Constant pain in a stomach and right hypochondrium of a dull, aching character, and extending to the spine, very much worse by turning over, which he had to do all the time.
Great distress in stomach and bowels all the forenoon, with desire to vomit.
Constant burning distress in the epigastrium, with severe colicky pains in the umbilical, and especially in the hypogastric region, every few seconds with rumbling in the bowels and desire to vomit, but no nausea (30 grains crude dark).
In evening, cramp in the stomach.
Heavy aching pain in stomach and liver, with very hot sensation in those parts.
Constant aching distress in the stomach and umbilical region, with a great deal of pain in region of gall bladder.
Constant dull aching pain in the stomach and liver.
Dull pain in the epigastric region.
Dull pain at the pit of the stomach, the constriction of the diaphragm.
Pressure at stomach, with belching of large quantities of flatus.
Stitching pain in cardiac extremity of stomach.
Abdomen
Pains in liver (third day).
Dull pain in right hypochondriac region (after three hours).
The pain in the liver extends from the right lateral ligament to the gall-bladder; it is almost impossible to walk, it makes the pain so severe in the region of the gall-bladder.
Suffered constantly and severely all day with pain in the liver and stomach; the pain caused a numb feeling to pass all over the body.
Good deal of dull pain in liver stomach, and umbilical region (second day).
Soreness in region of liver.
Constant dull pain in region of the gall bladder; very severe on walking.
Severe pain in region of gall bladder; lasted one hour.
Good deal of distress in the umbilical region all day (second day).
Constant dull pain in the umbilical region.
Constant aching pains in umbilical region (30 grains crude bark, second day).
Constant slight pain in the umbilical region.
Constant dull pain in the umbilical and hypogastric regions; by spells the pain in hypogastric region very sharp.
Constant dull aching pains in umbilical region, aggravated by a full inspiration (second day).
All day, constant pain, in umbilical region, with slight rumbling of bowels (second day).
Fulness of abdomen.
Distention of abdomen.
Flatulence.
Loud borborygmi (third day).
Rumbling, with desire for stool.
Slight rumbling in the bowels, with a mushy stool (after three hours).
Dull aching distress in bowels (second day).
Dull pain in abdomen on pressure.
Quite a number of times there have been sharp shooting pains all through the bowels.
Soreness of abdominal muscles as if from cold or coughing severely.
Pain in hypogastrium.
Glands of left groin very much swollen, one of them as large as a common sized hickory nut; very painful when walking (second day).
Dull drawing pain in right groin.
Severe drawing pains in right groin and testicle and right foot.
Stool and Anus
Bowels loose next morning (very uncommon).
Diarrhoea (third day).
Diarrhoeic stools dark.
Soft stools (first and second days).
Soft mushy stool.
Soft papescent stool (second day).
Stool papescent, with a large quantity of mucus, but no real pain.
Bowels costive.
Bowels costive for two days.
Constipation (fourth day).
Constipation throughout the period of proving (eight days).
Constipation severe, with hemorrhoids in the afternoon; quite troublesome (fifth day).
Urinary Organs
A sort of burning when urinating.
Urine is of a whitish color, does not change blue litmus, and has no effect on red paper (second day).
Urine high-colored.
Urine not very copious, but of dark-red color.
Respiratory Apparatus
In morning, swelling of the epiglottis.
Increased secretion from, the bronchial tubes and fauces, with expectoration of mucus.
Hoarseness to such an extent as to require the utmost effort to be understood.
In afternoon, disposition to cough quite troublesome.
Lungs feel easier and stronger than usual (curative reaction).
She was cured by this proving of a troublesome cough of long standing.
Constant want to take a full breath.
In the afternoon, difficulty of breathing.
At 6 p. m., oppressed breathing, with cough, soreness of right lung, and sneezing.
Awoke with great difficulty of breathing; the lungs felt tight and compressed; could not get a full breath; felt obliged to open the window to get his face to fresh air, with the same burning heat of surface, dry tongue, increased pulsations of the heart, and accelerated pulse, and the same peculiar feeling of the brain as on first night.
An hour passed before he could breathe easily and felt comfortably cool.
