A detailed study of the difference between the original and revised edition of Knerr’s repertory

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A detailed study of the difference between the original and revised edition of Knerr’s repertory

Dr S Fathima Mujahitha 

Calvin Borst Knerr, a disciple of Dr. Constantine Hering and chief editor of Repertory of Hering’s Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica, had contributed in the completion of Hering’s Guiding Symptoms of Materia Medica in finalised publication. “We never selected the remedy according to the loose generalisations in fashion with many, and considered more scientific. We never walked on pathological slits, but always took the symptom as a reality, on the one side observed by the prover, and on the other side observed on the sick” quoted by Dr. Hering. His authenticated follower had indulged in making index for the enlarged 10 volumes of Materia Medica based on his quotes. The Prover’s Language, Observations that were made by prover and sick became the direct index in the form of Repertory.

There are two Concordance repertories such as The Concordance Repertory to the Materia Medica by Gentry and Repertory of Hering’s Guiding Symptoms of Materia Medica by Calvin B Knerr. These repertories were used widely in 18th Century mainly as a reference book since these were difficult to use for systematic repertorization. Now a days, these repertories became a great reference books in practice especially Knerr Repertory.

After the completion of Hering’s Guiding Symptoms of Materia Medica in 1895, the Repertory was published in the year 1896 by Dr. Calvin B Knerr. It is now published as an augmented and revised edition by Dr. Siva Raman of Kollengodu in 2006. 

The utilisation of particular Repertory needs its own clarification and differentiation from its source. The following content helpful in comparing the both editions of Knerr’s Repertory.

SL NO

FEATURES

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISEDD EDITION

AUTHOR

CALVIN B KNERR

P SIVARAMAN

YEAR OF PUBLICATION

1896

2006

CHAPTERS

48 chapters

35 chapters

CHAPTER ARRANGEMENT

According to Dr. Hahnemannian schema and Dr. Hering’s arrangement of sections in his Materia Medica

According to Dr. Kent’s scheme of arrangement in his Repertory.

MAIN RUBRICS

Main rubric in Bold Capital letters.

BOLD CAPITALS.

SUB RUBRICS

Main rubric with comma (,) is followed by sub rubric with main word in bold and is followed by colon (:).

A small dash followed by the sub rubric in bold and adjacent in roman.

SUB – SUB RUBRIC

Main rubric with Sub rubric is followed by semicolon and followed by sub – sub rubrics in paragraph manner.

2 small dashes are given followed by the sub – sub rubric in roman. (First representing the main rubric and second representing the sub rubric.)

GRADATIONS
  • I  – the lowest –   occasionally confirmed symptom
  • II – A symptom more frequently confirmed or, if but once confirmed, strictly in character with the genius of the remedy
  • I – symptoms verified by cures
  • II – symptoms repeatedly verified
  • BOLD CAPITAL
  • CAPTIAL
  • Roman italics
  • Ordinary roman

CROSS REFERENCES

The hand direction ( )
  • In same chapter – see… has been given with related rubrics in roman.
  • In another chapter – see… with rubric in roman and chapter in CAPITALS.

OBSERVATIONS TAKEN FROM OLD SCHOOL

– Perpendicular dotted line with remedy.

Remedy that is underlined roman italics.

TOXICOLOGICAL EXTRACTS

(t) with remedy.

Superscript over the remedy (t)

SYMPTOMS OBSERVED ONLY ON SICK

“ ¶ ” with rubric

Remedy that underlined roman.

ABBREVIATIONS

According to the Guiding Symptom’s by Dr. Hering in alphabetical order.

According to the Synthesis 8 version in alphabetical order with original edition’s abbreviation in second column.

CHANGES IN CHAPTER ARRANGMENTS IN ORIGINAL AND REVISED EDITION.

  1. Mind and disposition
  1. Mind
  1. Sensorium
  1. Vertigo
  1. Inner head
  2. Outer head
  1. Head
  1. Eyes
  1. Eyes
  2. Vision
  1. Ears
  1. Ears
  2. Hearing
  1. Nose
  1. Nose
  1. Upper face
  2. Lower face
  1. Face
  1. Teeth and gums
  1. 10.Teeth (Gums is included in Mouth)
  1. Taste and tongue
  2. Inner mouth
  1. 11.Mouth
  1. Throat
  1. 12.Throat
  1. Desire, aversion, appetite, thirst
  2. Eating and drinking
  3. Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting
  4. Scrobiculum and stomach
  1. 13.Stomach
  1. Hypochondria
  2. Abdomen
  1. 14.Abdomen
  1. Stool and rectum
  1. 15.Rectum
  2. 16.Stool
  1. Urinary organs
  1. 17.Urinary organs (includes Prostate gland)
  1. Male sexual organs (includes Prostate gland)
  1. 18.Genitalia – male
  1. Female sexual organs
  2. Pregnancy, parturition, lactation
  1. 19.Genitalia – female
  1. Voice, larynx, trachea, bronchia
  1. 20.Larynx and trachea
  1. Respiration
  1. 21.Respiration
  1. Cough and expectoration
  1. 22.Cough
  2. 23.Expectoration
  1. Inner chest and lungs
  2. Heart, pulse and circulation
  3. Outer chest
  1. 24.Chest
  1. Neck and back
  1. 25.Back
  2. 26.Throat external and neck
  1. Upper limbs
  2. Lower limbs
  3. Limbs in general.
  1. 27.Extremities
  1. Sleep
  1. 28.Sleep
  1. Fever
  1. 29.Chill
  2. 30.Fever
  3. 31.Perspiration
  1. Rest, position , motion
  2. Nerves
  3. Time
  4. Temperature and weather
  5. Attacks, periodicity
  6. Locality and direction
  7. Sensation in general
  8. Tissues
  9. Touch, passive motions, injuries
  1. 32.Generalities
  1. Skin
  1. 33.Skin
  1. Stages of life and constitution
  1. 34.Stage of life and constitution
  1. Drug relationship
  1. 35.Drug relationship

BRIEF STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS:

(*The numbers in bracket indicates page number in revised edition of Knerr Repertory by Dr. Sivaraman)

