Sharma’S card
repertory
• Full name : Sharma’s Card Repertory.
• Author : Dr Shashi Mohan Sharma
• Published : 1984
• Based on : Kent’s Final general repertory
Construction
• This repertory has common components of card repertory
• 1. Cards 2. Book
• In booklet of this Card Repertory there are topics like foreword by
Dr Diwan Harish Chand, N. Delhi, preface and description of card
it also contains topic on remedies and their code numbers, indies to
rubrics in alphabetical order, relationship of rettedies collected from
G. Miller’s work and lastly a chapter on glossary,
• 400 Remedies have been selected for inclusion in
this Card Repertory. The number of rubrics are
3000 arranged alphabetically So, that one can
have immediate reference
• Each Card bears a number of the rubric on the top. So rubric
number 0196 reads or means “ANGINA PECTORIS and the
remedies for ANGINA PECTORIS are punched in this Cara.
• in order to compare the selected remedy without searching for
other books, a chapter on Relationship of Remedies’ is added
for ready reference Moreover, glossary given in the end will
help the readers to understand the difficult medical terminology.
• The remedy code numbers start from 10. This is due to
the procedure adopted In the cards. The cards contain
forty columns and each column has 0 to 9 numbers. The
method of reading the code number is to include the
number punched in the card to the number of the
column, so if number 8 is punched in the column 10, it is
read as 108, and if number 0 is punched in the column
32 is mad as 320.
• Now we see the remedy corresponding to the
code number in the list of remedies where code
number is given before each remedy This card
repertory is not in use because of its
unavailability.
Advantages
1. As compared to other old repertories this repertory covers maximum
number of generals.
2. 400 remedies that helps in prescribing for maximum cases.
3. As compared to Jugal Kishore’s card repertory this repertory is handy.
4. It saves time in noting down rubrics and writing down medicines
with marks. It is useful for busy practitioners. It cuts down time
needed in the calculation of marks and analysis of repertorial result.
5. A common medicine for all rubrics can be found looking through
the holes against light. It does not require paper work.
6. The Glossary given at the end will help the readers to .
understand the difficult medical terminology.
Disadvantages
1. Jugal Kishore’s card repertory is most complete so in
comparison to Dr. S. M. Sharma’s card repertory is
incomplete one.
2. With the increasing number of remedies in M.M., this
repertory also requires to include more new remedies.
3.It Do not represents the rubrics well, especially subrubrics. Thus it is difficult to
use finer expressions at general and particular levels in repertorization by card
repertory.
4. The use of card repertories has taken a back stage advent of computer
repertories.
