Stitches in the throat, and constriction, on account of which the breathing is short and jerking; the constriction was relieved for a short time by the backing cough.
Difficult deglutition, as if the cervical glands were swollen.
Stomach.
Hunger, early in the morning.
Frequent, empty eructations.
Imperfect eructations, reaching only the upper part of the chest.
Rising of air from the stomach, when walking in the open air; as it issues, he has to yawn twice, after which he was troubled for a whole hour by eructations and abundant emission of flatulence.
Hiccough (after one and a half hours).
Nausea (one hour).
Nausea and loathing, with shuddering (immediately).
Nausea and inclination to vomit, with pressure in the forehead, and a quantity of water accumulating in the mouth.
Nausea in the stomach, with disinclination to attend to business; laziness, and sensation as if without a head.
Nausea, inducing shivering.
Continued nausea and inclination to vomit, in the fauces.
Empty retching, water collecting in his mouth (after half an hour, and one and a half hour).
The retching increases in violence, in proportion as it becomes more frequent; the eyes become full of water.
During the retching, all the symptoms increase, only the stupid feeling in the head decreases.
Vomiting, with great anguish.
Vomiting (one hour after the first attack of retching), with great exertion of the stomach, in five or six paroxysms, every paroxysms being accompanied with a sensation as if the head, in the region of the ears, would burst; only a small quantity of greenish, sourish juice is thrown up from the stomach (after one and a half hours).
Vomiting, with great exertion, and violent pressure on the stomach; the effort to vomit takes away his breath, and almost suffocates him, nevertheless, nothing but a quantity of sourish water is thrown up (after two and a half hours).
Vomiting, with exertion of the stomach, and violent compression in the epigastrium, and a similar sensation in the head (after two and a half hours).
(Vomiting is followed by a diminution of the pains in the head).
Vomiting, diarrhoea, death (in a strong man).
Fullness in the stomach, with hunger.
Pinching in the stomach (after one and a half hour).
Slight pinching in the stomach, or just above it.
Pressure in the stomach, as with a dull point.
Pressure in the region of the stomach, during an inspiration.
Hard pressure on the region and pit of the stomach, two days in succession.
Troublesome pressure on the pit of the stomach, which makes him unable to decide whether he is hungry or not, the whole day.
Cutting in the epigastric region (after two hours).
Occasional sharp cutting on different parts of the epigastric region, abating after the emission of flatulence.
Abdomen.
Constrictive sensation in the region of the diaphragm.
Breaking, in the abdomen, of the flatus not emitted.
Painless and silent movement of flatulence in the abdomen.
Qualmishness in the abdomen, with repeated attacks of oppressive headache along the coronal suture (after two hours).
Fullness in abdomen, with appetite and hunger.
Pressure in the abdomen.
Excessive colic and vomiting.
Cutting in the abdomen, and sharp stitches in the rectum from above downwards, previous to stool (early in the morning).
Sensation of pressure and painful bearing down on the left side of the abdomen, felt during motion.
Single, painful sensations in the left side of the abdomen, in an oblique direction below the umbilicus.
Raging, intense pain in the left groin, darting through the urethra into the glans, and causing a violent, sore, smarting, contractive pain in the same, for a long time.
Stool and Anus.
Diarrhoea.
Diarrhoea, the stools resembling resin, and consisting of tough mucus; for six days, he passes shaggy masses of mucus, with ascarides.
One hour and a half after stool, he has another pressing desire for stool, with cutting in the abdomen and rectum, before and during stool, which softer than the former.
The usual morning stool delayed for a couple of hours;it was scanty, yellow (mucus), and came out in a thin string.
Stool, consisting of small, hard pieces.
Stool whitish-gray and ash-colored, the first part like bloody mucus.
Urinary Organs.
Pressure upon the bladder, during and after the emission of urine.
(Drawing in the urethra).
Constant desire to urinate.
Sexual Organs.
Miscarriage (abortion).
Respiratory Apparatus.
Several attacks of cough, brought on by mucus in the chest, which rises into the throat, and causes difficult breathing, and, lastly, cough with expectoration.
Much expectoration by hawking and coughing.
