SYNTHESIS
Repertorium Homoeopathicum Syntheticum

By Dr. Frederik Schroyens in collaboration with leading Homoeopaths throughout the world

 


FOREWORD BY: George Vithoulkas and also by the Editor
LINKED TO: Software program RADAR - Rapid Aid to Drug Aimed Research
BASED ON: 6th American Edition of Kent's Repertory and contains all its rubrics and remedies.
BELONGS TO: Logical Utilitarian Group

 

HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF SYNTHESIS
Linked to Radar project
1987 - Synthesis used as a database for Radar program
April 1988 – Ver 2
September 1990 – Synthesis 3
December 1992 – Ver 4
August 1993 (German)
February 1994 (English) – Ver 5
March 1996 (Indian)
April 1995 (Dutch - Only Mind)
August 1995 (German) – Ver 6
July 1997 – Synthesis 7

2001 – Ver 8


Dr.Frederik Schroyens - Homoeopathic Coordinator of Radar Project.
In 1986, a "Request for collaboration" was sent to all leading Homoeopaths.
In the beginning a small group of Belgian Homoeopaths gathered around Prof. Jean Fichefet. Radar was first developed as research project at the University of Namur, Belgium under the supervision of Jean Fichefet.
The Hahnemann Institute (Germany) had undertaken to print the Synthesis in German.

 

CONSTRUCTION OF SYNTHESIS
Based on 6th American Edition of Kent's Repertory - 1717 pages
38 Chapters (37 of Kent + Dreams)

TYPOGRAPHY

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·         7th Edition contains 235000 additions more than the original Repertory of Kent.

·         Collected from more than 330 different sources.

·         1st repertory to contain information about more than 2,000 remedies.

·         A new remedy catalogue of 3,712 remedies (excluding synonyms) and a new author catalogue of 1821 references are included in 7th Version.

·         Even though with substantial increase in information, the number of pages has remained about the same. Each page contains 15% more information.

FEATURES

·         Symptom format is more clearly readable. At each level, either words follow each other in the normal order or the symptom is split only once. Split is indicated by ";" to show the place from which one should start reading. In Kent "," is used.
Eg. Mind, Delusion, person, that something hanging over a chair is a, sitting there - Calc. c. (Kent)
Mind, Delusion, person, something hanging over the chair is a person sitting there - Calc. c. (Synthesis)

 

·         Contains repeatedly checked additions.

 

·         A correction of Kent’s Repertory made and includes also the reference indicating the source of correction.
Eg.1) Delusion, starve, he must - Kali. chl (Kent)
Delusion, starve, he must - Kali. m (Synthesis)

 

·         Structure of symptom made more transparent to avoid all possible ambiguity.

 

·         In order of groups of symptom (Sides, Time, Modality, Extension, Localisation, Description) followed.

 

·         The leading words have been in front.

 

·         Insufficiently clear symptoms have been completed on the basis of Materia Medica. 
Eg. Cough, sulphur fumes or vapor, sensation of agg.
Cough, sulphur fumes or vapor, cough aggravated by sensation of.

 

·         Ambiguous words have been clarified.
Eg. Breast became either chest or mammae

 

·         Global super rubrics were made.
Eg. Symptoms of children and periodicity are sub-rubrics of them.

 

·         Similar rubrics merged into one.
Eg. Nose, obstruction, alternating sides &
Nose, obstruction, one side alternately.

 

·         Symptoms split into meaningful bits.
Not done in Kent.
Eg. Cough, loose, exercise and warm room agg - was split into two rubrics.
Cough, loose, exercise and
Cough, loose, warm room; on going into a.

 

·         Language of repertory has been completely revised.
Modern American English Spelling used; Checked by Computer.
Eg. Anaemia = Anemia
Diarrhoea = Diarrhea
Haemorrhoids = Hemorrhoids

 

·         Expression or words written in two or more ways, only one has been maintained, based on Webster's Dictionary.
"Descending stairs" replaces "descending stairs, when", "descending steps", "going downstairs" and "stairs, on going down" of Kent.
Seldom used words and expression replaced by contemporary language.
Eg. Dipsomania = Alcoholism
Child bed = Delivery, after
International time table 0-24 hr replaced a.m. and p.m.

 

·         Clinical rubrics were renamed according to modern disease names.
Eg. Coryza, annual = hay fever
Skin becomes sore = decubitus

 

·         A New Standard list of remedy abbreviations

 

 

DR. SUMIT GOEL M.D. (Hom)

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