Steps in the Creation of Synthesis

Steps in Creating Synthesis
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Dr. Frederik Schroyens
Gent, Belgium
First day of the summer, 1993

On behalf of all those who have joined their efforts together to create this first printed edition of Synthesis, we are happy to introduce you to our project.

Synthesis is not only the latest in a long line of Repertories; it consolidates one of the most ingenious homeopathic projects of this century. Synthesis is the enlarged Repertory of Kent, linked to the homeopathic software program RADAR.

RADAR was created in the early 1980's and Synthesis has been at the core of its development since the very beginning. Each new version has been the fruit of thousands of hours of work by many dedicated people.

Synthesis has been enlarged by additions, but only 15% to 30% at each step. It is this policy that is the key to the exceptional quality of our Repertory. Every version of Synthesis has been used millions of times by leading homeopaths during their daily work before it was used to build another edition. As can be expected from these critical minds, they have checked the rubrics and the remedies over and over again. Their comments were integrated into each new edition.

Today (1993), nearly 2000 RADAR users are running version 4 of Synthesis. What is being printed is version 5, on which we have been focusing as never before since July 1992. The request to have Synthesis printed was mentioned some time ago, but we did not feel the time was right.

Version 4 of Synthesis contains about 178,000 additions to Kent's Repertory. This number has "only" increased by a few thousand additions for version 5. The reason is that, from a certain point onwards, we decided to focus all our attention on the creation of a printed version of the highest quality.

By doing so, we had the opportunity to rethink a number of options and rules that are not consistently followed throughout other Repertories. Also new rules were created, because our sole aim was to enhance transparency, consistency, and readability.

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