Contraction of the pupils (after two and four hours).
Indistinct sight, as if a black veil were drawn before the eyes (after six days).
Half-sightedness, as if the upper half of the vision were covered with a dark body, so that he can only see lower objects with the inferior half; upper objects remain invisible. His sight is lost for a moment.
Fiery sparks before the eyes.
He cannot distinguish anything clearly, because he sees everything double, and one object is seen mixed with the other, with violent tension in the eyes.
Ears
Moisture behind the ears.
Burning, pricking, and itching behind the ears.
Boring behind the left ear.
Burning and stitching in the ears.
Tension in the ears.
Pressive tearing in the left meatus auditorius externus.
Hardness of hearing.
Sense of deafness (12th).
Crackling in the left ear.
Humming before the left ear.
Humming, Whistling, and ringing in the ears.
Raging and roaring in the head, as if sitting close to roaring water (after fourteen days).
Roaring in the ears, early in the morning, in bed.
Nose
Redness and swelling of the nose.
Ulcerated, agglutinated, painful nostrils, so that he cannot breathe through the nose.
Swelling of the nose, in the room, after walking in the open air.
Dark, Brownish-red, slightly elevated spots upon the nose, which ache only when touched (after twenty four hours).
Crusts in the nose.
Crusts as from ulcers, in the right nostril, yellowish, almost painless, and dry.
Frequent sneezing.
Coryza.
Violent fluent coryza.
Coryza, with thick discharge like white of egg.
The nostril appears obstructed, although air passes through it.
Sense of obstruction of the nose, as in dry coryza; nevertheless, the air passes freely through the nose (after two and a half hours).
Burning and itching on the exterior of the nose.
Violent burning in right wing of nose.
Burning, itching, stitching, and smarting in the nose.
Boring in cartilage of nose.
Boring in left side of nasal bone, toward upper maxilla.
Feeling of soreness in the nose.
Soreness in both nostrils, especially when touching them.
The right nasal bone and the adjoining part of the upper jaw are painful to the touch, especially at the place where the infraorbital nerve comes out.
Shootings in the septum of the nose, from above downwards.
Biting pain in the lower part of the nose.
Biting pain in the lower part of the nose, so that the tears came into his eyes, as when desiring to sneeze, excited by strong sunlight, or exalted, pious grief, or the highest degree of pity.
Itching of the nostrils.
Itching titillation in the wings of the nose, as in a cold, sometimes with desire to scratch.
Sensitive smell; everything smells too strong for him.
The smoke of the lamp is offensive.
Frequently, a sweetish smell in his nose.
Momentary smell of brandy in the nose, with dyspnoea.
Putrid smell in the nose when blowing it.
Face
(When speaking, he smiles involuntarily).
Redness of the face.
Flushed face.
Red and blue spots on the face.
Bloated face, shining as from sweat, with prominent protruding eyes.
Drawing tearing on the left side of the face.
Itching pricking, as from pins, on the right side of the face.
Swelling of both cheeks, with swelling of the lips and nose, early in the morning.
Swelling of one cheek, with drawing and tearing in the upper and lower jaws, and sensation of hacking, and grumbling pain in the teeth, which appear too long.
Tension in the malar bone and ears.
Violent tearing in the zygoma.
Painful stitches in one cheek (after first day).
Burning stitches in the zygoma.
Violent boring in right zygomatic process, when walking.
Burning vesicle upon the vermilion border of the lower lip.
Burning in lips.
Pain in a gland of the lower jaw, as if swollen.
Boring in left side of upper jaw.
Boring in right side of lower jaw.
Tearing pressure at the right lower jaw, going off by pressing upon it.
Tearing in the right half of the chin.
Intermittent, dull stitches in the external border of the lower jaw.
Mouth
Looseness of the teeth, even the anterior, in sudden paroxysms.
Sensation of dulness of the molar teeth (after half an hour).
The upper front teeth are very painful when chewing.
Toothache caused by drawing air into mouth.
Hacking and grumbling pain in the teeth, with swelling of the cheeks.
Dull tearing in the two posterior molar teeth of the right upper jaw, excited by touch and eating, with painful swelling of the gums.
When chewing, suddenly a painful dulness in one of the upper molar teeth.
Single stitches in the teeth.
Shooting pain in the upper row.
Redness and swelling of the gums.