On lying down, difficulty of breathing, in half an hour becoming so great that he was obliged to rise; afraid to go to sleep from a feeling of certainty that he should immediately have constriction of the chest as from a feeling of want of power in the respiratory apparatus, such as he had only felt during a fever.
Chest
Constriction and oppression of the chest.
Tightness of chest and desire to take a deep inspiration (after twenty minutes).
In the afternoon, tightness of the chest.
Oppression of chest and difficult breathing.
Sharp pains in chest when taking a long breath.
Pain through left of chest.
Pain in the right lung, continuing some time; less pain in the left lung, with some soreness.
Rheumatic pains in right side.
Dull pain in the sternum.
In the afternoon, sensation of weight and oppression in the precordial regions, with a feeling of unsatisfied breathing.
Heart and Pulse
Feeling of greatly increased compass and frequency of the pulsations of the heart; pulsations seem to fill the chest.
Throbbing in heart, so as to be distinctly heard.
Pulse, at first accelerated, afterwards became very low and faint.
Pulse slow and weak (third day).
Slow, round full pulse.
The pulse (usually but little over 70) I judged to be 90 or over, full and soft.
Pulse 70, rising, about 2 o’clock p. m., to 100.
Neck and Back
Neck stiff and lame (after twenty minutes).
Stiffness and lameness of cervical muscles (after one hour).
Pain in neck, unbearable on moving head (after twenty minutes).
Soreness of muscles of neck.
Twitching in latissimus dorsi of left side (third day).
Lameness of muscles of back and chest, especially when moving the head (after twenty minutes). Back and hips are very stiff, and ache severely (second day).
Pain in back extending to sacrum.
Slight backache (third day).
Back aches severely, aggravated by walking (second day).
Dull heavy aching in lumbar region on going to bed at night.
Dull aching pain in lumbar region; very severe when walking (second day).
Dull pain in small of back (after three hours).
Dull pain of the sacrum, compounded of a feeling as from pressure, and fatigue from long stooping, and soon extending around hips and down right leg.
Extremities in General
Wandering pains in all the limbs, with dizziness.
Aching in limbs.
Drawing pains in arms and legs.
At times, drawing pain in right wrist and left ankle.
Prickling of hands and feet, with numbness; worse on motion.
Peculiar thrilling sensation through both hands and feet, somewhat like going to sleep or a want of circulation.
Upper Extremities
Constant twitching in left deltoid muscle (since taking first dose).
Pain in left shoulder and arm (after twenty minutes).
Pain in left shoulder, extending down the arm (after one hour).
Drawing pain in shoulder and arms, more in the left (after twenty minutes).
Feel sore and stiff about shoulders and chest (second day).
Numbness of left hand and forearm, with prickling (after one hour).
Numb prickling pain of hand and arm, worse by movement; sharp darting pain through the fingers (after twenty minutes).
The hands felt large and were tremulous.
Lower Extremities
Lower limbs, on walking, feel weak and vacillating.
Pain in hips and legs, with numbness (after twenty minutes).
Drawing pains in the left hip (second day), Drawing pains in right hip and both calves (30 grains crude bark).
Soreness in anterior part of thighs, worse after sitting awhile (third day).
Darting pains in left knee and malleolus of left side (third day).
Drawing pains in legs.
Legs ache.
Cramp in calves of legs whenever he moves them.
Drawing pain in calves of legs.
Severe drawing pain in both calves.
Frequent drawing pain in calves (second day).
Drawing pains in the legs (after three hours). Foot and leg prickly, and can move but little.
Left foot numb, and prickles (after twenty minutes).
Generalities
Restless.
Restless; does not sleep quietly; wants to get up, and yet does not want to.
During the evening, uneasy, restless; could confine himself to nothing; wanted to be moving from place to place (second day).
No disposition to move.
On going to bed, feeling of inability to make either physical or mental exertion.
Great languor.
Feels weary and obliged to lie down (after twenty minutes).
After walking, feeling of rather painful weariness of back and lower limbs, especially the right, and the right shoulder and arm.
Painful weariness of the whole left side of body (after one hour).
General tired, bruised sick feeling in all parts of the body, yet does not feel very badly (third day).
Debility.
Muscular debility.
Through the day, rather weak (second 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.