Compressive (pinching) headache in the forehead, above the eyes; it seems to come from the temples (after three to twelve hours).
Compressive headache above the eyes, coming from both temples, in the evening; and at night, heat when in bed, followed by sweat (after two hours).
Pressing in pain in the forehead.
Intensely pressive headache above the eyes.
Pressing out at the forehead, after dinner.
Tearing in the forehead, in the forenoon; in the afternoon, it is changed to stitching (second day).
Tearing headache in the forehead, which is relieved in the open air, in the evening (third day). 10.30 P.M. with the frontal headache; tearing, pressing from the forehead back over the vertex (first day).
Stitches in the forehead, with dulness and heaviness of the head in the afternoon (third day).
Stitches in the forehead on going to sleep (tenth day).
Beating and stitches in the forehead and right side of the head, in the afternoon (second day).
Sensation as if something were crawling (between the skin and flesh), coming from both temples, and going to the forehead; here it presses outward as though it would penetrate through.
At the upper part of the forehead, a little spot is painful to the touch, early in the morning (tenth and eleventh days).
Confusing tension in a small spot in the right temple; it passes off by pressure; when the pressure ceases, it returns immediately, in the forenoon (two days).
Continual boring and tearing in both temples, in the forenoon (fourth day).
Painful boring into the right temple, in the evening (fifth day).
Boring and drawing pain in the region of the left temple, in the evening (third day).
Pressing in pain in the right temple, after dinner.
External tearing in the right temple, followed by continual internal boring and beating (second day).
Tearing in the right temple; rubbing excites a burning in the place (after half an hour to two hours).
Tearing upwards in the left temple, and subsequent stitches in the right (after two hours).
A stitch in the right temple, as with a large, blunt instrument, leaving transient soreness behind (after thirteen days).
Stitches in the temples on singing; they abated as soon as she stopped singing (after thirty-three days).
Pain in the left region of the vertex, as if somebody were raising her up by a lock of hair (first day).
Beating and raging in the vertex, in the forenoon (two days).
Stitches in the head towards the vertex (second and third days).
Pulsative headache in the vertex, over the right temple, early on waking.
Beating and pressing in the right temple, like strong pulsation, with pressure upon the vertex, as from a heavy weight, in the afternoon (second day).
Stitches on the outside, as with an awl, in a small spot of the left side of the head, close to the vertex.
Beating and tearing in the upper part of the right side of the head, 1 P.M.
Headache, painful drawing in the right side of the head.
Sensation as if the right side of the head were pressed or screwed towards the other, and as if the vertex, were oppressed with a heavy load, in the forenoon, at 8 1/2 o’clock (second day).
Tearing and stitches in the right side of the head, in the forenoon; and in the left frontal eminence, in the evening (first day).
Headache on the left side (after eighteen hours).
Short, lasting, dull pain in the occiput (after half an hour).
Headache in the occiput, it feels bruised; passes off on lying down.
Pressure on the occiput and forehead externally, as from a tight hat.
Drawing and pulsative tension in the right side of the occiput, in the forenoon (one day).
Dryness of the hairs.
Falling of the hair (after eight days).
The hairy scalp itches, and is covered with white scales.
On touching the hair on the head, pain as if the place were sore.
Eyes.
Redness of the eyes, with a sense of excoriation in the corners, and weakness of sight; in the evenings, when reading, he sees a halo around the light; he is obliged to wipe his eyes often; in the night, they become agglutinated; this lasts a long time.
Redness of the right eye, with soreness and lachrymation (third and fourth days).
Squinting of both eyes.
Trembling of the left eye, as though it would leap out; worse towards evening, and on looking down; better on closing the eye, or on looking up, or on holding the eye with the hand; at the same time the eye is so sensitive to the light that she was often obliged to close it for three days after (forty-seven days).
Burning sensation of the eyes, morning, on waking.
Burning in the eyes, especially on looking up.
Burning and pressure in the eyes.
Burning and pressure of the eyes and nose, as if she would be attacked with a cold.
