General Action
Gastro-enteritis. Inflammation of the spinal cord and motor paralysis. Stupor convulsions and collapse, with irregular pulse. Pains in small spots; transient, violent, (<) motion and thinking of them.
Mouth
Inflammation; salivation, with aphthae.
Stomach
Eructations after eating. Vomiting, with griping and twisting pain. Violent heartburn, especially in the evening, (>) eructations and eating.
Abdomen
Burning pain, worse about navel, (<)evening and at night.
Stool
Involuntary, watery, mixed with blood, Diarrhoea, (<)coughing. Dysentery preceded by colic, with much ineffectual urging.
Urinary Organs
Clinical. Oxaluria, with pyrosis, pains in the back and extremities; weakness.
Sexual Organs
Bruised pain in the testicles and Shooting along the spermatic cord; (<)motion.
Respiratory Organs
Breathing spasmodic, difficult, with constriction in the larynx and chest. Dry cough (<)violent exertion, with swelling and dryness in the larynx, soreness and pains in the chest.
Heart and Pulse
Palpitation. Irregular action of the heart; (<)lying down at night. Pulse very feeble, often scarcely perceptible, with cold, clammy sweat. Livid extremities.
Back and Extremities
Pains extending to the thighs. Bruised sensation from the shoulders to the hips and in the extremities. Numbness and weakness in the limbs; could not ascend the steps. Numbness and tingling in the thighs.
Clinical Violent pains, starting from the spine and extending through the extremities, with tenderness of the spine, numbness and weakness of the back and legs; numbness of the whole body, with coldness and motor paralysis. Drawing and lancinating pains, involving the left lung and heart, with dyspnoea. Spinal pains, shooting down the extremities, with dyspnoea and numbness. Lower extremities become cold, blue and immovable. Lameness and stiffness.
Fever
Cold extremities and livid nails, especially in the legs and feet. Flashes of internal heat, with sweat.
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.