Syllabus for Associate Professor / Reader in Materia Medica

DETAILED SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / READER IN MATERIA MEDICA {GOVERNMENT HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGES}

MODULE 1    15marks

1. Basic Materia Medica
2. Homoeopathic Materia Medica- Definition, Construction and Types ,Scope & Limitation
3. Sources of drugs in Materia Medica – Minerals, Plants And Animals, Nosodes, Sarcodes & Imponderablia
4. Sources of symptoms in Materia Medica (DRUG PROVING, TOXICOLOGICAL, CLINICAL ETC) ; Prover/Authority of remedies
5. Source books of Materia Medica – Fragmenta de VIribus ,Materia Medica Pura & Chronic diseases by Samuel Hahneman, The Guiding symptoms oF our Materia medica by C Hering , The Encyclopedia of pure Materia Medica by T F Allen , Cyclopedia of drug Pathogenesy by Richard Hughes & J P Dake Name & Authors of common Materia medicas Different approaches to study of Materia medica Biochemic System of medicines – History, Concept , Principles Study of 12 Biochemic medicines

MODULE -2      65marks

1. Study of Individual medicines:
2. Medicines prepared from Minerals, Plants, Animals, Nosodes ( including Bowel Nosodes) Sarcodes & Imponderabilia – Common Name , Family, Alkaloid / Active principle
3. Sphere of action / elective affinity
4. Symptomatology including Constitution Adaptability ,Temperament ,Characteristic symptoms (Mental & Physical generals ,
5. Particulars including Sensation, Modalities & Concomittants)

MODULE – 3    10marks

1. Relationship Of remedies:
2. Relation ship Of Individual remedies, (Complmentary, Inimical , Antidote etc ) , Series of remedies ; Vegetable and Chemical analogue
3. Trio of remedies

MODULE – 4    10marks

1. Applied Materia Medica:
2. Therapeutic study of medicines as applied to various clinical conditions
3. Clinical observation on remedies by various authors Organ remedies
4. Homoeopathic prophylactics Caution / Warning regarding use of remedies

NOTE: – It may be noted that apart from the topics detailed above, questions from other topics prescribed for the educational qualification of the post may also appear in the question paper. There is no undertaking that all the topics above may be covered in the question paper