RESEARCH

Our team at the Hahnemann Institute Sydney have been involved in a number of research projects over the past few years, most notably the five year long Bnninghausens Therapeutisches Taschenbuch (TT) English Language Republication Project, which culminated in the publication of The Bnninghausen Repertory, Therapeutic Pocketbook Method (TBR) in June, 2000. Our latest publication Homopathic Diagnosis, Hahneman through Bnninghausen, under the authorship of George Dimitriadis (DHD), also rested upon the great effort and contributions of the Hahnemann Institute team. In this unique work, George details the application, through workable case exercises, of Bnninghausens TT repertorial method (through TBR) and demonstrates its basis in Hahnemanns own writings. The republication of Bnninghausens Systematic Alphabetic Repertory of Homopathic Remedies Part 1, Antipsorics (SRA) and Part 2 non-antipsorics (SRN) into a single volume, referred to as The First Repertory (TFR) is another project which we commenced in 2001. SRA/SRN were the first works to list summary representations (rubrics) of MM symptoms arranged both alphabetically and systematically (according to body systems), and provided the very template for subsequent repertories (including Kent, Synthetic, Synthesis, etc.). Our task is to examine and precisely understand each and every rubric within this work, which process promises to reveal the meaning of rubrics within the TT (and TBR) which have so far escaped our precise comprehension. This project is progressing slowly, and will require some years more to complete with the necessary quality required for our profession. Our work continues with other projects which are already in progress, and through all these works, we remain mindful of our obligation to render accurate and meaningful translations of original terms, without addition or modification, with the express purpose of adding clarity and definition wherever possible. Lastly, we welcome and look forward to any form of input, feedback, contributions, etc., you may have to offer or share with our team.

Bernhard Deutinger, Hahnemann Institute Sydney Australia