Tearing in the upper border of the orbit.
Tension around the left eye (two days).
Pressure in the eyes; she was unable to open them.
Pressure in the eyes, and sensitiveness to the light.
Pressure in the right eye, in the evening, when writing or reading.
Pressure in the left eye, as something had fallen into it, just below the upper eyelid; the whole day (fifth day).
Biting in the left eye, as from soap, in the evening.
Tearing biting pain in the eye.
Biting and burning pain in the eyes, early in the morning (second day).
Sensation of excoriation in the interior of the eyes, in the evening; after this the eyes were irresistibly closed.
Frequent and violent itching of the eyes.
Sensation of trembling of the eyebrows.
The eyelashes fall out easily.
On the left lower eyelid, a pimple, with a stinging pain.
Incipient stye, frequently forming on the upper eyelid.
On closing the eyes but lightly, they are often spasmodically closed with pain; if he tries to open his eyes in the night, they pain him as if they were oppressed with a sudden flood of bright sunlight, even in darkness; they become again drawn together; these symptoms are accompanied by little sleep, and by frequent twitching during the day in the right upper eyelid.
Weakness of the eyelids; they are all the time on the point of closing, although he is not sleepy (in the afternoon). he cannot well open the left eye, because it seems to him as if the upper eyelid were hanging deep down; on this account he often wipes the eye, in order to see better (fifth day).
The upper eyelid feels paralyzed, hangs down, and covers only half of the eye (twenty-ninth day).
Biting pain, with burning and stinging, as from as acrid humor in one of the corners of the eye.
Every evening, burning and dryness of the eyelids, with pain in the left internal canthus, and a secretion of dry gum, every morning, lasting upwards of a week.
Stitches in the lower eyelids.
Tearing in the right upper eyelid on looking down; on looking up, feeling as if the upper lid were longer and were hanging down; afterwards, stitches in the right side of the head, early in the morning (two days).
Sensation of excoriation and dryness in the internal canthus.
Alternating pressure in the eyelids (one day).
Itching in the corners of the eyes, and of the lids.
Stitches in the corners of the eye.
Burning in the corners of the eyes (two to three days).
The right eye constantly secretes a mucous humor (eye-gum).
The eyes secrete much mucus in the night, for several days in succession.
Much dry gum early in the morning on waking.
The eyes are agglutinated on waking in the morning; they burn on being opened, with dread of light.
Nightly agglutination for several weeks, with inflammation of the conjunctiva and secretion of mucus during the day; in the evening, when the room is lighted, it seems as if gauze were before the eyes, which is not removed by wiping; he sees a halo around the light (after ten days).
The eyes are agglutinated in the morning; dim, with biting (second day).
Lachrymation in the open air.
Frequent lachrymation, without pain.
Lachrymation early in the morning, after waking.
Lachrymation and burning of the eyes, with a sensation of swelling of the face (first day).
Burning and increased secretion of mucus of the eyes, at night, and sometimes early in the morning, with itching.
Inflammation of the conjunctiva of the right eye, without much pain, in the evening (first day).
Pressure upon the left eyeball (after half an hour).
The eyes become weak after long looking (fourth day).
Twitching and mist before the eyes.
Dimsightedness, as through a fog.
Dim-sightedness, sometimes in the open air, and passing off in the room.
Dim-sightedness, as through mist, in the evening (one to thirty days).
Dim-sightedness, which obliges her to wipe her eyes constantly, which relieves, with a sensation as if the lids would adhere in the corners (eleventh day).
The right eye is dim, as if a feather or a hair were before it, which she thinks she must take away (sixth and seventh days).
In the evening, her eyes are so dull and dry that she can neither read nor sew; also during the day her sight is dull (usually her sight is very good).
Short flickering and a kind of spots before the eyes, with a sort of vertigo.
On closing his eyes, it is bright before them.
The objects she looks at appear yellow (thirty-fourth to thirty fifth day).
After blowing the nose, white little stars sparkle before the eyes (fourth day).
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.