  1. MIND AND DISPOSITION /  MIND:

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

MIND AND DISPOSITION

MIND

NUMBER OF PAGES

17 – 83

1-98

NUMBER OF RUBRICS

550

550

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • Many Rubrics with single remedy have been explained.
  • Sub rubrics have been given detail and in same Materia Medica language.
  • Each rubric has specific cross references in their respective places. So easily refer relevant rubrics easily.
  • Many subjective and objective rubrics have been given.
  • Many emotional and intellectual rubrics have been explained well.
  1. SENSORIUM / VERTIGO:

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

SENSORIUM

VERTIGO

NUMBER OF PAGES

83 – 92

99 – 114

CONTENTS

Confusion. Dizziness. Falling. Giddiness. Intoxication. Lightness. Reeling. Staggering. Swaying. Vertigo.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • Each Sections have been explained with many rubrics of modalities.
  • Vertigo have been given as elaborated Sections with many rubrics.
  • As Rubrics of Materia Medica, it contains many modalities and concomitants.
  • Different gradations of remedies were given in many concomitant rubrics.
  • Many general rubrics were given with more number of remedies.
  1. INNER HEAD & OUTER HEAD / HEAD:

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

INNER HEAD

OUTER HEAD

HEAD

NUMBER OF PAGES

93 – 159

159 – 170

115 – 245

CONTENTS

Apoplexy. Brain. Forehead. Head. Headache. Occiput. Parietal. Temples. Vertex.

Dandruff. Eruption. Fontanelles. Forehead. Hair. Head. Scalp. Skull. Tumors.

Apoplexy. Brain. Cerebrospinal. Dandruff. Eruption. Fontanelles. Forehead. Hair. Head. Headache. Occiput. Parietal. Scalp. Skull. Sunstroke. Temples. Tumors. Vertex.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • Many sections have been explained.
  • Particular and General sections have been given equal importance.
  • The section “Headache” has been given elaborately in all aspects of modalities and concomitants.
  • Again the sections of Different anatomical parts like Brain, forehead, occiput, parietal, temples, vertex, scalp, forehead, and skull have been given in detail. 
  • The clinical importance have been given in sections like dandruff, eruptions, headache, and sunstroke.
  1. EYES / EYES & VISION:

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

EYES

EYES

VISION

NUMBER OF PAGES

170 – 231

246 -329

330 – 348

CONTENTS

Accommodation. Anterior chamber. Aqueous humor. Canthi. Choroid. Ciliary body. Circumorbital. Conjunctiva. Cornea. Eyes. Illusions. Iris. Lachrymal apparatus. Lachrymation. Lashes. Lens. Lids. Ophthalmia. Optic nerve. Orbit. Photophobia. Pupil. Retina. Sclerotica. Sight. Supraorbital. Vitreous.

Accommodation. Anterior chamber. Aqueous humor. Canthi. Choroid. Ciliary body. Circumorbital. Conjunctiva. Cornea. Eyes. Iris. Lachrymal apparatus. Lachrymation. Lashes. Lens. Lids. Ophthalmia. Optic nerve. Orbit. Photophobia. Pupil. Retina. Sclerotica. Supraorbital. Vitreous.

Illusions. Sight.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • Many Sections have been explained in detail as in Prover’s language.
  • Sections related to different anatomical parts of eye have been explained and related rubrics have been given briefly.
  • The anatomical parts like Chambers of eye, aqueous humor, canthi, choroid, ciliary body, conjunctiva, cornea, Iris, etc. have been explained well.
  • The sections related vision like accommodation, sight, Illusions have also explained.
  • The main section ‘EYE’ is dealing with the different sensations of eye in general.
  1. EARS:

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

EARS

EARS

HEARING

NUMBER OF PAGES

231 – 247

349 – 368

369 – 377

CONTENTS

Auditory Nerve, Ears, Eustachian tubes, Hearing, Illusions of hearing, Membrana tympani, Tympanic cavity.

Auditory Nerve, Ears, Eustachian tubes, Membrana tympani, Tympanic cavity.

Hearing, Illusions of hearing.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • Sections related to anatomical parts of ears like Auditory nerve, Ears, Eustachian tubes, Membrana tympani, Tympanic cavity have been explained.
  • Sections related to physiological functions like hearing and illusions of hearing have been explained.
  • Many rubrics related to clinical conditions have been given like scrofulous ulcers in ears (349), abscess of ears (349), suppuration of middle ear (354), etc.
  • The Section ‘EARS’ deals with different sensations like fullness(357), drawing (354), numbness (359) and different clinical conditions like abscess(349), convulsions(352), eruptions (355) etc.
  • The rubric ‘Ear, wax’ were given with many sub rubrics and it has cross reference of ‘Ear, discharge, dryness’.   
  • Different types of Hearing and Illusion rubrics related to hearing have been elaborated.
  1. NOSE:

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NUMBER OF PAGES

247 – 272

378 – 420

CONTENTS

Coryza, Nose, Smell.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • As in general construction of repertory, the chapter has sections like Coryza, Nose, and Smell.
  • The section ‘Coryza’ deals with the different nature of discharges like glassy (383), fluent (381), bloody (379), etc. and associated specific clinical conditions like in asthma (379), fever (383), influenza (384), measles (384), etc.
  • Different sensations like sneezing (408), itching (400), dull pain (397), etc. have been given in section ‘Nose’.
  • The words of Materia Medica has been given as such as it is like coryza, catarrh, ozaena, etc.
  • The ‘Smell’ section included many subjective sensations like impaired (419), hallucination (419), sensitive (420), etc. and the separate rubric in Nose section ‘Nose, smell (objective)’ (407) have been given as objective symptom.
  1. UPPER FACE & LOWER FACE / FACE:

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

UPPER FACE

LOWER FACE

FACE

NUMBER OF PAGES

272 – 303

303- 317

421- 498

CONTENTS

Eruption. Expression. Face. Faceache.

Chin. Lips. Lower Jaw. Outer mouth.

