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Name of the book.: Homoeopathic Medical Repertory.
Author : Robin Murphy.,N.D.
Classification : This repertory is one among the Alphabetical
Repertories which can be grouped under Logical
Utilitarian Group.
Publishers : Indian Books and Periodicals Syndicate., New Delhi.
Year of First Edition : 1993.
First Indian Edition : 1994.
Total pages : 1546. ( Repertory part only )
Grading of Medicines : Three grades
First grade : Capital bold.
Second grade : Bold italics.
Third grade : Plain type.
Chapters : 67 Chapters, starting from abdomen and ending in
wrists.
The number of chapters is increased mainly by splitting the main
chapters of Kent's Repertory into its component parts. Parts of
the chapter `Extremities' itself constitute 12 chapters in
Murphy's Repertory. They are
Shoulders Hip
Arms Legs
Elbow Knee
Wrist Ankle
Hand Feet
Limbs & Joints.
The most important among the new chapters are:
1. Children. 2. Emergency.
3. Environment. 4. Glands.
5. Intestines. 6. Joints.
7. Neck. 8. Nerves.
9. Pregnancy. & 10. Toxicity.
Others are Blood,Bones, Brain, Delusions, Dreams, Food,
Heart, Knees, Liver, Lungs, Muscles, Pelvis, Pulse, Tongue, etc.
Missing chapters when compared to Kent's repertory :
Expectoration,Urethra,Prostatic gland.
Arrangement of Chapters and Rubrics.:
The arrangement of both chapters and rubrics is strictly
alphabetical. Sides,time and extension under each rubric are
also arranged alphabetically which is not the case with Kent's
Repertory. Among modalities, aggrevations are marked as `agg.'and
ameliorations as `amel.'.
The sensations under each section are arranged not under the
general rubric but as separate rubrics alphabetically.
Locations with its sub rubrics are arranged alphabetically
after the main general rubric and its sub rubrics.
For eg. : Locations.
Head
Headaches, general :
acids from,
afternoon,
..........etc up to
yawning when.
Headaches,forhead.
Headaches,occiput. etc.
Sensations :
Head
Boring.
Burning etc with their sub rubrics
Additions:
Modern terminologies with cross reference are the most valuable
additions.
It contains 39000 new rubrics and 200000 new additions when
compared to Kent's Repertory.
Important
variations in subsections of chapters when compared to
Kent's Repertory.
1. Axilla is seen under Shoulder chapter.
( under Chest in Kent.)
2. Expectoration is seen under lungs chapter.
( as a separate chapter in Kent.)
3. Urethra is seen under Bladder chapter.
( as a separate chapter in Kent.)
4. Prostate gland under Male chapter.
( as a separate chapter in Kent.)
5. Oesophagus under Stomach chapter.
( under Throat in Kent )
6. Lips under Mouth chapter.
( under Face in Kent )
7. Hair under Generalities.
( under different chapters-Head,face etc.,in Kent)
8. Nates under Pelvis.
( under extremities in Kent )
9. Convulsions under Nerves.
( under Generalities in Kemt.)
10. Seasonal modalities in Environment.
( under Generalities in Kent )
11. Palpitation in Heart.
( under Chest in Kent )
12. Coccyx & Sacrum in Pelvis
( under back in Kent )
13. Perineum in Pelvis.
( under rectum in Kent )
14. Thyroid in Glands.
( under throat in Kent )
15. Noises in Hearing.
( under ear in Kent )
Important variations in terms used when compared to Kent's
Repertory
Murphy * Kent.
Discharge, Vaginal * Leucorrhoea.
Epistaxis * Nosebleeds
Insomnia * Sleeplessness
Haemorrhges * Bleeding
Headache * Pain (Head chapter)
Appetite,loss of * Appetite,wanting
Belching * Eructation
Legs * Lower limbs
Miscarriage * Abortion
Examples for Rubrics which are not available in Kent's
Repertory.
1. Fevers, Rheumatic Fever.
2. Throat, Adenoids.
3. Nose, Sinusitis,headache from sinus catarrh.
4. Lungs, asthma, Heart problems with.
5. Somach, pain, Vomiting,amel.
Merits of Murphy's Repertory :
1. Easy to refer because of alphabetical arrangement.
2. Addition of clinical terms and modern
terminologies.,ie.,Generalities, Candida albicans,Elbow, Tennis
elbow. Throat, Adenoids. etc.
3. More number of remedies. ie., about 1800 remedies.
4. Ailments of Joints in general and individual joints, easy to
refer as they are arranged as separate chapters.
5. Sections coming under each chapter are given at the chapter
index itself.
6. Inclusion of new remedies,nosodes,sarcodes and even bowel
nosodes.
Demerits
1. Referance of additions is not given individually.(Author says
this is avoided inorder to keep the repertory as small as
possible and in one volume)
2. Reliability of new rubrics such as `Aids'.
3. Misplacement of rubrics :
eg. Axilla under Shoulder,Urethra under Bladder,Expectoration
under Lungs.
4. Sub-rubrics coming under rubric `Eruption' in different
chapters are arranged in a scattered manner.
5. Even though many additions have been made, many omissions are
also there. For example , Teeth, pain sound teeth in
is found in Kent but not in Murphy.
6. Many errors, technical as well as philosophical are there in
this repertory.
Eg. :Technical :
A. Spelling mistakes and added letters.
1. Female, discharge vaginal, girls, in little.
Medicine Bufo is given as Bufo1.
B. Other errors.
1. Shoulders, pain ,lying and its sub rubrics are given under
Pain,lifting.
Philosophical :
A. Errors in alphabetical arrangement.
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