Abstract:
Dr Hahnemann, The father of Homoeopathy, felt the need of Indexing the ever enlarging MateriaMedica in order to facilitate the work of finding out the Simillimum, in Acute as well as Chronic diseases. So, different authors with their respective philosophies made a Index (Repertory) for the practical use. There are various General, Clinical, Regional, Card and rare Repertories which were not aware by the students as well as by the practitioner. By this Timeline, author tries to make aware of some these Rare Repertories to the students and homoeopathic practitioners and can be useful in their Clinical Practice and also for Systemic Reference.
INTRODUCTION:
“Repertory” is a Systematically and Logically arranged index to the Homoeopathic MateriaMedica, which is full of information collected from Toxicology, Drug-Proving and Clinical experience.
Repertory helps us to find out a required symptoms in a rubric form together with the medicine or a group of medicines with different grades. Classification Of Repertories were done to know the different authors philosophy, arrangement of rubrics and application of repertory in the practice for the different types of cases. Eg. Clinical Repertories, General Repertories, Mechanical Aided Repertories.
TIMELINE OF REPERTORY:
Era Of Repertory :
a) Pre-Kentian Era
b) Kentian Era
c) Post-Kentian Era
| Sr.No | Year | Name Of Repertory | Authors Name |
| 1. | 1805 | Fragmenta De ViribusMedicamentorumPositivis | Dr.Hahnemann |
| 2. | 1830 | Systemic Work Of Antipsoric Remedies | Weber |
| 3. | 1832 | Repertory Of Antipsorics | Dr.Boenninghausen |
| 4. | 1833 | First Alphabetical Pocket Repertory (165 pages) Repertory Of Purely Pathogenetic Effects ( 376 pages) |
Glazor Weber- Pescheir |
| 5. | 1835 | Repertory Of Medicines which are not Antipsorics Symptoms Register, 3 Volumes in German Language |
Dr.Boenninghausen Dr.Jahr’s |
| 6. | 1836 | An Attempt Showing Relative Kinship Of Homoeopathic Medicines | Dr.Boenninghausen |
| 7. | 1840 | A Repertory Of Nosology, 254 pages translated by Okie Hampel. | Ruoff |
| 8. | 1843 | A Homoeopathic Repertory Of Symptomatology | Laffitte ( One of the 1st Persian Homoeopath) |
| Sr.No | Year | Name Of Repertory | Author |
| 9. | 1846 | Therapeutic Pocket Book | Dr.Boenninghausen |
| 10 | 1848 | Systematic Alphabetical Repertory, 940 pages | Clofar Muller |
| 11. | 1851 | An Alphabetical Repertory, 352 pages, New York | Bryanr |
| 12. | 1853 | A Repertory Of Characteristic Homoeopathic Remedies, 700 pages, Cothen. | Possart |
| 13. | 1854 | A Repertory Of Comparative MateriaMedica, 144 pages, U.S.A | Lippe |
| 14. | 1859 | Repertory by English Homoeopaths, 600 pages. | Cipher |
| 15. | 1896 | Repertory Of Hering’sGuiding Symptoms Of Our MateriaMedica. | Knerr |
| 16. | 1890 | The Concordance Repertory Of MateriaMedica (Volumes 1 to 6). | Gentry |
REGIONAL REPERTORIES: Many Authors of those time were making notes of their Clinical Experiences and Published several Clinical and Regional Repertories.
| Sr.No | Year | Name Of Repertory | Author |
| 17. | 1869 | Repertory Of Diarrhoea | James Bell |
| 18. | 1873 | Repertory Of Eyes Desires and Aversion |
Berridge Guernsey |
| 19. | 1879 |
Repertory Of Fever Repertory Of Foot Sweat |
H.C.Allen O.M.Drake |
| 20. | 1880 | Repertory Of Modalities Repertory Of Haemorrhides Repertory Of Respiratory Organs |
Worcestor Guernsey Lutze |
| 21. | 1882 | Repertory Of Interrmittent Fever | W.A.Allen |
| 22.. | 1883 | Repertory Of Sensation, as if. Uterine Therapeutics |
Holcomb Henry Minton |
| 23. | 1884 | Repertory Of Cough and Expectoration | Lee and Clarke |
| 24. | 1892 | Repertory Of Digestive System | ArkellMcMichell |
| 25. | 1894 | Repertory Of Rheumatism Repertory Of Therapeutics Of Respiratory System Repertory Of Rheumatism Repertory Of Eczema Repertory Of Headaches Repertory Of Appendicites |
Perkins Van Denburg Pulford C.F.MillsPaugh Knerr Yingling |
| 26. | 1896 | Repertory Of Neuralgias | Lutze |
| 27. | 1899 | Repertory Of Urinary Organs | A.R.Morgan |
| 28. | 1904 | Clinical Repertory | Clarke |
| 29. | 1906 | Repertory Of Respiratory Diseases Repertory Of Mastitis Repertory Of Throat |
Nash W.J.Guernsey W.J.Guernsey |
| 30. | 1908 | Clinical Repertory | Sheed |
| 31. | 1931 | Times Of Remedies | Boger |
| Sr.No | Year | Name Of Repertory | Author |
| 32. | 1904 | A Clinical Repertory | Clarke |
| 33. | 1905 | Boenninghausen’s Characteristics and Repertory | Boger |
| 34 | 1915 | Repertory with Synoptic Key | Boger |
| 35. | 1924 | Card Repertory | Boger |
| 36. | 1927 | Clinical Repertory | Boericke |
| 37. | 1931 | Times Of Remedies and Moon Phases | Boger |
| 38. | 1937 | Sensation as If | Roberts |
| 39. | 1939 | Rheumatic Medicines | Roberts |
| 40. | 1959 | Kishore’s Card Repertory | Jugal Kishore |
| 41. | 1963 | A Concise Repertory Of Homoeopathic Medicines. | Phatak |
Modern Repertories
| Sr.No | Year | Name Of Repertory | Author |
| 42. | 1973 | Synthetic Repertory | Barthel And Klunker |
| 43. | 1990 | Kent’s Repertorium Generale | KunzliJost |
| 44. | 1993 | Homoeopathic Medical Repertory Synthesis |
Robin Murphy Frederick Schroyen |
| 45 | 1996 | Complete Repertory | Roger Von Zandvoort |
| 46. | 1999 | The Phoenix Repertory | Bakshi I PS |
| 47. | 2003 | RepertoriumUniversale | Roger Von Zandvoort |
Homoeopathic Softwares:
- HOMPATH
- RADAR
- CARA
- ISIS
- MAC Repertory
- STIMULARE and many more.
Reference:
Tiwari S.K., Essentials Of Repertorization, 5th Edition, B.Jain Publishers (P) Ltd, New-Delhi.
Authors
- Dr ShrutikaSawant
- Dr AmrutaPawar