Chin. Eruption. Expression. Face. Faceache. Lips. Lower Jaw. Outer mouth.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • Dr. Calvin B Knerr separated the face into upper and lower face in which the upper face deals with the face proper and Lower face deals with the parts like chin, lips, jaw etc.
  • The Sections are collaborated as one Chapter in Revised Edition.
  • The given rubrics were subjective symptoms like crushing pain (467), jerking (468), lancinating (469), etc. and objective symptoms like anxious (430), old (432), frowning (431), etc.
  • In Section, Faceache (466), many sensations, anatomical parts with different modalities and associated complaints were included.
  • The Section ‘Face’ have different expressions, colours in specific conditions. 
  • The Section ‘Face’ and ‘Faceache’ have been elaborated with separate sensations, modalities and different associated conditions.    
  1. TEETH AND GUMS / TEETH.

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

TEETH AND GUMS

TEETH

NUMBER OF PAGES

317 – 333

552 – 572

CONTENTS

Dentition. Gums. Teeth. Toothache.

Dentition. Teeth. Toothache.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • The rubrics related to Dentition, Teeth, Toothache, and Gums in original edition but Gums were left out in revised edition where it has been given under chapter ‘MOUTH’ as it follows the Kent’s plan and arrangement of Repertory.
  • The physiological changes of Dentition (552), pathological changes of Teeth and Tooth ache have been explained broadly as in Materia Medica.
  • The pathological conditions like teeth abscess (553), bleeding (553), caries (553), etc. have been given.
  • The Section ‘Toothache’ have been given with many pathological rubrics like cystitis (560), diarrhoea (560), etc.; sensations like twitching (572), smarting (568), jerking (564), etc.; anatomical parts like eye teeth (562), molars (566), etc. and modalities like beer, better drinking (558), lying down, worse (565), menses, after (565),etc.
  • The Section ‘Gums’ deals with the pathological rubrics like Gums, abscess (499), bleeding (500), inflamed (501), etc. and sensations like spongy (503), sore (502), dryness (500), etc.
  1.  TASTE AND TONGUE & INNER MOUTH/ MOUTH.

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

TASTE AND TONGUE

INNER MOUTH

MOUTH

NUMBER OF PAGES

334 – 351

351- 360

499 – 551

CONTENTS

Speech. Taste. Tongue.

Mouth. Saliva.

Speech. Mouth. Saliva. Taste. Tongue.


SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • Dr. Calvin B Knerr described the Chapters ‘TASTE AND TONGUE’ and ‘MOUTH SALIVA’ in two separate chapters. But in Revised edition, it was given as single chapter ‘MOUTH’.
  • The physiological function of section ‘Taste’ have elaborated rubrics like dry (526), flat (526), sour (529), bitter (524), etc. This section has more number of sub rubrics in the rubric ‘bitter’.
  • Another physiological function of section ‘Speech’ have given with limited number of rubrics. The important rubrics like stammering (522), aphasia (520), unintelligible (523), etc. This rubric SPEECH has cross reference to the MIND, TALKING.
  • The Section ‘SALIVA’ have been given with rubrics of nature of saliva and its secretion like profuse (517), bloody (516), taste of saliva (520), etc. In this section, rubric ‘PROFUSE’ have been given with many remedies.
  • The section ‘MOUTH’ and ‘TONGUE’ have many pathological rubrics and Sensations related rubrics.
  1. THROAT / THROAT:

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NUMBER OF PAGES

360 – 392

573 – 627.

CONTENTS

Fauces. Oesophagus. Palate. Pharynx. Swallowing. Throat. Tonsils. Uvula.


SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • Both the editions had anatomical parts as sections like Fauces, Oesophagus, Palate, Pharynx, Throat, Tonsils and Uvula.
  • The pathological rubrics like
    • Angina, Catarrh (573) & Gangrene (574) in Fauces.
    • Paralysis in Oesophagus (578).
    • Aphthae (579) & ulceration (582) in Palate.
    • Diphtheria in Throat (595).
    • Erysipelatous in Tonsils (621).
    • Swollen in Uvula (627).
  • Certain rubrics like abscess, burning, bleeding, paralysis, congested, inflamed, red, gangrene, aphthae, etc. are given in all the separate sections with different medicines.
  • The section ‘Swallowing’ has been given with many rubrics and it has cross reference to ‘Stomach, Eating & Drinking’ (‘Eating & Drinking’ section in Original Edition). 
  1. DESIRES, AVERSIONS, APPETITE, THIRST; EATING AND DRINKING; HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH / STOMACH.

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

Desires, Aversions, Appetite, Thirst

Eating And Drinking

Hiccough, Belching, Nausea And Vomiting

Scrobiculum And Stomach

Stomach.

NUMBER OF PAGES

392- 403

404- 421

421-448

448-471

646- 779

CONTENTS

Desires, Aversions, Appetite, Thirst

Eating Drinking

Eructation. Gagging. Heartburn. Hiccough. Nausea. Retching. Seasickness. Vomiting. Vomiturio. Water brash.

Epigastrium. Stomach.

Appetite. Aversions. Desires. Drinking. Eating.  Epigastrium. Eructation. Gagging. Heartburn. Hiccough. Hunger. Nausea. Retching. Seasickness. Stomach. Thirst. Tobacco. Vomiting. Vomiturition. Water brash.   


SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • The Functional General sections like Appetite, Thirst, and Hunger have been given in this chapter with many pathological conditions. The Section ‘Hunger’ have cross reference to Desire, Eating’.
  • The sections like Aversion & Desire also have been given with many different pathological conditions.
  • The Section ‘Eating & Drinking’ includes modalities and associated conditions with some character of eating and drinking.
  • The pathology symptom like Nausea, Vomiting, Seasickness, Water Brash, Heartburn, Eructation and Gagging have been given as different sections.
  • The Anatomical part of ‘Epigastrium & Stomach’ have been given with many sensations, modalities & associated with pathological conditions.
  • Few rubrics have been given under Gagging and cross reference to ‘Retching’ in same chapter.
  • ‘Hiccough’ section has been given with specific conditions, causative and particular modalities. It has cross reference to ‘Diaphragm, spasm.’
  • The Section ‘Vomiting’ has been given with character of vomiting and nature of vomitus.
  • The section ‘Vomiturition’ had been given with very few rubrics. It literally means retching. 
  1. HYPOCHONDRIA & ABDOMEN / ABDOMEN.

