General Action
The chlorate, most poisonous of all the salts of Potash, lowers the temperature, depresses and paralyses the heart, irritates the mucous membranes, producing gangrenous ulcerations from the mouth to the anus, violent acute nephritis, and profound prostration.
Face and Mouth
Gangrenous ulceration in the mouth, (exactly similar to cancrum oris), with hard swelling, profound prostration, albuminuria, haematuria, dyspnoea, etc.
Throat
Swelling of the submaxillary glands. Internal throat red and oedematous, swallowing difficult, with rawness, dryness and scraping.
Stool
Blood and mucus, violent cutting pains, great prostration.
Urinary Organs
Acute nephritis. Urine bloody, scanty, albuminous.
Heart and Pulse
Heart’s action very feeble, weak, soft pulse. Coldness in the praecordial region.
Skin
General cyanotic hue, especially of the lips and extremities.
Fever
Tendency to coldness, especially with cold limbs.
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.