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  1. Vision version 2.0007 released

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    Another free upgrade is available for all Vision v2 users. V2.0007 is for both Windows & Mac. It contains:

    Keyboard Shortcuts
    For those who like to use the keys to make things happen more quickly we have added lots of key shortcuts for you to use. You can read about these shortcuts once you have updated to v2.0007 by clicking the Help menu in Vision and then selecting Keyboard shortcuts.

    Repertorisation Chart
    We have made lots of improvements to the repertorisation chart

    Automatic saving of your settings
    If you change the settings on your chart, for example, the Analysis type, Order, or Filters, Vision will remember these and automatically set them up for you the next time you start Vision.

    Show only number of rubrics
    It is now possible to suppress the display of boxes denoting Kingdom Colours and Remedy Grade Totals. This is provided for those users who wish to focus solely on the number of rubrics each remedy covers in the case without the distraction of other coloured boxes. You can access and set these in the Preferences option for the Chart. Here is an example from MacVision:




    New Blend feature
    Vision can now remember your favourite settings in the Chart. All you need do is make the changes to your favourite settings and click the Save Blend button the toolbar of the Chart. Thereafter, if you make any amendments to those settings and want to quickly go back to your regular, favourite settings just click the Restore Blend button. Here is a screenshot from WinVision:

    Keyboard
    All of the keys on your keyboard now control the display of the Chart in the way you would expect. You can use the arrow keys to scroll Left and Right through the remedies and Up and Down the list of rubrics. The End and Home buttons take you instantly to very first or last remedy in the Chart.

    Improved way of finding a remedy on the Chart
    In Windows you can now start typing letters to make Vision jump to the first remedy that matches what you are loking for. If you were looking for Sepia somewhere in your Chart just quickly type SEP and press the Enter key to make Vision jump to it.

    In Mac you must firstly use the keyboard combo of Ctrl+R and then type as described above.

    This is a much quicker way of finding remedies compared to the previous method (find remedy in the chart toolbar) or scrolling through the entire list.

    Version 2.0007 will be automatically updated on Windows systems (if you give permission of course). Mac users will need to download v2.0007 from here https://www.miccant.com/downloads

  2. Vision version 2.0006 released

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    A free upgrade is available for all Vision v2 users. V2.0006 is for both Windows & Mac. It contains:

    Resources
    New Covid Repertory - from Jeremy Sherr
    New AIDS Repertory - from Jeremy Sherr
    Keynotes for Bach Flower Remedies

    Above are provided free of charge and included in every v2.0006 upgrade.

    Complete Repertory 2023 edition is also supported by this version of Vision. Once you have upgraded to v2.0006 you can purchase a new copy of Complete or upgrade your current copy of Complete to this new edition. 

    Features in v2.0006
    1. NEW:  A new 'quick search' of an entire repertory is available

    2. NEW 'Rule-Out' feature when repertorising 

    3. NEW: You can now add your own images and videos to any rubric in any repertory. 

    4 NEW: When using the Remedy Compare feature you can now click to obtain a chart showing the leading chapters found when you are working with a single remedy (click 'Chapter Distribution' icon on toolbar). 

    5. NEW: In the Remedies tab on the main Vision screen there is a new icon underneath the list of remedies that allows you to quickly see all the 'families' in the Vision database. This can help you read and learn about all the families. 

    6. FIXED: Minor corrections to Murphy's Repertory (adding in a few missing remedies) 

    7. FIXED: Restored the cross reference symbol in Complete Repertory after searching all reps and then browsing Complete 

    8. FIXED: On the Vision clipboard if your Vision is set to display 'no remedies', toggling the remedies on and off with the Spacebar key now correctly re-sizes the window


    To read more about this free upgrade and to download please click below:-    https://www.miccant.com/version26upgrade

  3. Adding your own images or videos to rubrics

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    When browsing the repertory you can now add your own images or videos to any rubric in any repertory. To add your own media file(s) select the rubric you wish to use and then either:

    Right click the mouse on the rubric (Windows) / Ctrl + Click (Mac). On the small menu that will be displayed you can select media and then whichever option is relevant. 

    Mmedia

    When adding you can select any media file in a common format (e.g. JPG, PNG, MP3 or MP4 etc). After adding a media file then the next time you are borwsing the repertory a blue microphone symbol will be displayed next to the rubric to alert you to the presence of a media file.

    You could use this feature to explain a clinical rubric with either a photo or video for future reference. Or you could add a media file which might be a video of a case in which this rubric was a prominant feature...and so on.


