*Kent Repertory

Dr Sneha M. Wagh.
Deptm of Repertory.

Shri. Bhagwan Homoeopathic Medical College.

Y .S .Khedkar Marg,Cidco N-6 Aurangabad.
 How to study Repertory

1. Title of Repertory.
2. Author of The repertory.
3. Year of Publication
4. Different Editions if it has
5. Total number of Chapters
6. Total number of Medicines
7. Logic, Philosophy
8. Grades or Typography.
9. Remedy Relationship
10. Largest chapter
11. Smallest Chapter
12. Advantages
13. Disadvantages
14. Sources of repertory.
15. If any volumes
16. Arrangement Of Rubrics.
17. Arrangement Of Chapters.
 Title

• A Repertory of Homoeopathic
Materia Medica

• By Dr Jamesh Tyler Kent.

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 Year of Publication
• First Edition was Published- 1897
• Second Edition was Published – 1908
• Third Edition was Published – 1924
• Fourth Edition was Published – 1935
• Fifth Edition was Published – 1945
• Sixth Edition was Published – 1957
• First Indian Edition was Published- 1961.
 Grades
• In Kent Repertory there are Three Grades.

• First Grade in Bold Letters has 3 marks

• Second Grade in Italics Letters has 2
marks
• Third Grade in Roman Letters has 1
mark
 Evaluation of Grades
• First Grade Medicines are found in
Maximum Provers.

• Second Grades are found in Moderate

Provers.

• Third Grades are found in Few Provers.

Philosophy of Kent Repertory.
• Kent has Given prime importance to
Mental Generals.
• He follows the Deductive Logic.
• Means Generals to Particulars.
• Mental Generals followed by Physical
Generals and then followed by
Particulars.
 Logic
• Deductive Logic
• Generals to Particulars.
 Kent philosophy.
• Backgroud
1.Being the follower of Hahnemannian Homoeopathy
.Kent felt that the logic Homoeopathic System
was not strictly followed in Finding out of
Similimum from the Repertoires available in his
time.

2. As a matter of Materia Medica, he noticed that

particulars do not always fall in line with General
and therefore severely criticized the faulty
method of giving credence to part and
overgeneralizing the symptoms.
 logic
• 1. Dr Kent had a firm belief that Hahnemannian
totality demanded study of man as a whole and said
the house where he lives ,is his body.
• 2.What is expressed by part is always preceded by
the deviations in the state of Health of a person.
Such deviations can be known through expressions
at the level of Generals.
• 3. Symptoms noticebale at the level of parts are
always Subordinates.
• 4. Among the general he paid highest importance to
mental generals because they express an
individual’s reaction. Next to it is physical general.
 In his Repertory
• Generals are dealt within depth followed
by particulars and minute particulars.
Here unlike Boenninghausen’s Repertory ,
a symptoms is studied under a broad
general rubric followed by Sub-rubrics and
sub rubrics going towards progressive
differentiation
 Sources of Kent repertory
• 1Lippes repertory
• 2 Hearings repertory and HMM.
• 3 BTPB
• 4 Bells diarrhoea
• 5 Gurensy repertory
• 6.Jhars Repertory.
 Chapters-37 chapters of kent repertory
• Mind • Stomach Respiration
• Vertigo Abdomen Cough
• Head Rectum Expectoration
• Stool Chest
• Eyes
• Bladder • Back
• Vision Extremities
• • Kidney
Ear Sleep
• • Prostate
Hearing • Chill
• Nose • Urethra
• Fever
• Face • Urine Perspiration
• Mouth • Genitalia • Skin
• Teeth • Female Generalities.
Genitalia
• Throat External
Throat • Larynx and
Trachea
 Arrangement of Rubrics
• All rubrics and Sub Rubrics are
arranged in Alphabetical order.

• Rubrics are arranged in Side, Time,

Modalities, Extension , Location.
Order.
 Arrangement of Chapters

Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages
• Mind has
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 529
• 2. number of Pages covered -95

• Vertigo
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 168
• 2. number of Pages covered -11
Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages
• Head
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 154
• 2. number of Pages covered – 128

• Vision
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 90
• 2. number of Pages covered -15
Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages

• Ear
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 89
• 2. number of Pages covered -36

• Hearing
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 04
• 2. number of Pages covered -3
Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages

• Nose
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 125
• 2. number of Pages covered -31

• Face
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 132
• 2. number of Pages covered -42
 Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages

• Mouth
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 166
• 2. number of Pages covered -54

• Teeth.
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 73
• 2. number of Pages covered -18
Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages
• Throat
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 114
• 2. number of Pages covered -23

• External Throat.
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 34
• 2. number of Pages covered -05
 Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages
• Stomach
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 101
• 2. number of Pages covered -65

