COMPARISON OF RUBRICS OF REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA BY CALVIN.B.KNERR WITH REPERTORY OF HOMOEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA BY DR.J.T.KENT

Calvin.B.Knerr, son in law of Dr. Constantine Hering has compiled Repertory of Hering’s Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica. Knerr’s repertory is a concordance repertory and it belongs to the puritan group of repertories. They are mostly used for the purpose of reference and not used for systematic repertorisation. This work was published in 1896. The order of arrangement or the method of classification, followed in the compilation of this repertory is the one inaugurated by Hahnemann, developed, perfected and used by Dr. Constantine Hering throughout his entire Materia Medica by the anatomical arrangement or regional division into 48 chapters. It has no definite philosophic background and contains 1232 pages.
The four marks of distinction have the same significance in Hering’s Guiding Symptoms.
The lowest single light line designates occasionally verified symptom.
The double single light line designates more frequently confirmed.
The single heavy line designates symptoms verified by cures.
The double line designates symptoms repeatedly verified.
It contains 48 chapters about 408 medicines are covered in this repertory.

1. Chapter Mind and Disposition of Knerr’s repertory are compared with Kent’s repertory and rubrics found only in Knerr’s repertory are given below.
Abhorrence (Aversion); Accounts, makes mistakes: in senile dementia, incipient stage; Addressed, hates to be; Affected easily; Affection, has none for anybody: during pregnancy; Annoyed; Arbitrary; Arithmetical calculations: difficulty in making, Automatically, attends to household duties; Awe, stands in those around him (hysteria); Awkwardness; Behavior; Beside oneself; Bitterness; Buoyancy; Brawling (Quarrelsome); Brutality; Bustling: during which everything falls out of his hands from weakness; Catalepsy; Climb, inclination to; Coma; Comforted: cannot be; Conscience; Consciousness; Creeping: about in shirt; Crime, as if he had committed; Cross; Crowed: like a cock, before every spell of somnambulism; Dazed; Debauchery; Depravity; Disputative; Distress; Disunion with himself; Dreamy; Dressing: averse to melancholia; Enchanted like one, and beside himself; Enemy: considers everybody(mania); Erotic; Exacting; Existences: sense of having two; Explaining constantly: in mania puerperalis ; Eyes, closed; Far away feeling, with apathy and indifference to future; Filth: wallows in his own in (mania); Fists: doubling as if in furious anger; Flies, tries to catch; Food, refuses; Frolicsome behavior; Fun, full of; Gay; Grasping; Greedy; Grudge, inclined to have a secret; Harsh, with headache; Heaven: feels as if in a; Hesitation; Humiliation; Hyper aesthesia, emotional; Ill humor; Imagination; Imitates; Impudent; Impressibility; Inattentive; Incoherency; Indecision; Insulting; Inhumanity; Intoxicated feeling; Joking; Laziness; Lectrophobia (horror of bed); Love, exalted; Lying; Mental activity; Mental concentration, difficult or impossible; Mental exhaustion; Merry; Metaphysical subtleties :racks brain about; Moody; Mouth: lays finger on alternately with stretching hands to fullest extent; Muddled; Murmuring; News; Oppression; Passionate; Passive, inclined to be; Peace, heavenly sense of; Peevish; Pent up, no chance for thoughts to flow out, as if hidebound; Perception; Picks; Pockets, fills with anything; Positions, queer in bed, sits down, rises, kneels; Procrastinate; Proposes, absurd things; Push things; Quaking; Rambling manner; Rancor, caused by morbid ideas; Rats, thinks and talks of; Raving; Real, things as if not; Reckless; Reflecting; Repentant; Reprimanded, on being, pupils dilate; Rerophobia ; Resigned; Riotous, in mental derangement; Rolls on ground; Rude, inclination to treat others with contempt; Ruins; Salacity; Sarcastic, Satirical); Sensational; Self control, want of; Self-deception; Self-depreciation; Slinks, about like a ghost(ague); Solicitude; Sounds: wild on hearing any sound as striking of clock etc, dances about must be held; Speculation, mind dwells on philosophic; Staring; Steal; Stolid; Stupid; Syphilophobia ; Temper; Tender; Thoughtless; Trance; Tricks: insane, spiteful; Trance; Uncertainty, feeling of; Ugliness, of disposition; Uneasy; Unpleasant things inclined to dwell on; Unsteady; Vacuity feeling of; Vehemence; Vigilance, morbid; Voices, personifies (delirium tremens); Walk; Wanders; Waspish; Wasteful; Water; Whimpering; Yielding; Zoo magnetic condition.

