KNERR’S REPERTORY

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_{State of being of the same heart}

and mind, harmony.

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_{Arrangement in ABC order of}

important words used by the

author or in a book.

KNERR’S REPERTORY GENTRY

_{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}

• _{Father was a homoeopathic practitioner.} • _{Graduated from Hahnemann}

Homoeopathic Medical College, Philadelphia in 1869

 _{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

_{Knerr’s Repertory (1896)}

_{Co-editor of the 7 volumes of the Hering’s}  _{Guiding Symptoms of our Materia}

Medica(1881-1891)

_{Drug relationship (1936)}

_{Repertory of Headache (1846)}

_{The conversations, talks, life and times of}

KNERR’S

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_Name:

_{Repertory of Hering’s}

Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia

Medica

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_Author:

_{Calvin Brobst Knerr}

_{Published: 1896}

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_{48 Chapters,}

_{1 volume,}

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_{1232 pages}

_and

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_{428 medicines}

_{in the repertory}

While comparing Hering’s Guiding

Symptoms the remedies missing are

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_{Citrus vulgaris}

_Iodoform

Remedies that present in knerr’s repertory but missing in Hering’s Guiding Symptoms

Aurantium Polyporus officinalis Castoreum Euphrasia officinalis Euphorbinum Hydrocotyle Illicum anisatum

IN MEMORIAM

CONSTANTINE HERING

AND

DEEPER REVERENCE GENIUS

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_Preface

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_Contents

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_{Abbreviations}

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_Chapters

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_About

_{Arrangement Of Rubrics}

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_About

_{Marking Of Distinction}

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_About

_{Index Of Localities And}

Terms

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_{Acknowledgement}

_{to those who}

! Proof Assistance – Dr. Joseph C.

Guernsey

! Clerical Assistance – Dr. W.H Phillips,

Messrs, Douty, Ziegler and Field.

! Composition and Press work –

Brother-in-Law Walter E. Hering and reliable

DOUBLE THICK BLACK VERTICAL

LINES : Symptoms repeatedly verified (Carries highest mark)

SINGLE VERTICAL THICK BLACK LINE

TWO ORDINARY VERTICAL LINES:

Symptoms more frequently confirmed, or, if but once confirmed, strictly in

character with the genius of the remedy

SINGLE ORDINARY VERTICAL LINES

Sometimes synonyms are given within brackets. E.g.

Mind and disposition, chagrin (mortification)

Treatment results are given within brackets. E.g.Upper Face, Face, cancer, obstinate lupus

(improved), Graph

Upper Face, Face, cancer, on right malarbone

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_{(Hand symbol)}

_:

_{cross reference}

θ

(theta mark)

:

standing between the

cured symptom and the

pathological condition, or the

physiological general state

:

--

The Perpendicular Dotted Line

Marks observation taken from

the old school such as

harmonize with our law of cure.

Contents

_{Chapters and} _{Page numbers}

Abbreviations

_{From Abies nigra}

to Zizia aurea

_{Symptoms arranged in the Original Form}

And Alphabetical

_{The order of arrangement or method of}

classification -- inaugurated by Hahnemann

developed, perfected and used by Hering throughout his entire work on Materia

This organ wise classification follows following order

 _{above downward}

 _{from inside outward}

 _{functional symptom first then organic} conditions.

 _{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

1. Mind & Disposition 2. Sensorium 3. Inner Head 4. Outer Head 5. Eyes 6. Ears 7. Nose 8. Upper Face

9. Lower Face

10. Teeth & Gums 11. Taste & Tongue 12. Inner Mouth

13. Throat

14. Appetite, Thirst, Desires, Aversion 15. Eating & Drinking

16. Hiccough, Belching,

Nausea & Vomiting

17. Scorbiculum & Stomach 18. Hypochondria

19. Stool & Rectum 20. Urinary Organs

21. Male Sexual Organs 22. Female Sexual Organs

23. Pregnancy, Parturition, Lactation 24. Voice, Larynx, Trachea, Bronchi 25. Respiration

26. Cough & Expectoration 27. Inner Chest & Lungs

29.

