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Concordance
repertory belong to the Puritan group of repertories where the
symptoms are given in their original form without much change.
Consists of 6 volumes
Published By : B Jain Publishers . Pvt . Ltd. New Delhi .
Reprint Edition : 1995
Volume 1 :
Includes [ 835 pages ]
Mind and disposition
Head and scalp
Eyes
Ear
Nose
Face
Volume 2 : [ has 889 pages ]
Mouth
Throat
Stomach
Hypochondria
Volume 3 : [
930 pages ]
Abdomen
Anus, Rectum, Stool
Urine , Urinary organs
Male sexual organs
Volume 4 : [ 976 pages ]
Uterus and appendages
Menstruation and discharges
Pregnancy and parturition
Lactation and mammary glands
Volume 5 : [ 956 pages ]
Voice, larynx , trachea
Chest, lungs, bronchia and cough
Heart and circulation
Chill and fever
The skin
Sleep and dreams
Volume 6 : [ 908 pages ]
Neck and back
Upper extremities
Lower extremities
Bones and limbs in general
The nerves
Generalities and KN
PLAN OF
CONSTRUCTION OF THE REPERTORY :
Preface
List of abbreviations
Explanation
Chapters
Preface :
The concordance repertory is designed to enable the physician to
find quickly and certainly any desired symptom in the materia
medica together with the indicated remedy .
The rules
adopted for the preparation of the work -- are
1) Select and give all the more characteristic pathogenetic
symptoms.
2) Include only such clinical symptoms as have been repeatedly
verified.
3) When two or more remedies have the power of producing a
similar condition, include them as merely suggestive, under the
name of the condition produced.
4) Give the noun, verb, and essential adjective in the sentence.
The idea which finally gave origin to the work presented itself
in the autumn of 1876.
Author wanted to
find a remedy for a symptom -- the symptom which caused the
search is " constant dull frontal headache , worse in the
temples, with aching in the umbilicus " -- that peculiarity made
it difficult to find .
After a weary search and final success in finding the remedy,
the
Author exclaimed -- if only we had a repertory arranged on the
plan of Cruden's Concordance of the Bible, it would have been
necessary only to refer to the letter ' U ' and under '
umbilicus ' find at once the desired symptom.
It was decided then that the attempt should be made to
materialize the thought into activity , and with a determined
will the work was begun.
The work
comprised of six large volumes.
In searching for any desired symptom, the physician should
first express it mentally , or better in writing, employing
words commonly used, and then select the word in the sentence
expressing the central thought, idea, fact, condition or object
of the sentence or the noun, verb, essential adjective, and
referring in the concordance to the word selected . [ the
synonyms should also be thought of ]
Ψ For eg :
Imagination of having two heads -- is a mental symptom, should
be found in the section devoted to the Mind and Disposition.'
imagination'
being a noun, the first word and word expressing the central
thought, we select that, and turning to the letter ' I' in the
proper section, find the word in the bold face letters and
follow it with the desired symptom, together with all other
symptoms in the materia medica in which the word imagination
appears., grouped together , convenient for consideration and
comparison.
Another eg :
Fancies seeing cats and dogs this may be found in C
following cats , in D following Dogs and in F following
Fancies .
And in the like manner any symptom in the concordance may be
found .
Frequent difficulty may be met in finding a symptom on account
of difference in phraseology of the materia medica writers or
upon the part of the person desiring to find the symptom.
Therefore, when there is a failure to find a symptom under one
word, the synonym should be thought of.
Ψ For eg :
Wants to do something and yet feels no ambition --
While the symptom can be found referring to " do ", something
and ambition .
Yet the word ' wants ' cannot be found , because the writer of
the symptom
did not use that word .the word used in the materia medica is "
Desires" and
symptom can be found by referring to that word in the
concordance.
Ψ For eg :
" Desires to kiss everybody " -- we get that symptom as --
" wants to kiss everybody " . Think of the synonym " wants " or
some other word
in the sentence, such as " kiss " or everybody '' .
List of
Abbreviations of Medicines :
From Abies Canadensis to Zizia aurea. Total of 420 drugs are
dealt within this repertory. .
Explanation :
Regarding how to use the book is given in this section .
Followed by the corresponding chapter.
[ eg in volume I : Mind and Disposition . Abbreviation of the
symptom or rubric is mentioned first
i.e for Abdomen -- ABD
Aberration -- ABE
Abroad, and abruptly -- ABR etc .
[ this abbreviation of the symptom is given only in volume 1 ]
The main rubric, which is followed by more number of subrubrics
, the starting alphabet of the symptom is used first. Eg : The
main rubric is Absence
The subrubric begins with A of mind
MERITS OF THE BOOK :
1. Useful as a book of reference , to find the desired symptom
together with the indicated remedy.
2. The symptoms are given in their original form without
much change .
3. In the repertory the author has used the phraseology of
Materia medica without much change. for eg under catamenia ,
there are a few drugs where as under menses many .
4. Symptoms arranged in alphabetical order under each chapter..
5. Symptoms can be found easily , which saves a lot of time.
6. One symptom can be referred to at many places.
Eg __ confusion in head , which makes thinking difficult . This
can be referred to under Head and Scalp and also under
Mind.
7. About 420 medicnes are dealt within the repertory.
DEMERITS :
1. This repertory is not useful for systematic
repertorisation of a case.
2. One who uses the book should have a thorough knowledge of
synonyms for the desired symptom.
3. All medicines are given the same grading .
4. The abbreviations given for the medicines are different from
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