  4. Learning more about Families in v2.0006

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    A new quick access feature is available in v2.0006 to make learning about families oF remedies a little easier. If you click on the Remedies tab to get a list of all the remedies in the Vision database there is now a new filter button under the tree:-

    Clicking this button will cause Vision to replace the alphabetical list of remedies with a display that shows all of the Families used in Vision. You can then browse and then click on any family to see information on the right side of the screen. Any information for the family you see displayed in blue and underlined is a clickable feature. To access any information Vision may have about any remedy click the classification information of the Family displayed in blue underline in the top left quadrant (you can use the taxanomical classifications in the first 3 rows e.g Lepidopetra or the common name of the Family  - Butterflies Moths in the example below):



    When you have selected a family you can also see a list of all remedies belonging to that family in the bottom right of the screen. And you can click any family member there to immediately 'jump' into that remedy to read more about it.



    Here is additional information on using Family data in Vision:

    You can use Vision to select a Family and get information on it as a learning exercise in addition to using Families in an analytical way when working cases

    Here are responses to previous questions in the previous version of Vision:

     "I was attending a webinar by J.Hardy on trees today and he was filtering out rubrics in that have minimum of 3 remedies in a family classification - is that possible in Vision? If so - how? Also can I filter out the same way some info just specifically on a family?"

    To do this click 'Comp Rx' on the toolbar, choose your repertory and chapter and then choose the Family to filter with (top right).  

    "Also, how can I access information on the family right away? I was thinking to check out Euphorbiaceae information and to see all the remedies in it. Went to Comp Rx but could not find that family in there. Are there different ways - see all rubrics, or just read on the family in general? Please help.

    In Vision we use Families to provide easy access to the families used in homeopathy using their common names in a simple, easy to scroll list. So you would scroll the list and select Spurges as this as the common name for Euphorbiaceae. We use ‘Kingdoms’ to provide a proper taxonomical hierarchical naming standard (APG4). So with Kingdoms you would need to choose the Plant kingdom, Eudicots and then you will see Euphorbiaceae

    There are a variety of other ways to access family info in Vision. Examples:

    If you have any rubric or group of rubrics selected in the repertory browse you can click the Families button in the toolbar to see the leading families for that condition/rubric:-

     

    Another obvious place is on the repertorisation chart where you can change the Presentation to Kingdom or Family (to show you the ‘leading’ families in your case):-




    abd you can drill down into any family by double clicking on any family bar:-

    and finally, a final double click on any remedy will take you to the materia medica of that remedy (if there is any mm data for that remedy).


    You can also select the Filters on the repertorisation chart to limit the display to only those rx in your desired family:-




    And you can also choose the Visionary chart in the Presentation drop down to display a ‘bubble graph’ of the leading rx in your case:

    On this chart the bigger the family 'bubble' more remedies of that family are in the case. The higher the bubble and the more to the left means that family is well indicated in your case. 

  5. Find Chapter Distribution for a Remedy

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    In the Remedy Compare section of Vision you can now quickly see which chapters of the repertory a remedy is more present/represented in. 

    To access this run a Comp Rx for a remedy (use only 1 remedy to access this new feature!) in any repertory. 

    Once you are looking at all the rubrics your chosen remedy is present in, click the Chapter Distribution' button in the toolbar to view a chart which quickly shows you the most represented chapters for this remedy:

     

     



  6. Rule-Out feature when repertorising

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    A new feature in Vision v2.0006 is 'Rule-Out'.

    What is it?

    This new feature allows you to specify that a rubric or rubrics should be used to rule out or remove the remedies in the marked rubrics from the repertorisation.

    If you are familiar with the Elimination approach in Vision then you know that in the rep chart this only displays remedies that are contained in the rubric(s) marked as Eliminating. If a remedy is not contained in those rubric(s) they are disregarded. Think of Rule-Out as the opposite of Eliminative. Any remedies included in a rubric marked as Rule-Out are removed from the repertorisation.

    Why might you use it?

    If you see a patient who is always very Hot, you can take into your repertorisation select the opposite (polar) Cold rubric. If you mark this rubric as a ‘Rule-Out’ rubric and analyse in this way Vision will remove all ‘cold’ remedies from the chart.

    With this technique you improve selection of remedies by removing all definitely ‘cold’ remedies. You see, many remedies are not clearly defined as "Hot" or "Cold". Many are not defined at all. Many are defined as both Hot and Cold. This way you can make sure you are focusing on all remedies that are definitely not Cold.

    Other examples could be: 

    Rule out ‘Talkative’ remedies if you see a Quiet, taciturn person
    Rule out ‘Cowardly’ remedies if you see a Strong, assertive person
    Rule out ‘Thirstless’ remedies if you see a Thirsty person

    Rule out ‘Sudden onset’ if you a person whose problems have developed Slowly

    There are many other potential rule out rubrics you could use such as:

    Aggressive
    Conscientious
    Sides (Left, Right)
    Happy/Sad

    and so on.

