Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha Vishwavidyalaya 2009 B.H.M.S Fourth CASE TAKING AND REPERTORY THEORY Code: -408 - Question Paper

PART-A
(Case Taking)
1. Difficulties of taking a chronic case.
2. Recording of cases and usefulness of record keeping.
3. Totality of symptoms, prescribing symptoms; uncommon peculiar and
characteristic symptoms.
4. Analysis of the case uncommon and common symptoms.
5. Gradation and valuation of symptoms.
6. Importance of mental symptoms.
7. types and sources of general symptoms.
8. Concomitant symptoms.
9. Logic of Repertory (is delivered from Organon of Medicine as such Repertory
should not be taught in isolation). Due emphasis should be made to:
a. Learning the language of repertory i.e. meaning of rubrics is
correlation with Materia Medica and clinical experiences.
b. Correlation of Repertory with Therapeutics and Materia Medica.
PART-B
(Repertory)
1. History and development of repertories till date.
2. kinds of repertories.
3. Explanation of terminologies used in different repertories.
4. Boenninghausen's therapeutic pocket book and Boger Boenninghausen's
repertory.
5. Kent's repertory.
6. Introduction to card repertory.
7. Specific regional repertories ALLEN'S FEVER, BELL'S DIARRHOEA with their
comparison.
8. Brief introduction to puritan group of repertory as Knerr, Gentry, Robert in
respect of their clinic use.
9. Introduction to Computer Repertorization.
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Text Books:
1. Repertory of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica by Dr. J. T. Kent.
2. Boenninghausen's Therapeutic Pocket Book by Dr. T. F. Allen.
3. Boenninghausen's Characteristics and Repertory by Dr. C. M. Boger.
Reference Books:
1. Evolution of Repertories by Dr. Jugal Kishore.
2. Essentials of Repertorization by Dr. S. K. Tiwari.
3. The Art of Case Taking and Repertorization by Dr. R. P. Patel.
4. Organon of Medicine, fifth Edition by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann.

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