CONCORDANCE

Presented by Dr.Sr.Temy Thomas M D REPERTORY Part-2

WORD MEANING OF CONCORDANCE

State of being of the same heart and mind, harmony.

Arrangement in ABC order of important words used by the author or in a book.

This word Concordance appeared first in the homoeopathic literatures by Boenninghausen, which was then replaced by Allen to Relationship of Remedies.

CONCORDANCE REPERTORY
GENTRY CONCORDANCE REPERTORY

KNERRS REPERTORY

Concordance repertory belongs to the Puritan group of repertories where the symptoms are given in their original form without much change or is based on alphabetical arrangement of original symptoms of Materia Medica i.e. indexing the symptoms without much modifying them.

KNERRS REPERTORY

Dr. Calvin Brobst Knerr

(27.12.1847 30.09.1940)

Father was a homoeopathic practitioner. Graduated from Hahneman Homoeopathic Medical College, Philadelphia in 1869 Assistant to Dr. C Hering

Got married to Ms Mellita Pauline Hering at age of 27years in 1874

Swedenborgian (Member of the Church of New Jerusalem) September 30,1940 at 93 years passed away

WORKS
Knerrs Repertory (1896) Co-editor of the 7 volumes of the Herings Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica(1881-1891) Drug relationship (1936) Repertory of Headache (1846) The conversations, talks, life and times of Hering(1940)

Name: Repertory of Herings Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica Author: Calvin Brobst Knerr Published: 1896 48 Chapters, 1 volume, 1232 pages and 428 medicines in the repertory Source: Herings Materia Medica

PLAN & CONSTRUCTION

Preface Contents Abbreviations Chapters index

PREFACE

 Tells about about arrangement of rubrics Tells about marking of distinction Tells about index of localities and terms Acknowledgement to those who helped him to complete the work

FOUR MARKS OF DISTINCTION II (DOUBLE THICK BLACK VERTICAL LINES) : Symptoms repeatedly verified (Carries highest mark) I (SINGLE VERTICAL THICK BLACK LINE): Symptoms verified by cures II (TWO ORDINARY VERTICAL LINES): Symptoms more frequently confirmed, or, if but once confirmed, strictly in character with the genius of the remedy

I (SINGLE ORDINARY VERTICAL LINES) : less occasionally verified (Hand symbol) : cross reference (theta mark) : standing between the cured symptom and the pathological condition, or the physiological general state. - symptom observed on the sick only : -- the perpendicular dotted line , marks observation taken from the old school such as harmonize with our law of cure. t --- toxicological extracts

Contents
Chapters and page numbers

Abbreviations
From Abies nigra to Zizia aurea 428 medicine

CHAPTERS

Symptoms arranged in the original form and alphabetical The order of arrangement or method of classification, followed in the compilation of this repertory is the one inaugurated by Hahnemann, developed, perfected and used by Hering throughout his entire work on Materia Medica i.e. the anatomical or regional division into 48 chapters

Begins with chapter Mind and Disposition Ends with chapter on Drug Relationship along with complete index of localities and terms. The organ-wise classification follows Hahnemannian schema till 34th chapter and the remaining chapters represent the reaction of the whole body

Sr. No . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Chapter

Main Rubrics Pages

Mind & Disposition Sensorium Inner Head Outer Head Eyes Ears Nose Upper Face

553 12 14 9 30 7 3 4

17-83 83-92 93- 159 159-170 170-231 231-247 247-272 272-303

9
10 11 12 13 14

Lower Face
Teeth & Gums Taste & Tongue Inner Mouth Throat Appetite, Thirst, Desires, Aversion Eating & Drinking Hiccough, Belching, Nausea & Vomiting Scorbiculum & Stomach Hypochondria

4
4 3 2 8 5

303317 317-333 334-351 351-360 360-392 392-403

15 16 17 18

3 404-421 10 421-448 2 5 448-470 471-483

19 Abdomen 20 Stool & Rectum

21 Urinary Organs 22 Male Sexual Organs 23 Female Sexual Organs 24 Pregnancy, Parturition, Lactation 25 Voice, Larynx, Trachea, Bronchi 26 Respiration 27 Cough & Expectoration 28 Inner Chest & Lungs