2. Chapter Sensorium in Knerr’s repertory includes Confusion, Dizziness, Drunkenness, Fainting, Falling, Giddiness, Intoxication, Lightness, Reeling, Staggering, Swaying and Vertigo. Confusion is found in Mind in Kent’s repertory. Falling, Intoxicated, Reeling, Staggering and Vertigo are found in Kent in the chapter Vertigo.

3. Chapter Inner head in Knerr’s repertory includes Apoplexy, Brain, Cerebrospinal affections, Forehead, Head, Headache, Hemi crania, Mastoid process, Mastoid region, Occiput, Parietal, Sunstroke, Temples and Vertex. Apoplexy is found in Generalities in Kent’s repertory. All the rest are found in the chapter Head in Kent’s repertory.

4. Chapter Outer head in Knerr’s repertory includes Dandruff, Eruption, Fontanelles, Forehead, Hair, Head, Scalp, Skull and Tumours. In Kent all these are found in the chapter Head.

5. Chapter Eyes includes Accommodation, Anterior chamber, Aqueous humor, Brows, Canthi, Choroid, Ciliary body, Circumorbital, Conjunctiva, Cornea, Eyes, Fundus, Illusions, Iris, Infraorbital, Lachrymal apparatus, Lachrymation, Lashes, Lens, Lids, Opthalmia, Optic nerve, Orbit, Photophobia, Pupil, Retina, sclerotic, Sight, Supraorbital and Vitreous. In Kent all except Accommodation are found in the chapter Eyes and Accommodation is found in the chapter Vision.

6. Chapter Ears includes Auditory tube, Ears, Eustachian tube, Hearing, Illusions of hearing, Membrane tympani and Tympanic cavity. In Kent all except Auditory nerve and Illusions are found in the chapter Ears and they are found in the chapter Hearing.

7. Chapter Nose includes Coryza, Nose and Smell and in Kent also they are found in the chapter Nose in Kent’s repertory.

8. Chapter Upper face includes Eruption, Expression, Face and Faceache. In Kent also they are found in the chapter Face.

9. Chapter Lower face includes Chin, Lips, Lower jaw and Outer mouth.In Kent all except Outer Mouth is found in the chapter Face and Outer Mouth is found in the chapter Mouth.

10. Chapter Teeth and Gums include Dentition, Gums, Teeth and Toothache. Gums are found in the chapter Mouth in Kent’s repertory. All others are in the chapter Teeth in Kent’s repertory.

11. Chapter Taste and Tongue include Speech, Taste and Tongue. All of them are found in the chapter Mouth in Kent’s repertory. The rubric Speech is found in the chapter Mind also in Kent’s repertory.

12. Chapter Inner Mouth includes Mouth and Saliva, which are found in Mouth in Kent’s repertory.

13. Chapter Throat includes Fauces, Esophagus, Palate, Pharynx, Swallowing, Throat, Tonsils and Uvula. Palate is found in the chapter Mouth and all the others in the chapter Throat in Kent’s repertory.

14. Appetite, Thirst, Desires, Aversions and Hunger are found in the chapter Stomach in Kent’s repertory.

 

Aversions in Kent                Aversions in Knerr

Apples, Bananas, Beef, Breakfast, Cereals              Broths, Camphor, Chocolate,

Drinks, Everything, Flour, Hering, Liquid,          Cooked food, Medicine, Smell

Onions, Oysters, Pickles, Plums, Rich food,       of food, Sauerkraut, Sour things

Smoking, Soup, Warm, cooked food and

Whisky.