Heart, Pulse & Circulation

Outer Chest

31.

Neck & Back

Upper Limbs

Lower Limbs

34.

Limbs in General

35.

Rest, Position & Motion

Nerves

37.

Sleep

Time

39. Temperature & Weather 40. Fever

41. Attacks, Periodicity 42. Locality & Direction 43. Sensations in General 44. Tissues

45. Touch, Passive Motion, Injuries 46. Skin

47. Stages of Life & Constitution 48. Drug Relationship

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Starts from the rubric

Abandoned

and ends in

Zoo Magnetic

.

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This chapter has plenty of rubrics

and cross references.

Confusion, Dizziness, Falling,

Giddiness, Intoxication, Lightness,

Reeling, Staggering, Swaying,

Vertigo

Apoplexy, Brain, Forehead, Head,

Headache, Occiput, Parietal, Temples,

Vertex

Dandruff. Eruption. Fontanelles.

Hair. Head. Scalp. Scalp. Skull.

Tumors

Accommodation. Anterior Chamber. Aqueous

humor. Canthi. Choroid. Ciliary Body. Circumorbital. Conjunctiva. Cornea. Eyes. Illusions. Iris. Lachrymal

Apparatus. Lachrymation. Optic Nerve. Orbit. Photophobia. Pupil. Retina. Sclerotica.

Sight. Supraorbital. Vitreous.

Auditory Nerve. Ears. Eustachian

tubes. Hearing. Illusions of hearing.

Membrani Tympani. Tympanic

cavity.

Auditory Nerves  Atrophy  Weakness  _Neuralgia  Paralysis  Vertigo Ears  Abscess  Anemic / cross reference  Erysipelas  _Fissures  Suppuration  Wax

EUSTACHIAN TUBES HEARING

 Deafness

 _Impaired

 Reverberation

 While in sleep also can

hear….. Illusion of Hearing:  Chirping  Drumming  _Ticking  Tinnitus  Whizzing Membrana Tympani: Adhesions Calcareous deposits perforation

Coryza. Nose. Smell

Rubrics - 3

Coryza  _Alternates  Bloody  Children  _Diarrhea  _{Heat in face}  _Gray  Neck stiff  Periodic  _Weather Nose  _Abscess  Bleeding  Bluish  _{“Noli Me Tangere”}  _Comedones

 _{Chapped / cross ref}  Rhinitis

 Plugs

 _Choanae

 _{Yellow saddle across}  _Sinusitis

 Smell objective / cross ref  Spots  _Tumor  _{Ulcertation’}  Warts  Smell  Hallucinations  Sensitive to,

Eruption. Expression. Face.

Face ache

 Eruption

 Acne

 _{Barber’s Itch}

 Boils

 Comedones

 Crusty / eczema cross

references  Hives  Rhus poisoning  _Ringworms  Phagedenic  Expressions Face  _Anemic  Beard  Cachectic  Cadaverous  Cancer  Greasy / oily  Paralysis  _{Risus sardonicus}  Sickly Prosopalgia  Neuralgic  Wind

Chin. Lips. Lower Jaw. Outer

Mouth.

Chin  Carbuncle, comedones  _Warts Lips  Black  Bleeding  Cancer  Coating  Flabby / hanging

 _{Licks heat during}

 Tumors Lower Jaw  Caries  _Exostoses  Masseter muscles  necrosis  Parotid Gland

 Sub maxillary glands

 Lock jaw

Outer Mouth

 _{Blue around}

 Cancer

Dentition. Gums. Teeth. Toothache

Rubrics - 4

Dentition  Carried  _{Sleeplessness}  Slow Gums  _Bleeding  Bluish  Epulis  Injuries  Purple  _{Scorbutic ( Scurvy)}  Colors Teeth  Caries  _Converge  Cupped  Grinding  Numb  Serrated  Tartar

