Must constantly move the affected parts, and, when most severe, causes mental disturbance.
The exhalations of skin, as well as the breath, smell strong of alcoholic liquors.
Fever.
Sensation of cold, with paleness of the body.
Sensitiveness to the fresh air; shudder and frost.
An agreeable warmth spreads over the body.
General sensation of heat, with increased action of the heart and dryness of the skin.
After about twenty to forty minutes this sensation of heat gave place to one of cold, which was felt first on the most sensitive part of the body in reference to temperature, viz., between the shoulders; and at length, notwithstanding the existence of a suitable degree of atmospheric temperature, it became distressing, and led often to shivering.
This was sometimes so marked, and occurred so suddenly, that it gave rise to a shock.
It did not correspond to the temperature of the skin, but was usually coexistent with the cessation of the increase of the heart’s action.
Fever (often through the entire course of the disease delirium tremens none).
Evening exacerbations.
Great inclination to sweat.
Sweat easy at first.
Sweat profuse, cool, sticky, sour-smelling, sometimes warm.
Sleep and Dreams.
Deep sleep.
Irresistible sleep.
Deep sleep, frequently accompanied by rattling breath.
A really death-like sleep overcame him.
Comatose sleep, which becomes fatal, in consequence of excessive doses.
Sleep seemed at first with snoring, as if apoplectic; later, not to be roused.
Lethargic phenomena; snoring respiration, intermittent pulsation of the heart, followed by death (from very large doses).
Restless sleep.
Starts from his sleep with every indication of the greatest anxiety and restlessness.
An invincible disposition to turn restlessly from side to side in bed entirely prevents sleep (chronic).
What sleep he has had has been of an unrefreshing kind, and a complete condition of nervous prostration naturally results, from which he can only be rallied by food or drink (chronic).
Fully developed insomnia; the patient tosses from side to side during nearly the whole night, getting only broken snatches of sleep, and these almost always attended with disturbing, and often with frightful dreams (chronic).
Sleep restless, interrupted by dreams, which the patient in the beginning still recognizes as such, but later takes them for real when he awakes; finally, entire sleeplessness, during which he often insists on having slept.
Terrible dreams.
His dreams are so vivid that he cannot be persuaded on awaking that they are not realities.
He awakes from his sleep prostrate, depressed, and weakened, without consciousness of what has happened.
After sleeping off his intoxication, he is sad, disinclined, indisposed to any occupation, wastes his time in joyless inactivity, yawns continually, and impatiently awaits the hour for the next orgy.
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.