Desires in Kent                                                   Desires in Knerr

Bacon, Bananas, Bitter drinks, Cherries           Acids, Broth, Butter, Cakes,

Chocolate, Cucumbers, Fat ham, Flour          Condiments, Cuttle fish, Drink

Fried food, Ham fat, Honey, Hot drinks,       (acid, alcohol, ale, beer, brandy,

Many things, Morbid, Snow, Strong               cider, cocoa, coffea, cold efferv-

Tasting food                                                    escing, hot, wine), Highly flavor-

                                                                        ed(highly seasoned), Ham, Pork,

                                                                        Sweets, Rue and Water.

15. Drinking and Eating also includes Tobacco. In Kent’s repertory Tobacco is
found in the chapter Generalities.

16. Chapter Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting include Eructation, Gagging, Heartburn, Hiccough, Nausea, Retching, Seasickness, Vomiting, Vomiturio and Waterbrash. All of these are found in the chapter Stomach in Kent’s repertory.

17.Chapter Scrobiculum and Stomach includes Epigastrium and Stomach found in the chapter Stomach in Kent’s repertory.

18. Chapter Hypochondria includes Diaphragm, Hypochondria, Liver and Spleen of which Diaphragm is found in the chapter Chest and all others in the chapter Abdomen in Kent’s repertory.

19. Chapter Abdomen includes Abdomen, Colic, Flatulence, Inguinal region, Intestines, Perineum and Pubes of which all are found in the chapter Abdomen and Perineum is found in the chapter Genitalia Female in Kent’s repertory.

20. Chapter Stool and Rectum includes Anus, Cholera (asiatica, cholerine, sporadic), Cholera morbus, Constipation, Diarrhea, Dysentery, Flatus (discharge), Hemorrhoids, Rectum, Stool, Before stool, During stool, After stool and Worms and all of these are found in the chapter Rectum of Kent’s repertory.

21. Chapter Urinary organs include Bladder, Kidneys, Ureters, Urethra, Urination, Before urination, During urination, After urination and Urine. In Kent all are found in the chapter Urinary organs.

22. Chapter Male sexual organs include Coition, Erections, Genitals, Glans, Gonorrhea, Masturbation, Penis, Prepuce, Prostate gland, Scrotum, Semen, Seminal emissions, Sexual excess, Sexual excitement, Sexual power, Spermatic cords, Sycosis, Syphilis and Testicles. Of this Prostate gland is found in the chapter Urinary organs and Sycosis and Syphilis are found in the chapter Generalities in Kent’s repertory and all the rest rubrics are found in the chapter Genitalia Male in Kent.

23. Chapter Female sexual organs include Climacteric period, Clitoris, Coition, Genitals (labia, mons veneris, pudenda and vulva), Leucorrhoea, Mammae, Menses, Before menses, During menses, After menses, Ovaries, Sexual excess, Sexual excitement, Sterility, Uterus and Vagina. In Kent Mammae is found in the chapter Chest and all the rest in the chapter Genitalia Female.

24. Chapter Pregnancy, Parturition and Lactation includes Abortion, Infants, Lactation, Lochia, Mammae, Nipples, Parturition, Placenta, Post partum, Pregnancy and Puerperal. In Kent Mammae is found in the chapter Chest.

25. Chapter Voice, Larynx, Trachea and Bronchia includes Air passages, Bronchia, Epiglottis, Glottis, Larynx, Trachea and Voice. In Kent Larynx and Trachea is found in the chapter Larynx and Trachea.

26. Chapter Respiration includes Asphyxia, Asthma, Breathing, Dyspnoea, Exp-oration, Inspiration and Suffocation. In Kent all are in Respiration.

27. Chapter Cough and Expectoration include Cough, Before cough, During cough, After cough, Whooping cough and Expectoration. In Kent Expectoration is in that corresponding chapter.

28. Chapter Inner chest and Lungs includes Clavicles, Inner chest, Lungs and Sternum. In Kent they are found in the chapter Chest.

29. Chapter Heart, Pulse and Circulation include Blood, Blood vessels, Heart, Palpitation, Pericardium and Pulse. In Kent’s repertory all except Pulse are found in the chapter Generalities. All others are in the chapter Chest.

