On the following morning, imagining she saw a worm, “a thousand-legged worm,” on her carpet, she sprang out of bed, and was found trying to find it; failing in this, she would look in another place and see it again.
This illusion kept her busy some time, before fully satisfied of the fallacy.
The color of the worm was brown, the predominating color of the carpet.
Illusions of sight; during the increasing dimness of vision, manifold pictures of gigantic figures, whirls, double images; enlarged appearance of all objects; laughable or frightful appearances of all kinds.
Objects round or oval seem elongated; for example, the human figure was distorted so that the vertical diameter of the face seemed equal to the rest of the body; especially prominent were the nose and chin, which seemed of considerable length, and their margins enveloped in a mist; these appearances lasted some hours, for as I woke at half-past three, these images still floated clearly before the eyes; the pupils (on the next day) were very large and sluggish. First noticed diplopia (after five hours).
The next day these appearances were verified, though in a less degree; all objects seemed really elongated, especially the ears looked like Midas ears, and seemed to overtop the head; a round rubber ball looked egg shaped; the table looked oval rather than round (lasted till 10 A.M)..
Vision much impaired; the figures on the carpet, which were large, appeared to be constantly and successively rising up to her face (perpendicular diplopia, the apparent object below the real one) As late as a week she still experienced a sense of giddiness, and the figures on the carpet would at times appear to her double.
Quick rotation and duplication of objects.
During the evening the eyes of the lady attendant seemed to her very large, and she could not avoid looking at them.
Upon looking at a newspaper the letters seem to expand and contract with each pulsation of the heart; can read but little (second day).
In attempting to walk, would reel and stagger, catch at objects which appeared to me in close proximity, but which in reality were far from my reach; would often stumble over objects which to me seemed to be many feet away (first day).
Cannot estimate distances correctly; when asked to put his hand upon an object within his reach, he either reaches too far or not far enough (after seven hours).
Entire loss of power to compare objects with the eye and determine their respective distances (first day).
Ears.
Throughout the succeeding night the hearing and sight were morbidly sensitive.
At night, when the eyes were closed, though not sound asleep, he heard every noise and every voice in the room and yard. Exquisite sensibility of hearing, and frequent illusions of this sense also.
His attention cannot be attracted without speaking loudly to him.
Perceptions of noise, thinking sounds as of bells, etc.
Some roaring in ears. Illusions of hearing, ringing, roaring, etc.
Nose.
Mucous membrane of the nose dry (after one hour).
Dryness of the mucous membrane of the nose and eye.
The dryness (of the throat) very often extends to the mucous membrane of the lower passage of the nares.
He sneezed and rubbed his nose frequently.
Face.
Expression of mania.
Looks and acts as if he had been on a “spree” (after seven hours).
Pale, slightly sweating face.
Flushing of the face.
Face flushed (after one hour).
Flushed face; burning in the face (after a quarter of an hour).
Face slightly red.
Face hot and very red.
Face red, with white spots.
Twitching of the facial muscles. especially around the mouth and lids.
Only the reddened face is warmer than the rest of the body.
Parched state of the lips.
Mucous membrane of the lips dry and parched; water affords no relief (after two hours).
Mouth.
TEETH AND TONGUE:.
Teeth and lips dry, and covered with sordes.
Teeth feel “on edge” (first day).
Tongue slightly coated white (second day).
Tongue thickly coated with whitish mucus (after one hour).
Tongue thickly loaded with a dirty gray fur (second day). Tongue coated whitish on margins, and yellow in middle.
Tip and edges of the tongue light red; tongue trembles when protruded from the mouth (after one hour).
Anterior part of the tongue or whole of the dorsum, excepting a wide margin, will be found dry, brown, and rough.
The mucous layer of the tongue becomes completely dry, brown, and hard (1/40 grain).
Tongue trembles when protruded (after three hours).
When asked to protrude the tongue he does it with difficulty, and only after considerable effort; cannot move the tongue about in the mouth at will. The tongue (shown once when desired), was protruded with difficulty and incompletely.