    How to use it

    Place your rubrics on the clipboard as usual. Select and mark any rubric to be used to rule out remedies using the the Rule-Out button as shown below:

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    Click Repertorise and in this example you will see remedies such as Sil, Ars & Phos as the leaders in the case. Now simply click ‘Rule Out’ in the toolbar to remove/rule out all remedies that are angry as our patient is most definitely not an angry person.
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    After clicking Rule-Out’ the repertorisation is re-displayed removing all angry remedies. Now you can see the leaders have become Kali-c, Cuprum, Lobelia and Euphrasia. (Note the rule out rubrics remedies are blanked out on the chart but the rubric is retained as part of the case so you can continue re-repertorising trying other methods)

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  7. Complete Repertory 2023 edition

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    Introduced in Vision version 2.0006 this edition of the Complete is available as an option to purchase with Vision. This edition of Complete cannot be added to Vision version 1 - it can only be purchased for use with Vision version 2. If you are a Vision v2 user make sure you download the free upgrade to v2.0006 and then you can purchase and use this new edition of Complete. The author offers a chargeable upgrade to Complete 2023 at an attractive price to users of previous versions.

    To buy a new copy of Complete click here.
    To upgrade your current Complete to the 2023 edition click here.

    What's new and improved?

    Structure
    Psychological Themes rubrics have been removed from the Mind chapter and relocated into a dedicated new chapter

    Dreams rubrics have also been relocated into a new dedicated chapter

    Source materials
    Many classic additions were included from the six vol. of CG Raue’s Annual Record of Homoeopathic Literature, collected between 1870 and 1875 (28.600+ additions). These amalgamations of homeopathic literature have been at the base of many later Materia Medica, including C. Hering’s Guiding Symptoms. Hering worked on Raue’s volumes and incorporated much of them in his work.

    Besides these classic additions, extra emphasis was put onto adding contemporary cases, specifically those on the Interhomeopathy website (www.interhomeopathy.org/free-international-homeopathy-magazine, for once not working in chronological order as usual ; ). 400+ cases based on J Scholten’s systematic method of finding remedies were thus added, resulting in 40.000+ additions from many colleagues. This website also features several published cases based on R Sankaran’s psychology-oriented, yet also systematic method, which were included. I hope the results lead to higher use of the remedies involved and the methods applied, worthwhile, also combined with the fact that lots of proving information has been added (the Lanthanides) many years ago for quite some of these remedies, allowing the new grading-rules to do their work! This clinical work will have a positive affect on the gradings of the remedies involved.

    More new source additions: 58035 (mostly from TF Allen’s Encyclopedia)
    More new remedy additions: 12035 (mostly from TF Allen’s Encyclopedia)

    Work on grading
    The gradings of the remedies in the Complete Repertory 2023 have been rechecked and recalculated based on the original source information whenever possible, taking proving information, information from cured cases and information from phytotherapy (eclectic medicine, herbal medicine) into consideration. The biggest gain has been made in promoting Boeninghausen’s lowest degree entries of remedies into Boeninghausen’s second degree (symptoms seen in two or more provers). This will have a very beneficial result when using these grades in analysis.

    More important changes in grading: 67000 more entries with clinical confirmations (3th & 4th degree Boenninghausen). Confirmations increased from 26 % in the 2021 version to 28,35 %, which is a big deal and a validation for the work done on the Allen project, together with the more additions in the 2th degree (2th degree Boenninghausen, missing in Kent, Kent’s 2th degree is the 3th degree Boenninghausen, as Boenninghausen’s grade system is used in the Complete Repertory)!

    New remedies/additions of small remedies
    From the clinical cases offered by many colleagues past and present, quite some new remedies (57) and additions for remedies with scarce info have found their way into the Complete Repertory 2023.

     Complete 2023

  8. Technical support of Vision version 1 will be discontinued on April 1st 2023

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    Development of Vision version 1 was discontinued in 2020 when it was superceded by Vision version 2.

    On April 1st 2023 all technical support for Vision version 1 will be discontinued. You will still be able to download and activate your old Vision version 1 system using our website. You will be able to access all the FAQ’s on our website – but you will not be able to receive personalized support from us by email or phone.

    It is important to note that nothing will stop working if it is currently working on your computer. However recent technical developments on Windows and Mac are making it difficult for version 1 to continue running and you may start to experience increasing difficulties as time passes. Older dongle versions will no longer work at all.

    Windows 7 support was discontinued in 2020 and Windows 8 has not been supported by Microsoft since 2016. Microsoft has stopped full support for Windows 8.1 and will stop all support in 2023. Microsoft is continually updating Windows 10 and has now released Windows 11.