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

HYPOCHONDRIA

ABDOMEN

ABDOMEN

NUMBER OF PAGES

471 – 483.

483 – 527

780 -873.

CONTENTS

Diaphragm. Hypochondria. Liver. Spleen.

Abdomen. Colic. Flatulence; also see Flatus, Chap. Stool and Rectum. Inguinal Region. Intestines. Perineum. Pubes.

Abdomen. Colic. Diaphragm.. Flatulence; also see Flatus, Chap. Rectum. Hypochondria. Inguinal Region. Intestines. Liver. Perineum. Pubes. Spleen.


SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • The sections include the anatomical parts of Abdomen. Diaphragm, Hypochondrium, Inguinal region, Intestine, Liver, Pancreas, Perineum, Pubes, Spleen.
  • The pathological section ‘Colic’ has been given elaborately.
  • The Physiological function section ‘Flatulence’ has been given with few rubrics of different characters and specific pathological condition. It has cross reference to ‘Rectum, Flatus.’
  • The sensations like aching (780), bruised (781), constriction (784), fullness (799), etc. have been given.
  • The section ‘Colic’ have been given with several sensations and has cross reference to Abdomen, cramp, acute sensation.
  • The sections like Liver & Spleen have been given with specific conditions and sensations and liver is included with Gall Bladder affections.
  1.  STOOL AND RECTUM / RECTUM & STOOL.

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

STOOL AND RECTUM

RECTUM

STOOL

NUMBER OF PAGES

527 – 582

874 – 920

921- 967

CONTENTS

Anus. Cholera Asiatica. Cholera Infantum. Cholera Morbus. Constipation. Diarrhoea. Dysentery. Flatus. Haemorrhoids. Rectum. Stool. Before Stool. During Stool. After Stool. Worms.

Anus. Cholera Asiatica. Cholera Infantum. Cholera Morbus. Constipation. Diarrhoea. Dysentery. Flatus. Haemorrhoids. Rectum. Worms.

Stool. Before Stool. During Stool. After Stool.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • This chapter had sections related to anatomical parts and pathological conditions like cholera Infantum and cholera Morbus that are the importance of this repertory.
  • Other pathological conditions like Constipation, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Haemorrhoids and Worms have been dealt.
  • It has ‘Anus and Rectum’ as separate sections with several sensations.
  • The Section ‘Flatus’ have been explained with several sensations and associated conditions and character of flatus like odourless (906), fetid (905), etc. whereas in section ‘Abdomen, Flatulence’, the character of flatulence act is explained.
  • The ‘Stool’ section have been dealt with different character of stool and conditions before, during and after stool with specific modalities.
  1. URINARY ORGANS / URINARY ORGANS.

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

URINARY ORGANS

URINARY ORGANS

Bladder

Kidneys

Prostate gland.

Urethra

Urine

NUMBER OF PAGES

582 – 616

968-991

992-997

998-999

1000-1006

1007-1029

CONTENTS

Bladder. Kidneys. Ureters. Urethra. Urination. Before Urination. During Urination. After Urination. Urine.

Bladder. Before Urination. During Urination. After Urination.

Kidneys. Ureters.

Prostate gland.

Urethra.

Urine.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • In Original edition, it has been given as single chapter whereas in Revised edition, it has been divided into 5 subchapters viz. Bladder, Kidneys and Ureters, Prostate gland, Urethra and Urine as in Kent’s Repertory.
  • ‘Bladder’ section deals with the types of micturition, sensations, modalities and associated symptoms before, during and after urination. E.g. frequent (978), involuntary (979), slow (982), etc.
  • Again in Complaints before, during and after urination, it is explained and it helps in easy reference. E.g. Bladder, cutting pain, before urination (969) and Before urination, Bladder, cutting. (985). It has been given with same medicine. 
  • ‘Kidneys and Ureter’ and ‘Urethra’ sections deals with sensations, associated complaints and modalities.
  • ‘Prostate gland’ deals with different conditions and pathological changes. It has been given in ‘Male Sexual Organs’ section in Original edition.
  • ‘Urine’ section deals with character of urine while act is given in urination rubric of bladder section. E.g. Urine, thick (1026); mucus (1018); odour (1019).
  1. MALE SEXUAL ORGANS / GENITALIA – MALE.

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

MALE SEXUAL ORGANS

GENITALIA – MALE.

NUMBER OF PAGES

616 – 637

1029 – 1063

CONTENTS

Coition. Erections, see Penis. Genitals. Glans. Gonorrhoea. Masturbation, see Seminal Emissions. Penis. Prostate Gland. Scrotum. Semen. Seminal Emissions. Sexual Excess. Sexual Excitement. Sexual Power. Spermatic Cords. Sycosis. Syphilis. Testicles.

Coition. Erections, see Penis. Genitals. Glans. Gonorrhoea. Masturbation, see Seminal Emissions. Penis. Scrotum. Semen. Seminal Emissions. Sexual Excess. Sexual Excitement. Sexual Power. Spermatic Cords. Sycosis. Syphilis. Testicles.


SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • The sections were given of functional and anatomical parts. The functional sections like Coition, Erections, Masturbation – Sexual emission, seminal emissions, sexual excesses, sexual excitement and sexual power.
  • The anatomical parts like Genitals, glans, penis, prostate gland, scrotum, semen, spermatic cords, and testicles have been given. The sections like syphilis and Sycosis also have been given.
  • The section ‘Coition’ includes Desire (1029), Aversion (1029), complaints during coition (1029), excessive with cross reference to sexual excesses.
  • Even though Erection have been given as separate section, it has cross reference to Penis in same chapter.
  • The section ‘Genitals’ includes nature of genitals like excoriation (1030), large (1031), swollen (1031), complaints of genitals like gangrene (1030), ulcers, tumors (1031), warts (1032) have been given.
  • The section ‘Glans’ includes conditions like balanitis (1033), eruption (1033), swelling (1034), etc. and the section ‘Penis’ includes nature of erection i.e. Erection, absent (1039) and sensations like itching, smarting (1041), throbbing (1042), etc. have been given.
  • The section ‘Gonorrhoea’ includes associated conditions such as gleet (1036), ‘sequelae’ rubric includes many conditions (1037), nature of discharge (1035).
  • The Section ‘Semen’ includes limited number of rubrics such as increased, odour, thick, thin and transparent.
  • The section ‘Seminal emission’ includes rubrics like sexual excitement (1050), coition (1049), weakness (1051), etc.
  • The section ‘Sexual Excess’ includes rubrics related to excess of sex i.e., conditions after coition like abashed look (1051), hysteria (1051), headache (1051), after masturbation – constipation (1052), bad effects (1051), languor and confusion of mind (1052), etc.
  • The section ‘Sexual Excitement’ includes desire for sex i.e., decreased (1052), increased (1053), suppressed bad effects (1054), etc.
  • The section ‘Sexual Power’ includes 2 large rubrics such as impaired (1054) and loss of (1054).
  • The section ‘Sycosis’ includes warts in genitals and anatomical parts (1056).
  • The section ‘Syphilis’ includes chancre (1056), buboes (1056), secondary syphilis (1058), etc.
  1.  FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS; PREGNANCY, PARTURITION, LACTATION / GENITALIA – FEMALE.

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS

PREGNANCY, PARTURITION, LACTATION

GENITALIA – FEMALE

NUMBER OF PAGES

637 – 684

685 – 702

1064 – 1171

CONTENTS

Climacteric Period. Clitoris. Coition. Genitals (Labia, Mons veneris, Pudenda, Vulva). Leucorrhoea. Mammae, Chap. Pregnancy, Parturition. Lactation. Menses. Before Menses. During Menses. After Menses. Ovaries. Sexual Excess. Sexual Excitement. Sterility. Uterus. Vagina

Abortion. Infants. Lactation. Lochia. Mammae. Nipples. Parturition. Placenta. Post-partum. Pregnancy. Puerperal.

Abortion. Climacteric Period. Clitoris. Coition. Genitals (Labia, Mons veneris, Pudenda, Vulva). Infants. Lactation. Leucorrhoea. Lochia.  Mammae. Menses. Before Menses. During Menses. After Menses. Nipples. Ovaries. Parturition. Placenta. Post-partum. Pregnancy. Puerperal. Sexual Excess. Sexual Excitement. Sterility. Uterus. Vagina

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • This chapter includes sections like Climacteric Period. Clitoris. Coition. Genitals (Labia, Mons veneris, Pudenda, Vulva). Leucorrhoea. Mammae, Chap. Pregnancy, Parturition. Lactation. Menses. Before Menses. During Menses. After Menses. Ovaries. Sexual Excess. Sexual Excitement. Sterility. Uterus. Vagina. It is given as separate chapter in Original edition.
  • The ‘Pregnancy, Parturition and Lactation’ chapter have been given as separate chapter and includes Abortion. Infants. Lactation. Lochia. Mammae. Nipples. Parturition. Placenta. Post-partum. Pregnancy. Puerperal.
  • The section Leucorrhoea have been given with conditions and character of discharge (1078).
  • The section Menstruation includes nature of menses (1095), complaints before, during and after menses (1109), etc.
  • The sections like ‘Ovaries, Uterus, Genitals, Vagina’ have been given with different sensations and conditions associated with it briefly.
  • The sections Sexual excess and Sexual excitement in females have been explained briefly.
  • The section Sterility (1151) have been given with specific conditions and causative modalities.
  • The section Infant have been given as cross reference to Generalities and Conditions of infants have been given (1073).
  • The section ‘Lactation’ have been given with complaints during lactation, nature of milk and its secretion (1076).
  • The section Mammae includes pathological conditions related to mammae (1088), atrophy (1088), enlargement (1089), etc.
  • The sections Parturition (1137), Postpartum (1140), Puerperal (1148) have been dealt with specific conditions associated with respectively.
  • The section Placenta (1140) had 3 main rubrics such as Haemorrhage, Pain, Retained. In which, rubric Retained placenta had many number of sub rubrics.
  1. VOICE, LARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCHIA / LARYNX AND TRACHEA.

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

VOICE AND LARYNX. TRACHEA AND BRONCHIA.

LARYNX AND TRACHEA.

NUMBER OF PAGES

702 – 720

1172- 1203

CONTENTS

Air Passages. Bronchia. Epiglottis. Glottis. Larynx. Trachea. Voice.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • The sections are anatomical parts except voice.
  • General section ‘Air passages’ have been given as separate section.
  • Again Different Air passages like Trachea, Bronchi have been given with many pathological rubrics, sensations with specific modalities.
  • Bronchia had rubrics like Heart (1175) and Nerves (1177).
  • The section Epiglottis is the smallest section and with few rubrics.
  • The section Voice had been given with rubrics like Aphonia (1194), Changing (1195), Hoarse (1196) with more number of rubrics, talking (1201), etc. It has cross reference to Larynx, vocal cords.
  1. RESPIRATION / RESPIRATION.

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NUMBER OF RUBRICS

RESPIRATION

RESPIRATION

NUMBER OF PAGES

721 – 743

1204 – 1241

CONTENTS

Asphyxia. Asthma. Breathing. Dyspnoea. Expiration. Inspiration. Suffocation.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • Different pathological conditions like Asphyxia, Asthma, and Suffocation have been given in this chapter.
  • Respiratory functions like Inspiration, Expiration have been given as separate sections.
  • The sections ‘Asphyxia, Asthma and Suffocation’ includes specific associated conditions as rubrics.

E.g., 1. Asphyxia (apparent death), with dark red face – ANT.T (1204).