Tongue thick, cannot articulate distinctly (first night).
The tongue and other muscles assisting in speech were difficult to move.
Tongue seemed partially paralyzed.
Tongue moist, coated whitish-yellow (second day). Tongue dry.
Tongue and mouth dry (after half an hour).
Tongue dry and furred (after forty-eight hours).
Dorsum of tongue dry and parched, and the entire roof of the mouth and velum palati dry and glazed.
Complete dryness of the tongue, roof of the mouth, and soft palate, extending more or less down the pharynx and larynx, rendering the voice husky, and often inducing dry cough and difficult deglutition.
Dryness of tongue and fauces (immediately).
MOUTH: the mouth open but little; masticator muscles rigid.
Thick, viscid, or slimy mucus in the mouth, This coating of viscid, slimy, white mucus over the entire buccal cavity (second day).
Mucous membrane of mouth dark-red (second day).
Loss of sensation in the buccal cavity, with complete loss of taste.
When swallowing water from a tumbler, I could not be persuaded that I had drank any until convinced by looking into the glass (first day).
Can drink water without difficulty, but produces no sensation in the mouth or throat, except a slight feeling of coldness; is scarcely aware when he swallowed it (second day).
The hard and soft palate perfectly dry and glazed.
Buccal cavity feels hot (after one hour).
SALIVA, TASTE, AND SPEECH:.
Great dryness of the mouth.
Mucous membranes of mouth dry.
Dryness of the fauces, seems extending over the whole mouth.
Dryness of the throat has extended over the entire buccal cavity (after two hours).
Mouth very dry, so dry that upon inserting the finger, it will not be moistened (after two hours).
Food will remain in the mouth for minutes without becoming moistened in the least.
The hard palate and the anterior part of the tongue and the soft palate dry, but not parched or glazed.
Dryness of the mouth continued through the night.
Dryness of the mouth has increased and now extends to the lips, which feel dry and parched (after half an hour).
Those parts of the mouth which are adjacent to the median plane are so completely parched that they fail to impart the least moisture to a bit of bibulous paper or sugar, kept in contact with them for several minutes.
It is observable that this dryness is greatest along the median line and on either side of it, and that after moderate doses it extends only a short way outwards.
Dryness of the lips, the buccal mucous membrane, and the pillars of the fauces, only occurs after large doses; but a very moderate dose is required to render the central part of the tongue dry and parched from back to front, and the hard and soft palates and back of the oesophagus as dry and glazed as a piece of paper.
Mouth very dry; no thirst; cannot feel the passage of water through the mouth or throat when drinking (after ten minutes).
Mouth and tongue very dry, with great difficulty in swallowing (after one and a quarter hours).
Dryness in the mouth, and especially in the throat, reached such a degree that on attempting to eat a piece of bread and butter he could not swallow it, unless he took water (two to three hours).
Dry mouth and fauces.
Dryness of the mouth and fauces increased, so that swallowing became almost impossible.
Gradually increasing dryness in mouth and fauces (in two hours), which became so severe in one hour that he could not speak a word, and the tongue almost stuck to the roof of the mouth.
Could swallow no breakfast on account of deficiency of buccal secretions to moisten the food (second day).
Head great difficulty in swallowing food, on account of non- secretion of saliva; food will remain in the mouth for minutes without becoming moistened in the least (after one hour).
While the mouth continues in the dry condition above described the salivary glands appear quiescent, and the morbid state of the tongue and palate renders it difficult, if not impossible, to excite a flow of a saliva by gustatory impressions; but they readily pour out a abundance of secretion when an appropriate stimulus reaches them.
In a patient who was suffering from severe neuralgia of the face, associated with profuse salivation, the secretion was in no degree diminished when, as occasionally happens, a severe paroxysm of pain came on during the action of full dose of Atropia.
Stoppage of secretion of saliva; smoking does not bring any saliva into the mouth.
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.