After Hahnemann, it was J.T. Kent who elaborated the process of case-taking. He laid down that the peculiar, rare and strange symptoms in case-taking (which should include all the symptoms of the Mind-Body organism and not the chief symptoms only)are the most important ones and should be given the highest priority. These peculiar, rare and strange (PRS) symptoms should run across the Mind, the Generalities and the Particulars. Even the particular symptoms pertaining to particular organs should be evaluated similarly. We found that this rule was quite true as far as the bodily symptoms are concerned. That is why all the classical homoeopaths who worked on the bodily symptoms mostly were quite successful practitioners. Their success was because they were thoroughly familiar with the detailed provings of the medicines, as and when these appeared in the homoeopathic journals from time to time, and they were thus able to pick up and memorise the PRS symptoms easily. The results were dramatic in the hands of many classical homoeopaths.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR H.L. Chitkara
Dr. H.L. Chitkara born in 1924 in a small village Vallah near Lalian in the then tehsil Chiniot (on Chenab) in Pakistan, Dr. H.L. Chitkara grew up in a family practicing and dispensing Unani medicine. He had a consistently distinguished academic career culminating in graduation of pure and applied mathematics, together with Hons. (Advanced Course) in English literature from the prestigious Government College, Lahore. He took up a small job in a Govt. accounts office which he resigned but was obliged to take it up again in Delhi after the partition. While in service, he was fascinated by the study and practice of homeopathy. There being no recognised college, he studied it in private classes, first under the late Rai Sahib Dr. Daya Shankar Kaistha M.D. (Michigan, USA) and then late Dr. V.D. Kashyap, MBBS, a convert homeopath from Lahore. Appearing in the first examination of D.H.S. (Diploma in Homeopathic Science) held by the Delhi Board, he topped the list of successful condidates in 1966. He resigned his job and got completely involved in multifarious activities of homeopathy- academic, Journalistic, and professional organisation, along with private practice. For more than 35 years, he was successively Chief Edition of the Homeopathic Sandesh, of Journal of the Homeopathic Medical Association of India and Resident Editor for the Homeopathic Heritage. Besides homeopathy, his primary interests are the study of alternative medicine, literature and languages (English, Urdu, Persian, Hindi, Punjab, Marathi, rudiments of Arabic, French and Bengal), Indian philosophy (advaite, vedanta) yoga and occult sciences. He was 74 in 1998 and a bachelor.
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