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 EARLIER REPERTORIES 

Many where kept in Hale's museum in Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttagret, West Germany. 
1805. Appendix to Fragmenta de Viribus Medica Mentarum 
Positivus. ( second part Dr.Hahnemann ) 
Drug name _ Symptoms with modalities only ; no rubrics. 
1814. Short repertory in latin by Dr.Hahnemann. 
1828. Repertory in German by Hart laub & Trink. 
1828. Repertory in 2 Vol. by Hahnemann ( Each with 1000 pages)  
In German _ Manuscript form 
Considerd as forerunner of subsequent repertories. 
1829. Repertory of Ernst Ferdinand Ruckert.    
Around 1829_ 30. WEber's repertory with preface by Hahnemann ( 529 pages), Systemic work of Antipsoric remedies( Syste matische Darstellung Antipsoriche Arznemittal) 
Around 1829. Rep by Gustar W Gross 
1829. Frederick Jacob Rummel - Incomplete repertory.  
1832. Boenninghausen's Repertory of Anti psoric with a preface by Hahnemann. 
1833. Glazor. First alphabetical pocket repertory (165pages) 
1833. Weber Peschier _ Repertory of purely pathogenitic effects with a preface by Hahnemann. 
1835. Boenninghausen's Rep. of medicines which are not  antipsorics. 
1835. Repertory in 2 vol. by Dr.Jahr (1052+1254 pages) 
1835. Rep. of Glands,Bones,Mucus Membrane,Ducts & Skin disease by Dr. Jhar ( 200 pages ) 
1836. Boennighausen _ Ver wand Schaften repertorium. 
1837. Ruoff _236 pages 
1843. Laffite French rep. of Syptamatology (975 pages) 
1845. Ruoff _ A repertory of Nosology. 
1845. Boenninghause's Therapeutic Pocket Book. 
1847. Hemple's Boenninghausen's repertory (500 pages) 
1848. Clofarmuller (940 pages) 
1849. Mure.R (367 pages) 
1851. Bryant. An alphabetical repertory (352 pages) 
1853. Possart.A rep. of chtics. Homoeopathic remedies(700 pages) 
1854. A.Lippe.A repertory of comparative materia medica. 
1859. Cipher. Repertory by English Homoeopaths. 
1873. Berridge.Repertory of Eye. 
1874. Homoeolexicon by Granier of Nimes. 
1879. C.Lippe.Rep. of more Chtics. symptoms of MM. 
1880. T.F.allen's syptom register (Allentown register) 
1881. Herring's Analytical repertory. 
1890. Gentry.The Rep. of Concordances in 6 vol.(5500 pages) 
1896. Knerr's repertory of Herring's Guiding symptoms. 
1897. Kent's repertory. 1st edition (1349 pages)

 

ERA OF REGIONAL REPERTORIES (1880 - 1900)


Many of them were clinical repertories. Important among are... 
1880. Repertory of Fever by H.C. Allen. 
Sensation as if by H.A.Robert. 
Repertory of Modalities by Worcester. 
Repertory of Intermittent Fever by W.A.Allen. 
Repertory of Haemorroids by Guernesy. 
1894. Rheumatism by Porlunins. 
1899. Repertory of Urinary organs by Morgan. 
1900. Repertory of Back by Wilsy. 
1906. Repertory of uterine therapeutics by Minton. 
Repertory of Diarrhoea by Bell. 
1906. Rep. part of Raue's special pathology. 
Repertory by Boerick. 
Clark's clinical repertory. 
Repertory of Mastitis by W.J.Gurnesy.

BOGER'S CONTRIBUTION TO REPERTORY 
1900. Transalation of repertory of Antipsorics. 
1905. Boger Boenn. Chrtics.Repertory 
1906. Moon phases & Times of remedies. 
1928. Symptamatology of Homoeopathic MM & Repertory. 
1933. Genaral analysis & Card repertory.

CARD REPERTORY 
1829. Guernesy's Boenninghause's slips (1st card repertory) 
Based on Therapeutic Pocket Book. 
      _ Allen's Boenninghausen's slips by H.C.Allen. 
1912. M.L.Tyler.Punched card repertory based on Kent. 
1913. Dr.Welsch & Houstom.Loose punch card based on Kent. 
1922. Dr.Field's card repertory (Best card repertory 6800cards) 
1928. Boger's card repertory. 
951. Dr.Marcoz jemenes.1st to introduce gradation (600 cards) 
1957. Dr.Sankaran's card repertory based on Boger. 
1959 . Dr. Jugal Kishores card repertory. 

INDIA'S CONTRIBUTION : 
Phenominal...Bad _ Mutilated by men like K.C.Mittal who stole 
Kent's 7th edition from Pierrie Schmidt. 
1978. Kent's 7th edition 2 vol. 
1980. Kent's final general repertory by Dr.Diwan harischand & P. Schmidt.

Dr. R.P.PATEL 
1st to give index to Kent's repertory (as big as Kent's repertory) 
Introduced computer from Australia to India (1967-68) 
Introduced corrected version of Kent's repertory. 
Standardized abbreviations of Drugs. 
Introduced Auto visual repertory.