Review of Complete Repertory to the Homoeopathic Materia Medica Diseases of the Eyes, 2 nd Edition, by Dr. E. W. Berridge

Table of contents

1. Introduction

his Homoeopathic Repertory is a guide to the pile of symptoms of diverse drugs, and the numerous symptoms can be accurately detected according to the requirement. It adds on nothing, also changes nothing, but provide merely as a guide to the profusion. we all are using one Repertory in every case before prescribing. The majority of us use only our mental Repertory, which is naturally slender because of the limited capacity of the Human brain.

Disparate repertories have evolved over the course of time, and the layout has changed in many of them. Besides the nature and utility of the repertories depends on the quality of the symptoms included in them. This concept of evolution of repertories on the anatomical basis gave to the "Regional Repertories."

In the section on anatomical regions, under the heading "Eyeball (including conjunctiva bulbi)," we find "Tubercles (warts)" with fifteen remedies attached. We are baffled to know if these remedies have caused or cured tubercles.

2. II.

3. Summary

In this second edition of Dr. Berridge's Repertory contains the symptoms about the eye. It is meant to be used, notably in the treatment of ophthalmic diseases. It contains all the ophthalmic symptoms which occur in the proving of 1171 remedies, arranged under different headings, somewhat after the manner of Dr. Boenninghausen.

The preface states that a perfect Repertory should contain every symptom of the Materia medica under every rubric where it can be looked for, and the book is compiled in accordance with that idea. To effect this, he has divided each chapter of this Repertory into two Sections: Clinical cases are decisive for determining concomitants as it is often challenging or impossible to determine from the proving alone what symptoms are actually connected among each other. He was in the support of application of the doctrine of analogy for selection of remedy as materia medica of his time was inadequate.

As per Dr. E. W. Berridge, if we wish to obtain maximum benefit from Homoeopathy, then we can only do so by following the three great rules of the Master as follows careful selection of Similimum, Single remedy, and Minimum dose. IV.

4. Abbreviations

The author has used consistent and scientific practice of cyphering of his time. But, it is cast away by scientific nomenclature. In the medicines obtained from the Animal as well as Vegetable kingdoms, each genus is customarily revealed by a divergent cypher and by that only.

5. V.

The Chapters as Follows

6. To explain this Repertory use, Dr. E. W. Berridge mentioned the following cases from his practice: Case 1

Aug 9, 1871. At 2 pm a child put his finger into his mother's left eye, scratching the upper part of eye ball; smarting in the eye followed with heat, redness and hot lachrymation followed; "cannot open the eye because of pain." Cold water application relieves the pain and watering; the light of day increases the watering.

7. Remedy Diagnosis

As the symptoms arose from a mechanical cause, the author did not consider the locality (left eye) as a characteristic of the case. Thus Alumina alone corresponds to all these symptoms and it was found also to have. He gave a single dose of Alumina CM. in fifteen minutes all the symptoms were gone, except a little stiffness.

8. Case 2

On nov. 6 th , three weeks ago when blowing her nose, she felt as if something broke in the right eye, which watered much. Since then, at times, when blowing the nose, has had a feeling as if a tight skin came halfway down over right eye, preventing the sight of that eye; removed by rubbing. After it has gone feeling as if something were pricking the eye; eye waters. On the last two occasions, this sensation came on without blowing the nose. As Kali Oxidum (Causticum) was the only medicine which possessed these most characteristic symptoms, and, moreover correspond to the remaining symptoms as a reference to the repertory, So he gave one dose of Causticum 6 m. (Jenichen).

9. Selection of Remedy

Dec. 11 th Reports that the symptoms ceased at once and did not return.

10. VI.

11. Conclusion

Complete repertory to the homeopathic materia medica disease of the eye is one of the useful repertories, in this repertory use perfectly anatomical parts of the eye and a several rubrics are given which help in the selection of remedy. In this repertory given a large number of medicine for supporting the practitioner. There are also some Limitations:

? Drugs are less in numbers.

? Drugs Grading has not been done.

? The abbreviations are different from the regular using repertories.

Figure 1. Table 1
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Section I: Symptoms (PP. 1-99)
Further divided into 5 subsections:
IA: Functional Symptoms (PP. 1-14)
IB: Anatomical regions (PP. 14-58)
IC: General character, sequence & directions (PP. 59-74)
ID: Right side (PP. 74-86)
IE: Left side. (PP. 86-99)
Section II: Conditions (Including Concomitants) (PP. 100-312)
Further divided into 2 subsections:
II A: Aggravations (PP. 100-289)
II B: Ameliorations (PP. 290-312)
Figure 2. Table 2
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Page No. Rubric Medicine
290 Relief from Cold-Heat Al-o, Amm-cl (thu).
Relief from Cold-Lachrymation Al-o.
Relief from Cold-Smarting Al-o, N-x.
293 Relief from Washing-Heat Al-o, Amm-cl, asr, k-na (thu)
Relief from Washing-Lachrymation Al-o,Asr. Mg-ca.
Relief from Washing-Smarting Al-o, Na-ca
175 Worse from Natural Light-Lachrymation Al-o, Bry, dig, Dl-s, Dt, Eug.Grp, K-bicra, Kre, Lyc, Mg-cl, Qu-sa, S-x. (Str-i), Vr-s, Zn.
Figure 3. Table 3
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Page No. Symptoms
16 Redness of eyes
47 Difficulty opening if eyelids
24 Hot Lachrymation
Figure 4. Table 3
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Page No. Rubric Medicine
209 By blowing nose. Sight impaired By blowing nose. Pellicle. K-o. K-o.
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Appendix A

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Review of Complete Repertory to the Homoeopathic Materia Medica Diseases of the Eyes, 2 nd Edition, by Dr. E. W. Berridge
Date: 2019 2019-01-15