1. STUDY OF KUNZLI’S REPERTORY SEMINAR ON BY UJJAL MOHANTA UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF TEACHERS OF DEPARTMENT OF CASE TAKING AND REPERTORY D.N.DE. HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL 12, G.K. ROAD, KOLKATA-700046. 4 th B.H.M.S.

2. Dr. Jost Kunzli von Fimmlesberg (1915–1992)

4. Jost Kunzli von Fimmelsberg (1915–1992) was a pioneer of Homeopathy who revitalised Homeopathy for the 21st Century, and gave for training a great many of the nearly 4000 successful Homeopaths registered in Germany today. Kunzli learnt homeopathy from the books of James Tyler Kent, in St. Gallen in 1947. He was also student of Pierre Schmidt. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

5. o Kunzli was a pioneer of the re discovered Q potencies in homeopathy. o In 1973, Kunzli translated James Tyler Kent’s Textbook Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy into German. o He had helped Pierre Schmidt with his French translation of the 6th edition of the Organon. o In 1993 Kunzli had also translated 6 th edition of Organon in English along with Peter Pendleton & Alain Naude. CONTRIBUTIONS

6. Among the repertories published, Kent’s Repertory is considered to be most comprehensive and authoritative source available even today. After Kent’s death, many important therapeutic observations have been made by leading Homoeopathic physicians. These reports were not available to the physicians as most of the time they are hidden in the literature. NEED FOR THIS REPERTORY

7. Dr. Kunzli has made an attempt in enriching Repertory by incorporating all the observations of important stalwarts and brought vital information to the limelight. Apart from this, he added his own observations to Kent’s repertory. NEED FOR THIS REPERTORY

8. YEAR OF PUBLISHING-1987 (in German language by Michael Barthel). It was translated in English & was avaliable in 1990. It is based on Kent’s Repertory. This work was compiled & edited by Michael Barthel. NO OF REMEDIES- 689 INDIAN EDITION-1990 Published By B.Jain Publishers

9. o Various therapeutic observations made by eminent physicians from 72 reputable sources including H.C. Allen, T.F. Allen, Boericke, Boger, Boenninghausen, Burnett, Clarke, Guernsey, Hahnemann, Hering, Jahr, Knerr, Nash, and Pulford. Numbers of these sources are printed in front of that edition. SOURCES OF THIS REPERTORY

10. Kunzli also added his own observations [40 years of untiring effort]. Kunzli added many of Hahnemann’s observations from his ‘Chronic Disease’ as well as ‘Materia Medica Pura’ even though they were not clinically verified. Kent’s personal handwritten corrections were also available for first time. SOURCES OF THIS REPERTORY

11. Medicines are graded similar to Kent’s repertory Bold Italics Roman GRADATION

12. o Kunzili used these dots to relay his own therapeutic experience to the readers. o A black point behind the symptom underscores the therapeutic importance of the rubric & often points directly to the remedy in question or at least to general area o The black point entered behind a drug means the therapeutic efficiency of a remedy has been frequently proven. o E.G. restlessness heat during Ars. KUNZLI’S DOTS

13. Same as Kent’s philosophy. (Individualisation i.e. general to particular; Individualisation through Evaluation of symptoms; Gradation of medicines; Similar & Cross reference rubric) CHAPTERS TOTAL NO OF SECTIONS ARE : 37 PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND

14. CONSTRUCTION OF REPERTORY There are 37 chapters in this repertory. MIND VERTIGO HEAD EYE\ VISION EAR\HEARING FACE MOUTH TEETH THROAT\EXTERNAL THROAT STOMACH ABDOMEN RECTUM STOOL URINARY ORGANS- BLADDER,KIDNEYS,PROSTATE GLAND,URETHRA,URINE GENETALIA MALE\FEMALE LARYNX & TRACHEA RESPIRATION COUGH EXPECTORATION CHEST BACK EXTREMITIES SLEEP CHILL\FEVER\PERSPIRATION

15. o Total No Of Rubrics Added – 446 o Rubrics Are Not Added In Following Chapter- Hearing, Kidneys, Prostate, Expectoration. o List Of Remedies Added- Total 47 Remedies Added o Total Six Remedies were omitted which are there in Kent’s Repertory ( Arundo donax, Cainca, Chenopodium glauci aphis, Chininum brom, Ingluvin, Magnetis poli umbo, Merc vivus. ).

16. o It is an enriched edition of Kent’s Repertory o The additions are fully authenticated by showing the source. o Number of drugs with their abbreviations and sources are given. o Number of drugs mentioned are 689 according to abbreviations list (some gives no 682). SPECIAL FEATURES OF THIS REPERTORY

17. o Some errors in Kent’s Repertory are corrected (Printing Mistakes) E.g. Head – Bond (KR) - Corrected to Band; EYES – Wind look (KR)- Corrected to Wild look o The user of Kunzli’s Repertory will find the miasmatic remedies better represented as many symptoms from H.C. Allen’s Materia Medica of the Nosodes have been included. SPECIAL FEATURES OF THIS REPERTORY

18. Number of drugs are very few – 689. Hahnemann's observation were straight away taken and placed in this book without verification. Under Ear, Rubrics like Wen behind ear, wind sensitive to, worm sensation of, are missing which are there in Kent. CRITICISMS

19. o “If I read something in Clarke which interested me and which was not in Kent’s Repertory, I added it to my repertory” o “I chose Symptoms which I had verified clinically in my own practice plus strange, rare, and peculiar symptoms which seemed important to me.” KUNZLI SAID

20. BIBLIOGRAPHY o Hering C. The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Kent JT. Repertory of Homoeopathic Materia Medica. o Kent’s Repertorium Generalle o Tiwari SK. Essentials of Repertorization. o Internet