2. ASTHMA, Chronic, attacks for years – NAT.S (1205).

3. SUFFOCATION, Air, has to be fanned- Cann.i (1238).

4. DYSPNOEA, menses, with dysmenorrhoea – Merl (1232).

  • Breathing Section includes characters like Breathing, choking (1210), deep (1210), gasping (1212), impeded (1213), etc.
  • Characters, associated complaints, modalities of Inspiration and Expiration have been dealt separately.
  1. COUGH AND EXPECTORATION / COUGH & EXPECTORATION.

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

COUGH AND EXPECTORATION

COUGH

EXPECTORATION

NUMBER OF PAGES

743 – 780

1242 – 1291

1292 – 1305

CONTENTS

Cough. Before Cough. During Cough. After Cough. Whooping Cough. Expectoration.

Cough. Before Cough. During Cough. After Cough. Whooping Cough.

Expectoration.


SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • Cough includes generally the character, modalities with associated conditions.

     E.g. 1. Cough, barking (1243), constant (1245), etc.

2. Cough with Diarrhoea (1247).

3. Cough, from exertion (1255).

  • It also includes conditions before, during and after cough which also had been with associated conditions.

E.g.1. Before Cough, anxiety (1280); cough, haemorrhoids (1280). It is the short section        with minimum number of rubrics.

2. During cough, convulsions (1283); urination (involuntary) (1287).

3. After cough, hiccough (1288); Nausea (1288).

  • The section ‘Whooping Cough’ being a character of cough, includes modalities and associated conditions.

E.g. Whooping Cough, brain, hyperaemia (1289); palpitation, violent (1290); laughing aggravation (1290); motion aggravation (1290). 

  • This section has cross reference to Cough, spasmodic and other conditions and concomitants of cough.
  • The section ‘Expectoration’ have been given with characters of expectoration, modalities and associated complaints.

E.g. 1. Expectoration, dark (1294)

       2. Expectoration, tenacious, worse in morning (1302)

       3. Expectoration, mucus, in phthisis (1298).

  1. INNER CHEST AND LUNGS, HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION, OUTER CHEST / CHEST:

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

INNER CHEST AND LUNGS

HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION

OUTER CHEST

CHEST

NUMBER OF PAGES

781 – 819

819 – 849

849 – 852

1306 – 1426

CONTENTS

Clavicles. Inner Chest. Lungs. Sternum

Blood. Blood vessels. Heart. Palpitation. Pericardium. Pulse

Axillae. Male Nipples. Outer Chest.

Clavicles. Inner Chest. Lungs. Sternum.  Blood. Blood vessels. Heart. Palpitation. Pericardium. Pulse. Axillae. Male Nipples. Outer Chest.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • The chapters like Inner chest and Lungs; Heart, Pulse and Circulation & Outer chest has been given as a single chapter of ‘CHEST’ in Revised Edition.
  • The Section ‘Inner chest’ deals with Clavicles, Lungs and Sternum which includes different sensations, modalities and associated complaints. Sensations in Inner chest  like broken feeling, bruised feeling (1339) and it has been given with associated complaints like congestion, in menorrhagia (1341); contractions, with asthma (1343) and modalities like drawing, worse when inhaling (1345); fatigued, from rapid walking (1347). It has a rubric of ‘Angina pectoris’ (1338) in detail.
  • The chapter ‘Heart, Pulse and Circulation’ includes sections like Blood, Blood vessels, Heart, Palpitation, Pericardium and Pulse. The section Blood deals with conditions like anaemia (1307), chlorosis (1308), coagulation (1309), congestion (1310), ebullitions (1311), septicaemia (1313), etc. whereas section ‘Blood vessels’ deals with different sensations in vessels like throbbing (1315), stitching (1315), burning (1314), etc. and conditions like thrombosis (1316), varicose veins (1316), atheroma (1314), etc. 
  • The section ‘Heart’ includes many sensations and mainly Heartbeat has many sub rubrics like Heartbeat, absent (1318), dull (1319), feeble (1319), full (1319), intermittent (1320), irregular (1320), slow (1321), strong (1321), etc. This section includes Heart sounds like bellows (1333), loud bruits (1333), diastolic (1333), murmur (1333), systolic (1334), whizzing (1334), etc.
  • The chapter ‘Outer chest’ includes sections like Male nipples and Axillae. The section Outer chest includes different shapes of chest like barrel shaped (1395), intercostal neuralgia (1397), suprasternal fossa (1397), etc.; palpitations with specific conditions (1398).
  • The section ‘Pulse’ includes many characters like accelerated (1407), full (1411), etc., with specific conditions.
  1. NECK AND BACK / THROAT EXTERNAL AND NECK ; BACK:

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

NECK AND BACK

THROAT EXTERNAL AND NECK

BACK

NUMBER OF PAGES

852 – 889

628 – 645

1427 – 1473

CONTENTS

Back. Coccyx. Lumbar Region (Loins, Small of Back). Neck. Sacrum. Scapulae. Spine. Spinal Cord

Neck

Back. Coccyx. Lumbar Region (Loins, Small of Back). Sacrum. Scapulae. Spine. Spinal Cord


SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • This chapter includes anatomical parts such as Back, Coccyx, Lumbar region (Loins, small of back), Sacrum, Scapulae, Spinal cord and Spine.
  • All sections includes specific sensations with associated condition and modality.
    • E.g. Back, aching, with sleeplessness (1427)
    • Back, burning, after coition (1428)
    • Back, in diphtheria, aching (1431).
    • Coccyx, aching (1442)
    • Coccyx, heavy weight, in chronic metritis (1443).
    • Coccyx, tearing, better by pressing hands against abdomen (1443).
    • Lumbar region, abscess of psoas muscle (1444)
    • Lumbar region, broken feeling, in haemorrhoids (1445).
    • Lumbar region, rheumatism, worse from every motion (1453).
    • Sacrum, boils, painful furuncle (1456).
    • Sacrum, labour-pain, after instrumental delivery (1457).
    • Sacrum, weakness, at night; with numbness and aching in head (1460).
    • Scapulae, coldness, between (1460).
    • Scapulae, stitches, in gastritis (1463).
    • Spinal cord, inflammation (myelitis), after taking cold, during menses (1465).
    • Spinal cord, sclerosis, multiple (1466).
    • Spine, carbuncle, small (1467).
    • Spine, drawing, painful (1468).
    • Spine, stiffness, painful, on awaking (1472).
  • The ‘Neck’ has been described in ‘Throat External and Neck’ in revised edition and ‘Neck and Back’ in Original edition.
  • The section ‘Neck’ includes sensations like burning (628), chilliness (629), heaviness (635), etc.; pathology includes abscess (628), carbuncle (628), eruption (631), erysipelas (632), goitre (634), etc. and anatomical parts like veins (645), throat-pit (644), glands (632), etc.
  1. UPPER LIMBS, LOWER LIMBS, LIMBS IN GENERAL / EXTREMITIES:

