Comparison of Kent’s Generalities with TPB and BBCR

Generalities is the last chapter in Kent’s repertory.There are 248 rubrics. The chapter starts with rubric “daytime” and ends in “wounds”. The chapter covers about 82 pages.

This section covers maximum physical general symptoms of the patient.They are listed in relation to:

• The man himself- Eg: Different sensations, age, pathophysiology related to different structures in general like brittle bones, inflammation of the muscle etc…
• Those symptoms related to the environment- Eg: Time, weather, food etc…

SYMPTOMS RELATED TO MAN HIMSELF:

1. AGE: Nursing children, old people, etc…
2. CONSTITUTION: Dwarfish, stoop shouldered, emaciated, obese,lean people, sycosis, syphilis etc
3. TISSUES:Bone- caries, non union, slow union , softening, muscle shortening, glands fistula, inflammation blood vessels etc.
4. SENSATIONS: Hard bed sensation, heaviness, pain, plug sensation etc..
5. AILMENTS FROM & OTHER MODALITIES: Gonorrhoea suppressed, measles after, vaccination after etc.. Aggravation menses before, motion, pressure etc..amelioration change of position,hand laying on part etc.

6. CLINICAL CONDITIONS: Anaemia, cancerous affections, cyanosis, inflammation etc..

7. CHARACTER OF SYMPTOMS: Contradictory and alternating states, pain appears gradually and disappears gradually, side symptoms on one side..etc

8. REACTION OF THE BODY: Anxiety physical, irritability, mucus secretion increased, sensitiveness, reaction lack of , lassitude,plethora,weakness etc.. 

SYMPTOMS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENT:

• TIME: Daytime, morning, evening, night etc.
• ENVIRONMENT: Weather [ wet,winter etc], sun, moon light, air draft of, high places etc..
• FOOD: Breakfast , eating, hunger, fasting etc..
• TOXINS: Arsenical poisoning, coal gas from , lead chronic effects of etc..
• OUTSIDE AILMENTS FROM & OTHER MODALITIES: A/F shocks, from injuries . Aggravation- crowded room, exertion, lying, noise, uncleanliness, uncovering… etc.. Amelioration- rubbing, warm bed, bathing face etc… 

COMPARISON:

KENT	BBCR	TPB
Abscess	skin	–
Air ,open aversion to	S&C	sensations
Anaemia	Fever-Circulation- anaemia	Fever-Circulation-blood –anaemia Sensation- chlorosis[anaemia]
Apoplexy	S & C	Sensations
Arsenical poisoning	Agg & Amel – arsenic fumes <	Agg
Atrophy , glands	Glands- atrophy[ see flaccid]	Glands
Brittle bones	Bones	–
Bruises [ see injuries]	S& C [ see contusion]	Agg- injuries[including blows, falls , bruises]
Burns	Skin	Agg , sensation
Caries of bone	Bone	Bone
Chlorosis	S & C	Sensation
Collapse	S &C	Sensation- death apparent
Congestion of blood	S &C [see surgings]	Fever-Circulation- congestion
Cancerous affections	S&C cancerous cachexia Swelling [tumor] in general	–
Contradictory & alternating states	Mind- alternating with physical symptoms. Contradictory intentions are	Mind- alternating moods
Crawling [see formication]	S&C-Formication [see tingling]	Sensation-crawling[as of a mouse]
Discharges[ see different sections]	S&C –discharges, secretions	Different sections
Drunkards[ see alcoholic stimulants]	Mind- alcoholism	Agg-Drinkers for hard[ old toppers]
Dwarfism	S&C- growth affected	–
Exostosis	Bones	–
Fat people [ see obesity]	S&C- obesity ,corpulency	Sensation- obesity
Fistula of glands	Skin & exterior body- ulcer fistulous	Skin- ulcer, fistulous
Food agg & amel	Agg & amel	Agg Amel
Gangrene[see inflammation gangrenous]	Skin	Skin
Glanders	Agg & amel	Agg
Hysteria[ see mind]	S&C –Hypochondriasis & hysteria	Sensation- Hysteria[ & hypochondriasis]
Inflammation- blood vessels	Fever-Circulation – blood vessel inflamed, phlebitis	Fever-Circulation
Jaundice[skin yellow]	Skin	Skin
Leukemia	–	–
Lifting ,straining of muscles & tendons from	Agg & amel	Sensation
Metastasis	S&C	–
Necrosis- bones	Bones-necrosis[septic osteomyelitis]	Bones
Non-union of bones	–	–
Nursing children	Agg & amel suckling[nursing] infant agg	Agg
Old age	Agg & amel	–
Painlessness	S&C -Insensibility	Sensation-painless
Paralysis agitans	S&C	–
Periodicity	Paroxysmal/recurrent effects	–
Plethora	S&C	Fever-Circulation-blood-plethora
Pulse	Fever-Circulation	Fever-Circulation
Reaction lack of	S&C- reaction poor	Irritability physical lack of
Slow repair of broken bones	Bones- fracture-slow union	Bones-healing of broken bones slow
Softening bones	Bones-soft as of	Bones –softening
Stiffness [see part affected]	Stiffness & want of suppleness in	Rigidity
Suppuration[see abscess]	S&C	Skin
Tumors	Swelling[tumor] in general	–
Varicose veins	Fever-Circulation-blood vessels-varicose	Fever-Circulation-varicose
Wounds	Skin	Skin

FEW RUBRICS:

1. Feels as if she could feel every muscle and fibre of her right side – Sepia
2. Foreign bodies, sensation as if small foreign bodies or grains of sand were under the skin:Cocaine
3. Convulsion’s –Addison’s disease in- Calc
4. Frail as if body were- Thuja
5. Injuries- Tendons- Anac
6. Inflammation cartilages- Arg-m , nat-m
7. Shot , rolling through the arteries, sensation- Nat-p
8. Silica, from over use of- Fl-ac
9. Sitting- must sit up in bed with knees drawn up, rests her head and arms upon knees- Ars
10. Starving- Ign
11. Thrombosis- Ars
12. Trembling, externally- music- Ambr
13. Tumors- atheroma- Bar-c
14. Tumors-cheloid-Sil

Reference:

1. Repertory of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica – J.T.Kent
2. Reperire-Dr.Vidhyadhar Khanaj.