Death in about twelve hours after taking the poison, with undisturbed intellect, and without having stirred from his supine posture.
Indescribable malaise (after three or four hours).
Drawing in the whole body, now here, now there, especially in the joints.
Dull pressure as if bruised, slowly increasing and decreasing, here and there, in a small spot.
The whole body feels bruised, with weariness and heaviness of the limbs.
The symptoms (tearing, drawing, throbbing), in the head and the limbs, appear more on the left side.
Skin
Eruption of acne pimples on the chest, they disappear in a few days.
Pustules on the left middle finger, with a sore pain on touching.
Fine sensitive stitches here and there in the skin.
Intolerable crawling in the whole body, especially on the back, hips, legs, ankles, the back of the feet and fingers, wakes him at night, keeps him constantly scratching, which, however, only transiently relieves, after three nights in succession.
Crawling and burning needle-stitches, here and there, often sudden in a small spot; she is compelled to scratch and rub, although it does not relieve.
Feeling as if the head and face were covered with parchment.
Very disagreeable formication and pricking under the skin of the head and face.
Sleep and Dreams
Frequent yawning, whereby the eyes become suffused.
Yawning, stretching, and sleepiness.
Overpowering sleepiness.
She cannot help falling asleep in the afternoon, and nods continually.
Wearied with sleep in the forenoon.
Although he was very tired and sleepy on going to bed, yet the first sleep was very uneasy and frequently interrupted, he awoke frequently without cause.
She wakes more frequently at night than usual; she seems too hot, throws off the covering; her feet ache as if she had stool for a long time during the day; this disappears after rising and walking about.
In the morning when waking he does not feel refreshed; the limbs are tired as if bruised; he feels better, however, after rising.
Confused dreams, restless sleep, frequent waking, and a great fatigue, so that he soon falls asleep again.
Confused, commingled dreams.
Vivid, strange dreams.
Dreams of dead persons (it however does not frighten him), with murmurings in sleep (first night).
Fever
Skin cool.
Skin cool, even cold and rather moist.
Skin cold and covered with profuse sweat.
Chilliness, especially in the arms with goose-flesh, and yawning, in repeated attacks.
Shivering chilliness in the head, with dull tension in the malar bone as if there would be goose-flesh in the face, as if the hairs stood on end.
Chilliness and freezing extend down through the whole body, in repeated attacks with cold hands (after seven hours).
Chilliness in the forenoon, coldness rising in the pit of the stomach with painful pressure, so that it seems if the hairs were drawn together; it then extends slowly down the arms and legs into the feet.
Short attacks of shivering, with quick flashes of heat, mostly in the back; the chilliness seems to extend from the face, in which there is feeling of tension (after one hour).
After repeated chilliness extending from the pit of the stomach, the whole body becomes warm except the feet, which remained cold; after ten minutes, chilliness again.
Flushes of heat over the whole body, followed by exhaustion, so that the hands sink down; the face and hands hot, the rest of the body cold.
Conditions Aggravations
(Morning), After rising, headache in top, etc.; when fasting, heaviness in stomach, etc.; when lying in bed, twitching in condyle of wrist.
(Forenoon), Chilliness.
(Afternoon), At 4 o’clock, pain in occipital bone.
(On ascending stairs), Stitches through knee.
(When breathing), Pain in right hypochondriac region.
(Carrying a weight), Heaviness in pit of stomach etc., (From cold drinks), Tooth pains.
(After eating), Depressed, etc.
(The slightest food), Pain in epigastric region.
(Inspiration), Heaviness across chest.
(On morning the body), Vertigo.
(Pressure with fingers), Pinching in upper abdomen.
(Raising head), Pain in forehead.
(On rising and putting leg forward in walking), Aching in left knee.
(When sitting), Pain in left knee.
(Sitting bent), Heaviness in the stomach; pressive sensation and gnawing in stomach.
(On smoking tobacco), Pungent taste in throat.
(Standing), Pressive sensation and gnawing in stomach.
(Touch), Stitch in mastoid process.
(Touching epigastric region), Nausea in stomach; pressive sensation and gnawing in stomach; tearing in thigh; tearing from knee downwards.
Amelioration
(Morning) After rising, tired feeling in limbs.
(Bending backward), Heaviness in stomach.
(Bending forward), Gnawing in stomach.
(After breakfast), Heaviness in stomach, etc., disappears.
(Deep breathing), Heaviness in pit of stomach.
(Eructations of air), Anxious sensation, etc., in lumbar region.
(Lying on back), Gnawing in stomach.
(Passage of flatus), Anxious sensation, etc., in lumbar region.
(Pressing with hand), Gnawing in stomach not felt.
(After rising and walking about), Aching in feet disappears.
(Sitting erect), Heaviness in stomach.
(On stooping), Pain in forehead disappears.
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.