General Action
Cathartic. Myalgia, particularly of the intercostal muscles; perhaps also inflammation of the pleura.
Head
Dull headache, forehead and vertex (<) by motion, (>) by lying. Convulsion and vertigo, general debility and dim vision.
Stomach
Nausea. Pains, heavy pressure, burning.
Abdomen
Much rumbling and flatulent colic.
Stool
Evacuations thin, extremely fetid, preceded by rumbling in the bowels. Evacuations containing flakes of mucus, as though the intestines had been scraped.
Respiratory Organs
Dry cough, with constriction in the throat; cough causes pain in the forehead and abdomen. Respiration painful at the base of the left lung. Pain is extremely sharp and shooting down-ward, becomes cutting (>) by breathing and coughing (>) by bending forward. The intercostal spaces tender to pressure. With darting pain, close to the sternum; the pain shoots over to the right side. Sharp cutting pain behind the sternum (<) by breathing and by moving the arms.
Extremities
Rheumatic pains in the joints, especially in the large joints; shooting pains in the shoulders and thighs and knees (particularly left knee).
Skin
Eruptions, papular, vesicular, pustular, on various parts of the body.
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.