General Action
An irritant poison, producing inflammation and irritability of mucus surface; a low type of fever.
Mind
Delirium, with picking at the lips or nose.
Head
Dull aching in the forehead or through the head, with heaviness.
Nose
Soreness of the nostrils, which even become ulcerated. The nose and lips feel as though chapped by cold wind. The nostrils obstructed. Fluent coryza; constant discharge from left nostril; discharge thin, acrid, sometimes bloody, with great soreness of the nostrils. Constant picking at the nose makes it more sore. Pain at the root of the nose.
Face
The lips burn, are swollen and chapped. The left articulation of the jaw is painful on swallowing.
Mouth
Tongue cracked, burning, with rawness at the root and in the throat. All of the soft parts of the mouth and palate are sore and burning, painful when eating or drinking. Salivation.
Throat
Swelling of the left submaxillary glands. Pain on swallowing, burning soreness, constriction. The whole throat feels swollen and raw. (The throat and nose symptoms are frequently associated, in violent influenzas or in diphtheria. The patient is constantly inclined to pick at the nose and lips until they bleed. The discharges become bloody and offensive.).
Stool
Watery, brown diarrhoea, with eructations of food.
Urinary Organs
Urine copious and pale.
Respiratory Organs
Hoarseness. Expectoration of much mucus. Constant inclination to clear the voice.
Chest
The lungs feel sore. Burning pain and soreness, particularly in the left lung.
Skin
Eruption like scarlatina, with itching, followed by desquamation.
Fever
Creeping chills. Flushes of heat, particularly of the face. (Particularly adapted to low types of fever, especially of the eruptive varieties.).
Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.