Swelling of the gums of the molar teeth of the right upper jaw, with pressive soreness when touched, or when eating.
Painful pustules on the gums, as if a fistula dentalis would form.
Ulcer on the gums, with swelling of the cheeks (after ten days).
The gums bleed easily.
Violent burning in tip of tongue.
Stitching and burning in the tip and on the edge of tongue, and on its under surface.
Aphthae in the mouth.
Mouth blistered inside (200th).
Smell from the mouth as of old cheese.
Putrid smell from the mouth.
Fetid odor from the mouth, in the evening and at night, unperceived by himself.
Difficulty in eating.
Heat and smarting in the mouth.
A kind of pressure in the region of the palate, for several hours.
Agreeably sweetish saliva accumulates in the mouth.
The taste is insipid.
Agreeable, milky taste in the mouth.
Sweet taste on the anterior part of the tongue.
Sometimes, sourish taste in the mouth (after two and a half hours).
Bitter taste in the mouth, with sensation of dryness (after eight hours).
Putrid taste in the mouth, as of spoiled game, between meals.
Throat
Frequently, phlegm in the throat, which can be hawked up, but prevents a full inspiration (after two hours).
Much phlegm in the throat, for several days.
Pain in the parotid glands.
The parotid gland is painful to the touch, as if pressed or contused.
Lumpy state of the throat; she wakes at night and desires to moisten it (200th).
Burning, stitching and itching in the throat, worse on swallowing.
Drawing and scraping in the throat.
Dull, pressive pain, either with or without swallowing, in a gland below the angle of the lower jaw.
Throat feels pricked with needles (200th).
Swallowing food causes a stinging sensation in the throat (200th).
Stinging soreness in the throat, only during deglutition.
Painful obstacle to deglutition in the left side of the pharynx.
Attacks of distention of the pharynx, as in vomiting, but without nausea.
Stomach
He relishes his meal, but his appetite is not appeased; he could have eaten again, shortly after.
He is forced to eat hastily, especially at the beginning of the meal.
Has no appetite for anything; can only eat bread and milk.
Repugnance to meat.
Much thirst for six days.
Burning thirst; desire for cold drinks.
Desire for spirituous liquors.
Great longing for coffee.
Watery eructations.
Eructations tasting of the drink (beer).
Hiccough.
Nausea.
Nausea in the stomach and throat.
Mental labor causes nausea, which affects his whole being.
Sensation of nausea; discomfort from the stomach and in the abdomen.
Inclination to vomit after eating, sometimes even while eating.
Regurgitations as if the person would vomit; with pressure in the abdomen.
Pain at the stomach, as of hunger.
Burning at the stomach, and hot eructations (12th).
Burning, drawing, and cutting pain in the stomach.
Pressure in the region of the stomach, at noon.
Pressure on the left side, near the pit of the stomach, below the cartilages of the upper false ribs; more violent during an expiration (after seven days).
Abdomen
Burning heat and cutting pain in the right hypochondrium.
Continual pressure in the hypochondria, as from flatulence, especially after food or drink, often increased by motion and walking; goes off without flatus.
Stitches in the left hypochondrium, like stitches in the spleen.
Painful stitch in the left hypochondrium Rumbling in the abdomen.
Rumbling in the bowels (after one hour).
At night painful accumulation of flatulence, especially in the left hypochondrium.
Emission of much flatulence (first day).
Emission of much fetid flatulence (after eight hours).
He is much troubled with flatulency; it becomes incarcerated under the left ribs, with lancinating pain.
Discomfort in the abdomen, with sensation as if he should go to stool, especially after dinner (after thirty six hours).
Pains in the abdomen, as from labor, as if the menses would make their appearance.
Heat and drawing in the abdomen.
Pinching pain here and there, in the abdomen (after twelve hours).
Dull pinching and cutting in the abdomen, then diarrhoea, and after the diarrhoea, distended abdomen.
Painful feeling of contraction in the abdomen.
Heaviness in the abdomen, with icy cold hands and feet.
Pressure in the abdomen.
Tensive pressure in the abdomen and the lumbar regions, with desire for stool (after six days).
Tensive pressure in the abdomen, just below the naval, and on both sides in the lumbar regions, with feeling of fullness (after fifty three hours).
Single tearings in the right side of the abdomen, extending as high up as below the ribs, as if everything there was shattered; forces him to bend crooked, when sitting (after thirty six hours).
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.