Toothache  Air  Beer  Carious  Changing locality  Eye teeth  Stomach teeth  Summer

Speech. Taste . Tongue

Rubrics - 3

Speech  Aphasia  Lisping  Unintelligible Taste  Acrid  Bitter  Burnt  Ink  Metallic  Woody  Watery Tongue

 Aphthae; Black; Broad

 Cancer ; Furred; Cracked  Dry; Fraenum  Hair; Glossitis  Leadcolored  Mapped; Red  Sticky; Ulcers  White; Yellow

Mouth. Saliva.

Rubrics - 2

Mouth * Aphthae * Gangrene * Hemorrhage * Cancer * Stomatitis * Syphilitic affections * Scurvy * Ulcers * vesicles Saliva * Bloody; frothy * Ptyalism; Saltish * Tenacious * White * Yellow

Fauces. Oesophagus. Palate. Pharynx.

Swallowing. Throat. Tonsils. Uvula

Fauces  Abrasions  Coppery  _Gangrene  _{Tingling ; formication;}  Crawling Oesophagus  Burning  Foreign body  Spasm  Stricture  _Worms  Palate  Burning  Caries  _Dry  _Exudate  Inflamed  Rough  Swollen  Ulceration

 Pharynx

 Anesthesia

 Cancer

 _Constricted

Appetite. Aversion. Desire. Thirst

Rubrics - 5

Drinking. Eating. Rubrics - 3

Eructation. Gagging. Heartburn.

Hiccough. Nausea. Retching.

Seasickness. Vomiting. Vomiturio.

Waterbrash.

Epigastrium. Stomach

Rubrics - 2

Diaphragm. Hypochondria. Liver.

Spleen

Abdomen. Colic. Flatulence, also

see Flatus Chap. 20. Inguinal

Region. Intestines. Perineum. Pubis

Rubrics - 7

Anus. Cholera Asiactica. Cholera

Infantum. Cholera Morbus.

Constipation. Diarrhea. Dysentery.

Flatus. Haemorrhoids. Rectum. Stool .

Before Stool. During Stool.

After Stool. Worms.

Bladder. Kidneys. Ureters. Urethra.

Urination. Before Urination. During

Urination. After Urination. Urine.

Rubrics - 9

Coition. Erections.

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Penis. Genitals.

Glans. Gonorrhea. Masturbation.

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Seminal Emissions. Penis. Prostrate

Gland. Scrotum. Semen. Seminal

Emissions. Sexual Excess. Sexual

Excitement. Sexual Power. Spermatic

Cord. Sycosis. Syphilis. Testicles

Climacteric Period. Clitoris. Coition.

Genitals. ( Labia. Mons Veneris.

Pudendum. Vulva). Leucorrhoea.

Mammae

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Chap. 24. Menses. Before

Menses. During Menses. After Menses.

Ovaries. Sexual Excess. Sexual

Excitement. Sterility. Uterus. Vagina

Rubrics - 15

Abortion. Infants. Lactation. Lochia.

Mammae. Nipples. Parturition.

Placenta. Post-partum. Pregnancy .

Puerperal

Air Passages. Bronchia.

Epiglottis. Glottis. Larynx.

Trachea. Voice

Rubrics - 7

Asphyxia. Asthma. Breathing.

Dyspnea. Expiration.

Inspiration. Suffocation

Rubrics - 7

Cough. Before Cough. During

Cough. After Cough.

Whooping Cough.

Expectoration

Clavicle. Inner Chest. Lungs.

Sternum

Blood. Blood vessels. Heart.

Palpitation. Pericardium. Pulse.

Rubrics - 6

Axillae. Male Nipples. Outer Chest.

Rubrics - 3

Back. Coccyx. Lumbar region (

Loins, Small Of Back). Neck.

Sacrum. Scapula. Spine.

