Introduction
“The great American Cockroach,” probably kakerlae insignis. Natural order: Insecta (common in Brazil). Preparation: Triturate the live insect with sugar of milk.
Head
Numbness and heaviness of the head. Pain in the temple, with lancinations now and then (second day). Aching pain in the temples. Acute pain in the temples, every now and then, at 4 P.M.
Eyes
Pricking, as by a fly, in the corner of the left eye, at 10 A.M. Lachrymation. Yellowness of the sclerotica. (When the prover had the jaundice, for which the Blatta is considered empirically as a specific, he felt a number of pains which have been reproduced in this proving, such a general prostration, weariness, etc.).
Nose Face and Mouth
Watery discharge from nose. Yellowness of face. Very salty saliva.
Stomach and Abdomen
Transient bloating at pit of stomach. