Dr. Boericke's Clinical Repertory: An Insight

The Course begins with a module on the Introduction, Merits and Demerits of Clinical Repertory. This while introducing Clinical Repertories and their types, also takes up the general merits and demerits of every Clinical Repertory in Homeopathy. Then, the introduction to Boericke’s Clinical Repertory covers its history and also the Preface to the Repertory. Next up, the Philosophy, Plan and Construction begins by listing the contents of the work, i.e., not just the Repertory, but Boericke's New Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica with Repertory. After that, the Course conducts a brief overview of the chapters and rubrics of Boericke’s Clinical Repertory. Here, each and every chapter of the Repertory will be taken up and the interesting and important rubrics and subrubrics in these chapters will be discussed briefly. Following that, Dr. Garth Boericke’s concept of analysis and evaluation of symptoms will be discussed, and the same will be applied practically to a case, to see how it actually works. Moreover, in the next module, a case will taken up from the start, i.e., from the preliminary information. This case will be repertorised using Dr. Boericke’s Clinical Repertory. Finally, the scope and limitations of Boericke’s Clinical Repertory will be listed one by one.

• 1. Introduction, Merits and Demerits of Clinical Repertories   FREE 23 min

  This module while introducing Clinical Repertories, also talks about their classification in Homeopathy. Then, a brief look is taken into the history of Clinical Repertories in Homeopathy. Then, the module also covers the merits and demerits of Clinical Repertories that are generally applicable to every Homeopathic Clinical Repertory.

• 2. Introduction to Dr. Boericke's Clinical Repertory 12 min

  The Introduction covers the history of Dr. Boericke's Clinical Repertory including the various editions of the work. This module will also discuss Dr. William Boericke’s Preface to the Materia Medica and Dr. Oscar Boericke’s Preface to the Repertory.

• 3. Philosophy, Plan & Construction of Dr. Boericke's Clinical Repertory 18 min

  This module begins with the contents of the work, which lists all the contents of Dr. Boericke's New Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica with Repertory, not just the Repertory. Then, under the Philosophy, plan and construction, Dr. Oscar Boericke’s ideas are taken up. The arrangement of chapters, rubrics and remedies are discussed. The gradation of remedies is also briefly discussed, alongside a short note on the cross references used in the Repertory.

• 4. Overview of Chapters and Rubrics of Dr. Boericke's Clinical Repertory-Part I 45 min

  This module begins the overview of the chapters and rubrics of Dr. Boericke's Clinical Repertory, which goes through each and every one of the 25 chapters and discusses a few important and interesting rubrics in each chapter. In the first part of this discussion, the chapters - Mind, Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Face, Mouth, Tongue, Taste, Gums, Teeth, Throat and Stomach are discussed.

• 5. Overview of Chapters and Rubrics of Dr. Boericke's Clinical Repertory-Part II 44 min

  Following the previous module, this module covers the rest of the chapters of Dr. Boericke's Clinical Repertory. So, this module covers the chapters – Abdomen, Urinary system, Male Sexual system, Female sexual system, Respiratory system, Circulatory System, Locomotor system, Nervous system, Fever, Skin, Generalities and Modalities, thus concluding the Clinical Repertory. Post that, the sections - Index to the Repertory, Therapeutic Index, Relationship of remedies, Sides of the body and Drug affinities are taken up.

• 6. Dr. Boericke's concept of analysis and evaluation of symptoms 28 min

  This module begins with a quick revision of the concepts of analysis and evaluation of symptoms in general. Then, Dr. Garth Boericke’s concept of analysis of symptoms will be taken up first followed by his concept of evaluation of symptoms. Then, a case will be discussed to see how the analysis and evaluation following Dr. Garth Boericke’s instructions can be done practically.

• 7. Working out cases with Dr. Boericke's Clinical Repertory 22 min

  In this module, a case will be discussed starting from its preliminary information. The analysis and evaluation will be done following Dr. Garth Boericke’s concept and the Repertorisation will be done using Dr. Boericke's Clinical Repertory.

• 8. Scope and Limitations of Dr. Boericke's Clinical Repertory 15 min

  This module will list the points of scope and limitations that are more or less exclusive to Dr. Boericke's Clinical Repertory, even though some of these are common to all Homeopathic Clinical Repertories.

Importance

The usefulness of Clinical Repertories in Homeopathic practice has been a topic of debate since a long time now. This is especially because a Homeopath should ideally depend on the characteristic symptoms of the case, rather than the arbitrary name of the diagnosis while prescribing the Homeopathic remedy. But, Clinical Repertories happen to be useful to a Homeopath many a time. That being said, they do have their limitations. This is something that Dr. Oscar Boericke talks about. So, knowing the purpose of a Clinical Repertory is extremely important before starting its usage in practice.

Beneficiaries: UG/PG Students

Course Benefit

A.    The discussion of merits and demerits of Clinical Repertories will give the learner a general idea of what to expect in a Homeopathic Clinical Repertory.

B.    The overview of chapters and rubrics will help every learner, regardless of their level of knowledge.

C.   The course also works out cases. This sets the stage for the learner to begin proper usage of Boericke’s Clinical Repertory.