30. Chapter Outer chest includes Axillae, Male nipples and Outer chest. In Kent’s repertory Axilla is found in the chapter Chest.

31. Chapter Neck and Back include Back, Coccyx, Lumbar region (loins, small of back), Neck, Sacrum, Scapulae, Spinal cord and Spine. In Kent all these rubrics are found in the chapter Back.

32. Chapter Upper limbs include Arms, Elbows, Fingers, Hands, Shoulders and Wrists are found in the chapter Extremities in Kent’s repertory.

33. Chapter Lower limbs include Ankles, Feet, Heels, Hips, Knees, Legs, Ankles, Tendo Achilles, Thighs, Toes and Walking. In Kent’s repertory they are found in the chapter Extremities and Walking is found in the chapter Generalities.

34. Chapter Limbs in general includes joints and limbs.


35. Chapter Rest, Position and Motion includes Motion, Position and Rest.

36. Chapter Nerves includes Activity (strength), Catalepsy, Chorea, Convulsions, Fainting, Faintness, Hysteria, Lassitude (fatigue), Malaise, Nerves, Nervousness, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Restlessness, Sensation, Starting, Trembling, Twitching and Weakness. The rubrics Catalepsy, Chorea, Convulsion, Faintness, Lassitude, Malaise, Paralysis, Trembling, Twitching and Weakness are found in the chapter Generalities of Kent’s repertory.

37. Chapter Sleep includes Awaking, Dreams, Drowsiness, Sleep, Falling asleep, During sleep, After sleep, Sleeplessness and Yawning. All of them are found in the chapter Sleep in Kent’s repertory.

38. Chapter Time includes Afternoon, Evening, Forenoon, Morning, Night, Before midnight and After midnight. All of them are found in the chapter Generalities in Kent’s repertory.

39. Chapter Temperature and Weather include Air, Cold (open air, out of doors), Cold, Dark, Light, Seasons, Sun, Temperature, Warmth, Water and Weather (wind). The rubrics Air, Cold, Sun, Wind, Warmth and Wind are found in the chapter Generalities in Kent’s repertory.

40. Chapter Fever includes Chill, Chilliness, Fever, Heat, Sweat and Temperature. In Kent’s repertory Chill, Chilliness, Fever, Heat and Sweat are found in the chapter Fever. Sweat is also found in the chapters Generalities and Perspiration.

41. Chapter includes Attacks and Periodicity. In Kent Periodicity is found in the chapter Generalities.

42. Chapter Location and Direction includes Direction and Locality.

43. Chapter Sensations in general includes different sensations.

44. Chapter Tissues includes Adipose tissue, Anaemia, Blood, Blood vessels, Bones, Cancer, cartilage, degeneration, Emaciation, Excretions, Fibrous, Fluids, Gangrene, Glands, Granulations, Hypertrophy, Indurations, inflammations, Leucaemia, Ligaments, Metamorphosis, Mucus membranes, Muscles, Nerves, Nutrition, Parenchymatous organs, Periosteum, Plague, Pyaemia, Secretions, Serous membranes, Septicemia, Stenosis, Suppuration, Swelling, Tubercles, Tendons Trichinosis, Tubercles, Tumors and Ulcers. The rubrics Anaemia, Bones, Cartilages, Emaciation, Gangrene, Glands, Indurations, Inflammation, Leukemia, Mucus membrane, Periosteum, Septicemia, Suppuration, Swelling, Tumors and Ulcers are found in the chapter Generalities in Kent’s repertory.

45. Chapter Touch, Passive motion and Injuries includes these three rubrics. In juries are found in the chapter Generalities in Kent’s repertory.

46. Chapter Skin includes Eruption and Skin.

47. Chapter Stages of life and complexion includes Age, Complexion, Constitution, Habit, Occupation, Size and Temperature.

48. Chapter Drug relationships include Antidotes, Collateral, Compatible, Complementary, Inimical and Similar to. In Kent’s repertory there is the inclusion of “Relationship of remedies and their Duration of action” by Dr. Gibson Miller’s and includes Antidotes, Complements, Remedy that follow well, Inimical and Duration of action of the remedy.