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

UPPER LIMBS

LOWER LIMBS

LIMBS IN GENERAL

EXTREMITIES

NUMBER OF PAGES

890 – 931

932 – 987

988-

1474 – 1673

CONTENTS

Arms. Elbows. Fingers. Hands. Shoulders. Wrists.

Ankles. Feet. Heels. Hips. Knees. Legs. Nates.  Tendo-Achillis. Thighs. Toes. Walking

Joints. Limbs

Ankles. Arms. Elbows. Fingers. Hands. Shoulders. Wrists. Feet. Heels. Hips. Knees. Legs. Nates.  Tendo-Achillis. Thighs. Toes. Walking, Joints. Limbs.


SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • ‘Extremities’ have been given as ‘Upper limb, Lower limb, Limbs in General’ chapters.
  • In which, the sections given were Ankles, Arms, Elbows, Feet, Fingers, Hands, Heels, Hips, Joints, Knees, Legs, Limbs, Nates, Shoulders, Tendo achilles, Thighs, Toes and Wrists.
  • All sections had rubrics related to pathological symptoms, rubrics of modalities and specific conditions.
    • E.g. Ankles, erysipelas (1474).
    • Ankles, tearing, worse during rest (1477).
    • Arms, bruised feeling, during motion (1479).
    • Arms, burning, in right, in mammary cancer (1479).
    • Arms, itching, in tarsal tumours (1486).
    • Elbows, eruptions, psoriasis (1501).
    • Feet, convulsions (1508).
    • Fingers, abscess (1523) / Panaritium (1532).
    • Fingers, Rhagades (1535).
    • Hand, chilblains (1541).
    • Hand, heat, in consumption (1548).
    • Heels, swelling, lymphatic (1561).
    • Hips, boiling sensation (1561).
    • Knees, tuberculous disease (1587).
    • Legs, phlegmasia alba dolens (1605).
    • Legs, trembling, after exercise (1617).]
  • Limbs deals with general sensations with many pathological condition and modality.
  • Walking section deals with different gaits.
  1. SLEEP / SLEEP.

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NUMBER OF PAGES

1045 – 1071

1674 – 1718

CONTENTS

Awaking. Dreams. Drowsiness. Sleep. Falling Asleep. During Sleep. After Sleep. Sleeplessness. Yawning.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • This chapter includes Sleep and Dreams mainly. The conditions associated before, during and after sleep have been given with many conditions.
  • The sections ‘Awaking, Drowsiness, Falling asleep, Yawning’ include many sleep related conditions.
  • The section ‘Sleep’ includes different character of sleep and ‘Sleeplessness’ includes associated conditions.
  • The section Dreams includes many different types of dreams of recurrent in nature and associated condition.
  1. FEVER / CHILL, FEVER, PERSPIRATION.

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NAME OF THE CHAPTER

FEVER

CHILL

FEVER

PERSPIRATION

NUMBER OF PAGES

1076 – 1122

1719 – 1743

1744 – 1778

1779 – 1799

CONTENTS

Chill. Chilliness. Fever. Heat. Sweat. Temperature.

Chill. Chilliness

Fever. Heat. Temperature.

Sweat.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • The chapter ‘Fever’ includes sections like Chill, Chillness, Fever, Heat, Temperature and Sweat.
  • The section Chill and Chillness includes specific parts, sensations, pathological conditions and modalities.
  • This section includes important rubric ‘Periodicity’ with many sub rubrics.
  • The section Fever, Heat and Temperature includes many types of fever, other pathological conditions, anatomical parts and specific temperatures from 100 to 106 F.
  • The Sweat section include nature of sweat, modalities and pathological conditions.
  1. SKIN / SKIN.

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NUMBER OF PAGES

1152 – 1184

1800 – 1858.

CONTENTS

Eruption. Skin.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • This chapter includes 2 sections such as Eruption and Skin.
  • The sections ‘Eruption’ includes character of eruptions like blotches (1800), dry (1801), erythema (1804), flat (1805), etc. and pathological conditions like leprosy (1809), measles (1809), lichen (1809), Pityriasis (1815), Psoriasis (1815) etc.
  • These sections include many different old terms such as Porrigo, Prurigo, Salt rheum, sudamina, vermin etc.
  • The Section ‘Skin’ includes sensations with pathological conditions and modalities.
  • The sensations like biting (1837), crawling (1839), smarting (1855), etc.; the pathological conditions like moles (1851), rhagades (1853), elephantiasis (1845), abscess (1837), etc. and associated pathological condition include blue in measles (1838), crawling in angina pectoris (1839), coldness in epilepsy (1841), dry in diabetes (1843), etc. 

GENERAL SECTIONS:

General conditions like Rest, Position, Motion; Time; Nerves; Temperature and Weather; Attacks and Periodicity; Locality and Direction; Sensations in General; Tissues; Touch, Passive Motion and Injuries were given as separate Chapters in Original Edition of Repertory whereas in Revised Edition, It has been combined in the Chapter ‘GENERALITIES’.  Each Chapter has unique elaborated sub sections.

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CHAPTERS

SECTIONS

REST, POSITION, MOTION

Motion. Position. Rest.

NERVES

Activity (Strength). Catalepsy. Chorea. Convulsions. Fainting. Faintness. Hysteria. Lassitude (Fatigue). Malaise. Nerves. Neuralgia. Paralysis. Restlessness. Sensations, see Sensations in General. Starting. Trembling. Twitching. Weakness.

