COMPLETE REPERTORY TO

THE HOMEOPATHIC MATERIA

MEDICA DISEASES OF THE EYES
By E.W. BERRIDGE

 Full name: Complete Repertory

to the Homoeopathic Materia
Medica Second edition Revised
rearranged and very much
enlarged
Year of Publication:1873- April
No of Drugs represented:1171

About the author

Bachelor of Medicine and
bachelor of Surgery of the
University of London
Doctor of Medicine of the
Homoeopathic College of Pencylvania
Formerly Recident Medical Officer to
the Liverpool Homopathic Dispensary

 Author of Index to cases of poisoning in the

allopathic journals Pathogenetic record
Contribution to Americal Journal of
Homoeopathic Meteria medica North
American Journal of Homopathy
Hahnemannian Monthly Herings Complete
Materia medica Monthly Homoeopathic
review Greggs Homoeopathic Quarterly
British Journal of Homoeopathy etc.

Basis of the book

C.Herings Materia Medica and

addition from later provings
Added many valuable symptoms
from cases of poisoning,
reported in the allopathic
journals

According to Dr.C.
Hering:
it is the only complete one we
have , it is the clearest and best
arranged and it will enable us to
do twice as much as formerly in
diseases of the eyes

 According to Dr. Berridge, if we wish

to obtain maximum benefit from
Homoeopathy , we can only do so by
faithfully following the three great
rules of the Master 1. Careful
selection of similimum 2. Single
remedy 3. Minimum dose

CONSTRUCTION

Preface.
Synonyms.
List of medicines.
Section I: A - functional symptoms. B
anatomical regions . C general character
,sequence, direction. D right side . E - left side.
Section II - conditions . A - aggravations . B ameliorations.
Appendix. Errata .
Index.

Preface
Describes about the aim of this work.
Also strongly criticizing the deceptive
works published under the names of
Domestic Homoeopathy etc. and
giving 3 reasons for avoiding those
books

 Each chapter of this repertory is divided into two sections

Section I
The symptom themselves
A) Functional symptom. B) Anatomical region. C) General
character, sequence.
Direction. D) Right side. E) Left side.
Section II
Their conditions
( including concomitants )
A) Aggravations. B) Ameliorations

 All the symptoms in these subsections are

arranged alphabetically, excepting the
'peculiar symptoms' , which not falling under
any general heading are placed last.
All symptoms of a nearly identical meaning
are placed under the same rubric, according
to the table of synonyms.
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 Section II : The conditions including the

concomitants are arranged in 22 groups:
1)Time. 2) Situation and external influences.
3) Posture. 4) Touch.
5) Motion. 6) Head ( including mental
symptom ) 7) Eyes. 8) Ears. 9) Nose.
10) Face and front of neck.11) Teeth.
12) Mouth and throat.13) Abdomen.
(including stomach, anus, and all functional
symptoms there of )

 14) Urinary organs . 15) Sexual organs.

16) Chest and larynx 17) Back and nape of
neck. 18) Arms. 19) Legs. 20) Sleep. 21)
Fever ( chill, heat, sweat ) 22) Generalities
( including skin, bones, convulsions, other
drugs etc.)
The arrangement of the symptom in
section 2 is in every aspect exactly the
same as that of section

 In the subsections 1 C - Direction :

the symptoms are given in the
chapter belonging to the organ in
which they commence. Eg: shooting
from eyeball to head
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