Spinal Cord.

Arms. Elbows. Fingers.

Hands.

Shoulders. Wrists.

Rubrics - 6

Ankles. Feet. Heels. Hips. Knees.

Legs. Nates. Tendo-Achillis.

Thighs.

Toes. Walking.

Rubrics - 11

Joints. Limbs.

Rubrics - 2

Motion. Position. Rest

Rubrics - 3

Activity (Strength). Catalepsy. Chorea.

Convulsions. Fainting. Faintness. Hysteria.

Lassitude(Fatigue). Malaise. Nerves.

Neuralgia. Paralysis. Restlessness.

Sensations.

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Chap. 43. Starting.

Trembling. Twitching. Weakness.

Rubrics - 18

Awaking. Dreams. Drowsiness.

Sleep.

Falling asleep. During Sleep. After

sleep. Sleeplessness. Yawning

Afternoon. Evening. Forenoon .

Morning . Night.

Before Midnight . After

Midnight

Air. Cold. Dark. Light.

Seasons. Temperature.

Warmth.

Water. Weather.

Rubrics - 10

Chill. Chilliness. Fever. Heat.

Sweat. Temperature.

Direction. Locality.

Rubrics - 2

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. Suppurations.

Swelling. Tubercles. Tumors. Ulcers. Rubrics - 40

Injuries. Passive Motion. Touch.

Rubrics - 3

Eruption. Skin

Rubrics - 2

Age. Complexion. Constitution.

Habit. Occupation. Size.

Temperament

Rubrics - 7

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_ANTIDOTES

_COLLATERAL

_COMPATIBLE

_{COMPLEMENTARY}

_INIMICAL

_SIMILAR

To Effects of massive and molecular doses, chemical antidotes in poisoning, to the lasting or chronic effects super induced by the drug

Side Relations belonging to Same or Allied Botanical Family or Chemical Group

Supplying the Part of Another Drug

Drugs Disagreeing, Incompatible, Do Not Follow Well Comparison for Reason of SIMILARITY

†

Its for reference work and

Not

For Systematic

Repertorisation.

†

The hierarchy of the repertory

benefits the practitioners if

the

totality of the case fits into the

following order.

TEMPERAMENT AND STAGES OF LIFE AND

CONSTITUTION MIND AND DISPOSITIONS WITH DESCRIBED SYMPTOMS/ CONCOMITANTS. PHYSICAL GENERALS TISSUE AFFINITIES SINGLE SYMPTOMS

1. Temperament And Stages Of Life And Constitution

2. Mind And Dispositions With Described Symptoms/ Concomitants 3. Physical Generals (Appetite, Aversions,

Desires, Perspiration, Etc..) Complaints With Special Features (Modalities,

Concomitants, Directions, Etc)

4. Tissue Affinities – Sensations and Modalities 5. Single Symptoms can also be referred with the

details, which would help one to prescribe in an acute case.

*

Mental condition given in all

particular sections.

*

Pregnancy, Parturition, lactation,

chapter is well represented

*

Concomitants in urine, stool, menses,

and headache are well represented in

this repertory

.

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In Stages of Life and Constitution

chapter, especially size, occupation,

constitution, diathesis, and

temperament is well represented

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In urinary organs urine specific gravity

is given.

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Pulse rate is given with remedies.

Temperature is also given in

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_{Repertory With Prover’s Language}

_{Vast Information}

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_{Section For Stages Of Life}

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_{Under Constitution Rubric 26 Types}

_{Under Temperaments 7 Types}

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_{Drug Relation Ship Chapter}

_{Cross Reference}

_{Double column arrangement difficult to find out sub rubric, sub sub}

rubric.

_{Single remedy rubric difficult In repertorisation has a less number of}

medicines and needs upgradation.

_{Nosodes are not represented well.}

_{Finer rubrics and sub rubrics very difficult to distinguish each other.}  _{Lack of detailed introduction part by the author regarding how to use}