Position of the hair rubrics in chapter head

In Kent's chapter HEAD, "Hair" rubrics were listed alphabetically, after the symptom "Gurgling - Temples".

In Synthesis 9.1 and subsequent versions, the structure of the symptoms was rendered coherent with the STMELD scheme. This means that sides were followed by time symptoms, then modalities, extensions, localizations and finally descriptions of pain. There are very many exceptions to this simple schema and in Synthesis 9.1 we decided to apply this sequence of symptoms to all chapters and all levels.

For new repertory users this was a relief as, for example, it was clear where to look for the times in any chapter: after the list of side related symptoms, if there were any. In Kent, times of the chapter CHILL are hidden under the rubric "CHILL - Time".
More experienced repertory users were used to these exceptions and were surprised to not find "CHILL - Time - 4 pm" any more. We did put it at "CHILL - Afternoon - 16 h", very coherent with any other 16 h aggravation anywhere else in the repertory.

Likewise, some experienced homeopaths were surprised to not find "Hair" following "Gurgling - Temples". The explanation is that it was moved applying the STMELD scheme of Kent.
"Hair" is a localization: it is the place where a symptom may occur: hair falls, hair becomes gray, etc.
According to the STMELD schema, the localizations follow the modalities and extensions. In practice this means that the symptom "Hair" is positioned at the end of the chapter, amongst other localizations related to head.

So one has to choose between applying the STMELD schema coherently or an alphabetical order. However there will still be homeopaths who disagree with either proposal.

With RadarOpus this choice is no issue any more as RadarOpus will allow to switch easily from one structure of the repertory to another. The user can even define his personal structure for certain parts of the Repertory. If the users wishes this personal way of accessing the repertory can even be shared with other colleagues and students .

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