Bönninghausenovo repertorium – Boger C. M. (2015)

Dr. Franz von Bönninghausen, born in Holland, was a younger contemporary of Hahnemann, and his work is one of the foundational pillars of homeopathy upon which subsequent generations have built. His Repertorium is the very first tabular list of symptoms and remedies, and its data are, of course, included in today's synthetic repertories. However, in Germany, Great Britain, and elsewhere, there are many homeopaths who still work (some of them predominantly or even exclusively) with this repertory. One can recall the lectures of R. Malcolm, M.D., dean of the Faculty of Homeopathy, at the Summer School of the Homeopathic Academy, who strongly identified with this legacy. 'The works of Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen are among the most comprehensive and influential in terms of logic, philosophy, and applicability among the collected works of old authors - perhaps only surpassed by the texts of S. Hahnemann,' writes Herbert A. Roberts, M.D. (author of the Repertory of Feelings and Sensations), in his preface to this book. He adds, 'There is probably no more diligent student of Bönninghausen's work than Dr. Cyrus Maxwell Boger...'. This well-known American physician, author of materia medica, however, could not overlook the fact after about half a century since the first publication of the work,…