REPERTORY - AN INDEX OFAGGRAVATIONSANDAMELIORATIONS - EDWIN A NEATBY ,THOMAS GEORGE STONHAM

1. AN INDEX OF
AGGRAVATIONS
AND
AMELIORATIONS
REPRINTED FROM
“A MANUAL OF HOMOEO – THERAPEUTICS,”
DR SALINI MANDAL B.G
MD REPERTORY
FMHMC

2. AUTHOR…
• EDWIN A NEATBY
• THOMAS GEORGE STONHAM

3. FOREWORD…
• J N KANJILAL

4. PLAN AND
CONSTRUCTION
• INDEX OF AGGRAVATION AND AMELIORATION
• AGGRAVATIONS AND AMELIORATIONS

5. INDEX OF AGGRAVATION
AND AMELIORATION…
• Attempt to indicate when a patient is influenced
“generally” by a modality and its corresponding drug
and when he is affected by it only in a “particular part”
or “function”.
• General  (G.)
• Single part or function  (P.)
• A drug appearing in (G.) is repeated under (P.) if it is well
marked.

6. WHEN IS “GENERAL”
MENTIONED…
• When the patient feels better or worse “in himself” from
taking the drug, apart from any effect in definite regions
of his body.
• When the majority of his symptoms are similarly modified
by it.

7. AGGRAVATIONS AND
AMELIORATIONS…
• Alphabetically arranged rubrics.

8. ARRANGEMENT OF
RUBRICS…
• Main Rubric : Bold
• Sub Rubric : Roman with tab space
• Aggravations and Ameliorations are:
• In CAPITALS and short forms (AGG., AMEL.)
• General and Particular as (G.) and (P.)
• AGG and AMEL & remedy is separated by “ : “
• Sub sub rubric : italics

9. CROSS REFERENCE…
• See also / compare
• Rubrics in bold

10. • Against some remedy particulars or any other
description are mentioned in brackets if necessary
• Sides mentioned as Main rubric
• Left
• Right
• Times : Main rubric with Sub rubrics
• Forenoon, noon, afternoon, midnight, twilight
• Timings
• Morning, evening, night – separate rubrics are also
present.

11. GRADATION OF
REMEDIES…
• 1 grade : Roman