degree: plain type |
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Italic text |
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Second
degree: italics |
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J H Clarke’s Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica |
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Normal
text |
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First
degree: plain type |
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Italic text |
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Second
degree: italics |
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Kent’s Lectures on Homeopathic Materia Medica, Lesser
Writings, Minor Writings |
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Normal
text |
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First
degree: plain type |
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Italic text |
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Second
degree: italics |
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UPPER
CASE text |
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Third
degree: bold |
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Boger’s Bönninghausen Repertory |
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(Text
between brackets) |
conditional |
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Normal
text |
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First
degree: plain type |
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Italic text |
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Second
degree: italics |
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Bold Capitalised text |
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Third
degree: bold |
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UPPER
CASE text |
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Third
degree: bold |
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BOLD UPPER CASE text |
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Third
degree: bold |
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pathogenic
symptoms from provings that have been cured in the patient, and 
pathogenic
and clinical symptoms in normal and italic type.)
or
no sign
,
the Greek letter theta indicates a specific pathological or physiological
state during which a specific symptom was cured by the remedy. We included
those remedies when there was more than one entry for that situation and/or
when these entries were not in plain type. These remedies have a certain
value not restricted to that specific situation and therefore should be
mentioned. Toxicological symptoms were included. 
All new rubrics that were sourced from these repertories
have been included with the degrees of the remedies as in these repertories,
except for the bold upper case remedies that stand for the fourth degree in
these repertories. This degree was downgraded to the third degree when adding
the information to the Complete Repertory.
Some degrees were changed, overruling the original degree
for the specified remedy in Kent’s Repertory, after referring to Kent’s
Lectures, Lesser Writings and Minor Writings. In these instances you will find
ID # 58 (additions from Kent’s Repertory have no ID number), meaning that you
are dealing with information from Kent’s materia medica work, written after the
completion of the repertory.
Some degrees were changed to higher degrees based on printed
and handwritten information by P. Schmidt as found in his manuscripts and
copies of Kent’s Repertory. These changed will have ID # 122 or the ID number
for the oldest original author. All fourth degree remedies come from P. Schmidt
but can also have an older ID number.
Some degrees were changed using J. Künzli’s Repertorium
Generale without further mentioning. The text in the Complete Repertory
should be identical to the text in the Repertorium Generale. This book became
the reference Kentian style repertory in the last few years and has been
thoroughly checked by the Künzli-group under supervision of D. Spinedi.
RUBRIC RE-ORGANIZATION – MIND CHAPTER
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There
have been some important changes and additions to the rubrics of the MIND
chapter. The Dreams have been put in the MIND chapter. The Dreams represent
emotional impressions and mental strain.
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The
location of the rubrics for Speech in the MIND and MOUTH chapters of the
repertory has been changed. The original reason that Kent divided Speech
rubrics between these chapters was that he wanted those rubrics of Speech that
had a mental/emotional etiology to be distinguished from those that were more
physiological in origin. Nevertheless many rubrics have been confused or were
open to misinterpretation. Example:
MIND; Speech; embarrassed (Kent p 81) was changed to MIND; Talk, talking,
talks; embarrassed. Example: MIND; Speech; incoherent (Kent p 81) became Speech
& Voice; Speech; incoherent. The main rubric Speech under SPEECH &
VOICE includes all those rubrics that relate to the motor function of speech.
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The
bodily anxieties and apprehensions have been included in the MIND chapter under
Anxiety. The reason for this is that, although felt in a specific part of the
body, it is still an expression of emotional value and therefore should be
included in the MIND chapter. Of course we also preserved those rubrics in the
specific body part chapter. Example: STOMACH; Anxiety in has been included in
Mind; Anxiety; Stomach, in.
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The
separate main MIND rubrics Talk; Talking and Talks have been combined into one
rubric named Talk, talking, talks since they were inconsistent in their meaning
and confusing.
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The
sub-rubrics mentioning animals and body or body parts under the main rubrics
Delusions, Dreams and Fear have been put together under the header: body, body
parts or animals. Example: Fear; dogs, of (Kent p 44) became Fear; animals;
dogs, of.
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In the
main rubric Delusions many sub-rubrics with the same meaning were found and
their remedies were transferred to the most suitable location and wording to
represent that information. Cross-references to the new locations indicate
where a specific rubric in Kent’s Repertory has been moved.