• Abdomen
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 135
• 2. number of Pages covered -65.
 Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages

• Rectum
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 83
• 2. number of Pages covered -30

• Stool
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 84
• 2. number of Pages covered -10
 Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages
• Bladder
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 59
• 2. number of Pages covered -18

• Kidney
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 20
• 2. number of Pages covered -06
 Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages

• Prostate Gland
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 21
• 2. number of Pages covered -02
• Prostate gland is the shortest chapter of
Kent Repertory
• Urethra
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 52
• 2. number of Pages covered -12
 Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages

• Urine1
• Number of Rubrics- 40
• 2. number of Pages covered -13

• Genitalia Male
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 98
• 2. number of Pages covered -22
 Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages
• Genitalia Female
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 95
• 2. number of Pages covered -32

• Larynx and Trachea.

• 1 Number of Rubrics- 70
• 2. number of Pages covered -17
 Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages
• Respiration
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 50
• 2. number of Pages covered -16

• Cough
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 358
• 2. number of Pages covered -34
Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages
• Expectoration
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 114
• 2. number of Pages covered -10

• chest
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 160
• 2. number of Pages covered -62
 Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages
• Back
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 82
• 2. number of Pages covered -68

• Extremities
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 268
• 2. number of Pages covered -282
• This is the Largest chapter of Kent
repertory.
Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages
• Sleep
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 29
• 2. number of Pages covered -25

• Chill
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 99
• 2. number of Pages covered -19.
 Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages
• Fever
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 91
• 2. number of Pages covered -15

• Perspiration
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 95
• 2. number of Pages covered -10

•
 Chapters with No of Rubrics and Pages
• Skin
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 102
• 2. number of Pages covered -38

• Generalities
• 1 Number of Rubrics- 246
• 2. number of Pages covered -83
 Total number of Medicines

• 648
 Largest chapter

Smallest chapter

• Largest chapter – Extremities 268 pages.

• Smallest chapter – Prostate Gland.02
pages.
 Types of Pain sensation in Kent Repertory.53 Types of
sensations.

1. Aching 11.Come off pain as if

2. Biting top of head would
3. Blows as from 12.Constructing
4. Boring 13.Cramping
5. Bruished sore 14.Crushed as if
6. Burning shattered
7. Burrowing 15.Beaten to pieces
8. Bursting 16.Cutting
9. Cleaving 17.Digging(boring)
10.Cutting and darting
 Types of Pain Sensation in Kent
Repertory (cont)
18.Drawing 25.Griping hacking
19.Dull pain 26.Jerking
20.Flying 27.Lacerating
21.Foreign Body as 28.Lancinating
if 29.Nail as from a
22.Gnawing 30.Open as if
23.Grasping
24.Grinding
Types of Pain sensation in Kent Repertory. (cont)

31.opening and shutting 43. Sore bruished

32.Pecking 44. Sprained sensation
33.Pinching 45. Splitting
34.Plug like 46. Stabbing
35.Peg or Wedge as from a 47. Sticking
36.Pressing 48. Stitching
37.Pulled 49. Stunting
38.Sensation as if Hair 50. Tearing
were 51. Tightening
39.Pulling like Pulsating 52. Torn as if Ulcerative
40.Shattered 53. Wedge like
41.Shooting
42.Smarting
 Advantages
• Alphabetical arrangement of Rubrics.
• Three Grades so can do fast
Repertorisation.
• Anatomical Distribution of Chapters.
• Rubric are easy to find.
• Maximum used repertory.
 Disadvantage
• Remedies are few as compared to other
New Repertories.
• New Mental Generals are not added as
compared to other new Repertories.
• Mental Rubric of same meaning with
different words are confusing.
• Modalities are not given to each chapter.
 Remedy Relationship
• This chapter is Given in Kent repertory by
Dr Gibson Miller.
Remedy relationship means The relation between two or
more Remedies with each other.
This chapter is useful for Second Prescription
This chapter is explained with the following headings.
1.Name of remedy,
2.inimicals,
3.follows well,
4.Duration of action of Remedy,
5.Antidote.
This heading is compared with all remedies.
 Reference.
• Essentials of Repertorisation
By Dr S K Tiwari.
• Kent repertory.
By Dr J T Kent.

Thanks to Dr .S.S Kulkarni - Principal

Dr. J. R shah. HOD /PG Director. Dr. R Y Khedkar sir
Secretary and Trustee of BSPM .for their
Encouragement.
.
• Dr.Sneha M Wagh – Professor.
• Deptm of Repertory.
• Shri Bhagwan Homoeopathic Medical College –
Aurangabad.
• sm2221974@gmail.com