(Whistling respiration when beginning to cough).
Very short breath (at night).
Short breathing; the throat feels constricted, and he is attacked with a hacking cough.
Chest.
Visible twitchings and jactitations of the muscles in the region of the clavicle.
Pain around both lungs, as if constricted with a sharp wire.
Feeling of pressure in the whole chest.
Sharp pressure in the region of the last ribs, as with the back of a knife.
Stitches in the chest when taking an inspiration (after twenty-four hours).
Dull stitches in both lungs when taking a rather deep inspiration.
Frequent, dull stitches in both lungs, during an inspiration, for eight days.
Burning sensation in the right half of the chest, more external than internal.
Painful stretchings in the left side (after three-quarters of an hour).
Constrictive sensation in the left lobe of the lungs, as if a wire or string were twisted round, cutting it through.
Strong pressing in the right side of the chest, at regular intervals (after one and a half hours).
Stitches in the right lobe of the lungs during an inspiration (after twelve hours).
Dull stitch on the left side near the pit of the stomach (after nine hours).
Dull, stitch, arresting the breathing, deep, apparently in the left lung, at every inspiration (after fifteen hours).
Neck and Back.
Sensation in the muscles of the nape of the neck as if a cravat were tied too tight, as if the parts were pressed upon by a blunt edge.
Spasmodic contractions of the left cervical muscles, accompanied by a perceptible bending of the head towards the left side.
Feeling of weight about the neck, and sensation as if the muscles were compressed by a cravat.
Pain in the left side of the nape of the neck, as if a bundle of muscular fibers had been displaced by violent exertion; the pain afterwards extends over the head and shoulders (after six hours). Paralytic pain in one of the muscles of the nape of the neck, as if the parts were bruised when moving them.
Dull stitches below the scapulae.
Pain, as from a contusion or a bruise, along the inner border of the right scapula, especially when touching the scapula, or moving it inwards (after twenty-five hours).
Bruised pain in the back.
Paralytic pain in the back, as if bruised; felt while standing or sitting; disappearing when lying down.
Burning pain, with stitches, in the small of the back, while sitting.
Pain across the spinal column, from one brim of the pelvis to the other, as if the flesh were torn and pulled toward the outer side, in tearing jerks, when walking.
Extremities in General.
Lightness of all the limbs; he is not aware of having a body.
Occasional darting and tearing pains in the upper and lower limbs.
Bruised feeling, and sometimes a transient, painful tearing in the upper and lower limbs.
Upper Extremities.
Paralytic weakness in the arm.
He is unable to let his arm lie upon the table without feeling exhausted; he feels no pain when the arm hangs down down.
Tearing ache in the left arm, in every position.
Contractive, tensive pain of the deltoid muscle, when laying the hand upon the table, or when it lies there.
Pain, as from a sprain in the shoulder, when moving the arm.
Violently tearing stitches in both shoulders, both when in motion and at rest.
Pressure in the left axilla, as with a rough piece of wood.
Sudden, dull pain in the axilla, apparently in the axillary glands,.
Itching, as if caused by a flea-bite, at a place below the right axilla, in front.
Drawing, paralytic pain in the left wrist-joint.
Sudden drawing and burning pain, extending from the wrist- joint through the thumb and index finger (after three hours).
Drawing in the fingers, evenings, when lying in bed.
Lower Extremities.
Feeling of lassitude in the lower limbs, as if not rested sufficiently by sleep.
Lassitude of the lower limbs, when going upstairs, for many days.
Weariness and bruised feeling of the lower limbs and knees, as in the beginning of an intermittent fever.
Painful feeling in the hip.
When stepping, violent pain in the hip-joint, and in the middle of the thigh; the foot feels paralyzed from it; he cannot step on the foot well.
Drawing ache in the hips (when walking).
Dull pressure in the right hip.
Dull pain in the hip-joint and in the middle of the thigh, when touching the parts, or when walking, or when moving about after being seated.
Sensation from the right hip-joint to the knee. as if the limb would go to sleep.
Drawing and tensive pain in the head of the left femur, and further on in the bone, especially when walking.
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.