RUBRIC RE-ORGANIZATION – OTHER CHAPTERS
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In all
chapters the Discolorations and Eruptions rubrics have been reorganized so that
all of the sub-rubrics now fit the same hierarchical layout. The layout is: the
general rubric, then the sub-rubrics concerning the time modalities, the
general modalities and the locations, followed by the specific colors or
specific type of eruptions with their specific locations as sub-rubrics. Kent’s
presentation was not consistent. In some chapters he would use this hierarchy,
in others the locations would appear first with the specifics as their
sub-rubrics.
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In all
chapters the main Pain rubrics, except for the HEAD PAIN chapter and the
EXTREMITY PAIN chapter, have been reorganised hierarchically. They all start
with General, with the sub-rubrics arranged by the time modalities, the general
modalities and causations and the "extending to" rubrics followed by
the pain types, including "wandering", "radiating" and
"pulsating/throbbing" that were formerly found in the sub-rubrics of
Pain; General. The rubrics Pain from the HEAD and EXTREMITIES chapter have been
moved to their own chapters in order in order to minimise confusion resulting
from the size of them and from the depth of the hierarchy.
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Several
body locations have been moved from more than one chapter to the one chapter in
order to be consistent. Forehead as a location could be found in both the FACE
chapter and the HEAD chapter. It is now contained in the FACE chapter with
cross-references at the old location. In the NOSE chapter under Eruptions only
those have been kept in the NOSE chapter that stand for Eruptions, inside, all
other ones have been moved to the FACE chapter. In the FACE chapter all
locations for "eyebrows, about" have been added, most of them coming
from the EYE chapter. Eruptions about the eyes in the EYE chapter have been
kept there. One could put these also in the FACE chapter though.
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All
noises in all different chapters have been put together, like in the EAR
chapter, under the main rubric Noises.
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In
line with handwritten suggestions by Kent as found in P. Schmidt's copies of
Kent’s Repertory new chapters have been created for SMELL and TASTE, similar to
the already existing chapters for VISION and HEARING.
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The
Aversion and Desire rubrics in the STOMACH have been moved to the GENERALITIES
chapter where they can be found combined under the main rubric Food and drinks.
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In the
STOMACH chapter the Indigestion and Disordered rubrics have been reorganised so
that now the Indigestion rubric contains all the modalities around Indigestion
and Disordered and the Disordered rubric contains all specific foods that cause
Indigestion or Disordered stomach.
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In the
ABDOMEN chapter all epigastrium locations have been moved to the STOMACH
chapter and have been put in the general Stomach rubrics there.
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In the
STOOL chapter all colours have been put under the main rubric Colour, similar
to the URINE chapter.
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In the
MALE and FEMALE chapters the rubrics for Excitement, Sexual passion, Desire
diminished have been reorganized into Sexual desire with diminished or
increased as sub-rubrics. In the FEMALE chapter the rubrics Menses, Leucorrhoea
and Lochia have been reorganised with all general modalities under the rubric
General followed by the rubrics describing the appearance of menses,
leucorrhoea, and lochia.
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A new
chapter has been created containing those Speech rubrics from the MIND and
MOUTH chapters that are related to speech production problems and the Voice
rubrics formerly found in the LARYNX & TRACHEA chapter. The rubrics of
Speech related to emotional background have been placed in the MIND chapter
under Talk, talking, talks.
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In the
RESPIRATION chapter the sub-rubrics for Difficult and Impeded have been
compared and when the same, they have been combined and put under Difficult
with cross-references at the original locations of the rubrics that have been
moved. The other rubrics have been given cross-references that link them to the
similar rubrics in the other main rubric.
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The
FEVER chapter has been renamed to FEVER, HEAT. The CHILL chapter to CHILL,
CHILLINESS. The main rubric Chilliness in here is confusing and could possible
be combined with similar rubrics in the Generalities chapter.
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In the
SKIN chapter all the pains have been put under Pain, with the usual hierarchy
as used in Kent’s Repertory and as further refined and updated following the
text below. In the Ulcer sub-rubrics the pains have been reorganised following
the same principles as for the pains in other chapters.
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In
GENERALITIES abuse of several substances and poisoning by several substances
have been put under the main rubric Abuse of, poisoning with.
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Many
much smaller reorganisation work has been done, but it would be too extensive
to mention all of it here.
TYPOGRAPHY
Degrees of remedies
Plain type First degree remedies
Bold italics Second degree remedies
BOLD UPPER CASE Third degree remedies
BOLD UPPER CASE UNDERLINED Fourth degree remedies
This display gives a clear distinction between the degrees.
DR. SUMIT GOEL M.D. (Hom)