TIME

Afternoon. Evening. Forenoon. Morning. Night. Before Midnight. After Midnight.

TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER

Air. Cold. Dark. Light. Seasons. Temperature. Warmth. Water. Weather.

ATTACKS AND PERIODICITY

Attacks. Periodicity

LOCALITY AND DIRECTION

Direction. Locality.

SENSATIONS IN GENERAL

Sensations

TISSUES

Adipose. Bones. Cancer. Cartilages. Decomposition. Degeneration. Emaciation. Excretions. Fibrous. Fluids. Gangrene. Glands. Granulations. Hypertrophy. Indurations. Inflammation. Ligaments. Metamorphosis. Mucous Membranes. Muscles. Nerves. Nutrition. Parenchymatous Organs. Periosteum. Plague. Pyaemia. Secretions. Serous Membranes. Stenosis. Suppuration. Swelling. Tubercles. Tumors. Ulcers.

TOUCH, PASSIVE MOTION AND INJURIES

Injuries. Passive Motion. Touch

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • Each chapters have several separate sections.
  • The Chapter ‘REST, POSITION AND MOTION’ had rubrics of modalities and causative rubrics.
  • The Chapter ‘NERVES’ had detailed pathological sections like chorea, convulsions, neuralgia, paralysis, trembling, etc. and several associated conditions.
  • The Chapter ‘TIME’ had different sections of time modality like morning, night, afternoon, etc.
  • The Chapter ‘TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER’ had more number of different rubrics like Sun, Water, Air, Cold, etc.
  • The Chapter ‘ATTACKS AND PERIODICITY’ had many number of rubrics like origin and progress of disease in patient. The special contribution of Repertory.
  • The Chapter ‘LOCALITY AND DIRECTION’ had been given with rubrics of side affinity and different directions especially the rubric ‘METASTASIS’ with its respective cross references in other chapters.
  • The Chapter ‘SENSATIONS IN GENERAL’ had given many different general sensations like buzzing, cobwebs, crepitation, cramp like, distress, furry, illusory, undefined pain, vibration, wretched, etc.
  • The Chapter ‘TISSUES’ had been given with different anatomical parts like Bones, Cartilages, Fibrous, Glands, Ligaments, Mucous Membrane, Muscles, Nerves, Parenchymatous Organs, Periosteum, Serous Membranes, etc. and pathological general like Cancer, Decomposition, Degeneration, Gangrene, Indurations, Inflammations, Pyaemia, Suppuration, Tumours, Ulcers, etc.
  • The Chapter ‘TOUCH, PASSIVE MOTION, INJURIES’ had been dealt with different types of injuries like blows, bites, bruises, burns, concussion, cuts, ecchymosis etc. and modalities of touch and passive motion.

STAGES OF LIFE AND CONSTITUTION:

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NUMBER OF PAGES

1184 – 1194

1979 – 1996

CONTENTS

Age. Complexion. Constitution. Habit. Occupation. Size. Temperament.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • The Section of this chapter has rubrics related to 10 different Ages like boys, children, men, old people, and climacteric period with cross reference to female genital organs, girls, puberty, women, young people and youths.
  • The Section ‘COMPLEXION’ had been dealt with 8 different rubrics like dark (brunette), eyes, fair (blonds, light), florid, freckled, pale, hair and sallow.
  • The Section ‘CONSTITUTION’ had been given with 29 different constitutions like anaemic, asthmatic, hydrogenoid, dwarfish, rheumatic, tuberculous, etc. The term diathesis is given as synonymous with constitution by all authorities including Dr. Knerr.
  • The Section ‘HABITS’ have 5 habits such as drunkards, dirty persons, high living, drugged subjects and tobacco.
  • The Section ‘OCCCUPATION’ have 21 types like Bookworms, emigrants, foundry man, sedentary, students, servants, etc. 
  • The Section ‘SIZE’ had 4 different sized persons like dwarfed, large, tall and thin.
  • The Section ‘TEMPERAMENT’ had temperaments like Bilious, choleric, mild (bland), melancholic, nervous, phlegmatic and sanguine. Each temperament is related to the other temperament in sub rubrics.
  • In each section, the respective rubrics were given with different types of constitutions and complexions, specific conditions and complaints.

DRUG RELATIONSHIP:

CRITERIA

ORIGINAL EDITION

REVISED EDITION

NUMBER OF REMEDIES

416

416

NUMBER OF PAGES

1195 – 1217

1997 – 2019

CONTENTS

ANTIDOTES. To the effects of massive and molecular doses; chemical antidotes in poisoning; to the lasting or chronic effects superinduced by the drug.

COLLATERAL. Side relations (congeners) belonging to the same or allied botanical family or chemical group.

COMPATIBLE. Drugs following well.

COMPLEMENTARY. Supplying the part of another drug.

INIMICAL. Drugs disagreeing, incompatible, do not follow well.

SIMILAR. Drugs suggested for comparison by reason of their similarity; usually compatible, unless too similar, like Nux vomica and Ignatia.

SPECIFIC FEATURES:

  • Every drug is arranged alphabetically. Total number of drugs given with cross-references are 416 drugs.
  • Cross-reference to same drugs are given for 7 drugs. They are: Chenopodi glauci aphis –  Aphis chenopodii; Eugenia Jambos- Jambos; Gummi gutti- Gambogia; Nitrum Kali –nitrum; Physostigma –Calabar; Viola tricolor –Jacea; Hydrophobinum –Lyssin; Creosotum -Kreosotum (but Kreosotum given as cross-reference but not given in this chapter.)
  • Drugs found in drug abbreviation but not found in this chapter are 2 drugs. They are: Ars sulf rubrum and Plantago major.
  • Drugs not in drug abbreviation but found in this chapter are 3 drugs. They are: Aurum mur natronatrum; Iodoform and Uva ursi.
  • Vaccinum and Variolinum given in this chapter but has no observation under it.

These are some differences between arrangement of Original and Revised Edition of Knerr’s Repertory and detailed study of chapters of Knerr’s Repertory.

Layout: Some major difference in the layout also. Please see the pdf version

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