483-527

15 527-582
9 583-616

17 616-637 15 637-684 11 7 7 6 5 685-702 702-720 721-744 744-780 781-819

29 Heart, Pulse & Circulation 30 Outer Chest 31 Neck & Back 32 Upper Limbs

6 3 8 6

819-849 849-852 852-890 890-931

33 Lower Limbs 34 Limbs in General 35 Rest, Position & Motion 36 Nerves 37 Sleep
38 Time

11 932-987 2 3 9
7

988-1003 1003-1006 1045-1071

1071-1072

18 1007-1044

39 40
41

Temperature & Weather Fever

Attacks, Periodicity

10 6
1

1072-1076 1076-1122
1122-1123

42
43

Locality & Direction

Sensations in General

2
1

1124
1124-1128

44
45

Tissues
Touch, Passive Motion, Injuries

40
3

1129-1147
1147-1152

46
47

Skin
Stages of Life & Constitution

2
7

1152-1184
1184-1194

48

Drug Relationship
Index

1195-1217
1219-1232

INSIGHT INTO SOME CHAPTERS

Each chapter is alphabetically divided into sections and rubrics sufficient to allow full scope for analysis. Mind and Disposition: Starts from the rubric abandoned and ends in zoo magnetic. This chapter has plenty of rubrics and cross references. It has 200 rubrics. Eg;Somnambulism p71 Talking-p74 Weeping-p80

Sensorium
Eg;Vertigo,Intoxication-p86

Taste and Tongue: Disorders of

speech-p334, Disorders of taste -p335 Disorders of tongue-p340 are given as main rubrics. Scorbiculum and Stomach: Condition related to epigastrium-p448, and stomach-p455 are given.

Limbs in General: Deals with the joints -p988. limbs-p992 Rest, Position and Motion: General aggravations and ameliorations-p1002. Time: Afternoon, evening, forenoon, morning, night, before midnight, after midnight are given as main rubrics-p1071. Temperature and Weather: Air, cold dark, light, seasons, temperature, warmth, water and weather are given as main rubrics-p1072. Attacks and Periodicity: It contains rubrics on nature of attack, season and periodicity-p1122. Locality and Direction-p1124

Tissues: Adipose1129, bones1129, cancer1131, cartilages, decomposition, degeneration, emaciation, excretion1134, fibrous, fluids, gangrene, glands, granulation1135, hypertrophy, induration, inflammation, ligaments, metamorphosis, mucous membranes, stenosis1138, suppuration, swelling, tubercles, tumors1142 and ulcers are the main rubrics.

Touch, Passive, Motion, Injuries: It contains rubrics, on types of injuries, reactions to touch and passive motionsp1147.

Stages of Life & Constitution: Age1184; (boys; children; girls; men; old people; women; youth;) Complexion1189 (dark, fair, eyes, hair, freckles);

Constitutions 1189( life anemic, asthmatic, carbo-nitrogenous, gouty, hemorrhodial;) Habits (like drunkards, high living, drugged subjects); Occupations (like actors, bookworms, businessmen and immigrants, miners); Size (like dwarf, large, tall, thin;) Temperaments ( like bilious, choleric, mild, melancholic, phlegmatic, sanguine) are given as main rubrics. Drug Relationship1195: Antidotes, collateral, compatible, complementary, inimical and similar relationship of medicine are discussed Index

WORKING OUT A CASE

Its for reference work and not for systematic repertorization. The hierarchy of the repertory benefits the practitioners if the totality of the case fits into the following order.

1. Temperament and stages of life and constituition. 2. Mind and dispositions with described symptoms/ concomitants. 3. Physical generals (appetite, aversions, desires, perspiration, etc..) 4.complaints with special features (modalities, concomittants, directions, etc) 5. Tissue affinities sensations and modalities 6. Single symptoms can also be referred with the details, which would help one to prescribe in an acute case or so called short case.

Merits
Repertory with provers language Vast information Section for stages of life Under constitution rubric 26 types Under temperments 7 types Drug relation ship chapter Cross reference

Demerits
Double column arrangement-difficult to find out sub rubric, sub sub rubric. Single remedy rubric-difficult in repertorization

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