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Full name :
Key notes rearranged & classified with leading remedies of the
Materiamedica & Bowel nosodes.
Author : H.C.Allen.MD
Preface : By the publishers
Edition : 9th Indian edition.1999 May
Price : Rs.75
Total pages : 457
Total no.of Medicines : 203 + 8 Bowel nosodes
AIM OF THE BOOK
To render the student's task less difficult, to simplify its
study, make it both interesting, useful and easy to remember.
CONTENTS OF THE
BOOK
#. Preface
#. Alphabetical list of leading remedies
#. Characteristics of leading remedies
#. The Materiamedica of some more important remedies
#. The Bowel nosodes
MODE OF
PRESENTATION
Name of the remedy on the top
Common name on the Lt side
Family/chemical name on the Rt top
Aetiology / Causative factors
Constitution
Mental general
Physical general
Regionals
Modalities
Relations
SPECIAL
FEATURES
#. This edition is popular due to its preciseness &
comprehensiveness.
#. The symptoms have been rearranged & follow each other in a
logical sequences
#. In the previous edition the symptoms don’t conform to any
order & randomly placed with out any logical sequence.
#. No symptom is lost to the readers even on causal reading due
to the special arrangement of symptoms.
#. All the symptoms belonging to one organ or organs having a
similar or related function are grouped together.
Eg. Vomiting is usually located under stomach. Instead of
using the conventional headings like stomach, abdomen, rectum &
stool publishers used the heading GIT. So all the complaints
related to one system represented in one heading.
#. All the abbreviations are standerdised according to
Synthesis. In the previous edition outdated abbreviations which
points to more than one remedies are found.
#. The symptoms are unaltered in substance & the language remain
unchanged.
#. The present edition is highly useful for students
#. A separate section for bowel nosodes provides a concise idea
about them.
#. Quality paper with neat printing compared to previous
editions.
DE - MERITS
1.Even though publishers claimed that all the symptoms
belonging to one organ or system are grouped together, mouth,
teeth, tougue etc. are given separately.
Eg.Rhus tox
2. No definite pattern in arranging the symptoms.
Eg.In Nat.mur,Male organs followed by Extremities, then Male
organs.
In Nat.carb,Extremities are represented after Female
reproductive system.
3. Numerous spelling mistakes even on headings
Eg. Page ix, Alphabetical printed as Alhabetical
Page xiii, Characteristics printed as Charactristics.
4. Small letters are used to start certain letters
Eg.In page 269 butter cap
5. Index of Medicines in alphabetical order are not given in the
last which is present in the previous editions. |