     As a consequence of these continued changes all versions of Vision older than 2017 (specifically versions before v1.0035) may experience problems starting up. This started to be reported to us in January 2022 (no doubt due to an upgrade to Windows). Users who have updated their old version 1 system to v1.0035 may not yet be experiencing any issues (however it is possible that problems may arise in the near future). If you have not updated your Vision version 1 and your Windows system is set to update then Vision may stop running at some point.

     It is therefore sensible to consider updating your Vision to version 2. This is the currently maintained, developed and updated version. Version 1 is no longer maintained and no further upgrades to Version 1 will be released. Vision version 2 is not only technically up to date, but also brings you valuable new 'homeopathic' improvements. In addition, all customers who upgrade to Version 2 receive Knerr's Repertory in the English original and also Sherr's AIDS and Covid repertories. You can also choose to purchase additional repertories and books that are available only for version 2.

    To see improvements made in Vision version 2 click here:

    To purchase an upgrade to version 2 click here 

  9. Mac OS Ventura

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    Apple is releasing an upgrade to their macOS named Ventura

    Vision v2 has been tested with Ventura and works perfectly.

    It is important for you to give Vision access and authorisation when prompted durng installation and on first run. This includes access to the Documents folder and also to install the required Rosetta support software that Aple provides.  

  10. Vision v2.0005 released

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    An upgrade is available for all Vision v2 users. V2.0005 is for both Windows & Mac. 

    This is a free upgrade for v2 users. It contains Knerr's Repertory (new) and a revised Boericke Repertory as well as new features and many improvements. New resources are available to buy with this upgrade, namely: Complete Repertory 2021 and Vermeulen Books.

    This upgrade does not apply to Vision version 1 users. 

    To read about this upgrade and to download please click below:-https://www.miccant.com/upgradesforvision

     

  12. Vision version 2

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    A brand new version of the Vision software is available. Version 2 is available for Windows and Mac computers.

    Vision v2 has been re-engineered to take advantage of recent developments in both Windows and macOS whilst retaining the same overall 'look and feel' (to make transition from version 1 easy for existing users)  

    To watch videos and read about the improvements made in Vision v2 click here.

    We ran an anonymous survey of our advance user team and asked for their opinion on Vision version 2 - here are some results:

    "I think it has improved Vision massively , it is such an intuitive fantastic programme. Lots of features have made it quicker and easier to access extra information."

    "This is a significant enhancement to Vision. It has all the familiar features known to us so that the new features feel intuitive. It's smooth-acting and visually pleasing. The new word-processing tools feel natural. Of great benefit is the interface with the patient database."

    "Amazing piece of technology - the only software needed in clinic...."

    "Vision v2 is a definite improvement on the original Vision software with a new fresh look and enhanced feature"

    "A pleasing and satisfying refreshment."
     
    "The surface and all functions are much more user-friendly, easy to navigate between different functions, eye-friendly design easily to adapt to one's needs and preferences, very useful for practicioners of new strategies in homoeopathy (Scholten, Sankaran)."

    "Love it and am using it with success. It works faster than the older version."

    "I think, it is a real improvement"



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    vv22

     

    vv23

  13. Important announcement about ISIS homeopathic software

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    After several years of development I released the ISIS homeopathic software in 2003. ISIS has gone through several advancements and transformations in the past 13 years, with v2 being released in 2005 and ISIS Vision being released in 2007.

    I originally chose the name ISIS in representation of the Egyptian and then Greco-Roman deity of 'Health and Wisdom'. I thought it was a fitting name for my new homeopathic software. The name ISIS was originally suggested to me by Paul and Yolande Grill and I willingly embraced it.

    For the past few years I have often been advised that, due to the emergence of 'so-called' Islamic State, the name ISIS had acquired a bad association. This situation has recently got even worse with major institutions and some corporations even preventing Miccant emails containing the word 'ISIS' from being permitted on their servers. Homeopaths would tell me, and I would see posts on Facebook, that they were 'frightened' to even click on our links for fear of what might be associated with them.

    It is with great regret that I have decided to change the name of the software. From now on it will be known simply as : Vision. I know that many of you, like myself, have become very attached to the name ISIS and will be very sad about this announcement.  Unfortunately I can see no alternative having resisted for as long as I could.

    Currently we are preparing our new revised website which will also remove all references to ISIS and replace it with Vision. As this new website has started to roll-out around the world I would like to share this new website with you when it is thoroughly tested and ready for use.

    Please feel free to make any comments in the section below. I would like to know how you feel about this decision. Wherever appropriate I ask you to share this announcement with your friends and colleagues to make sure they do not think that ISIS is 'stopping'  but simply 'transforming' into Vision.

    David Witko  FSHom UK (Hon)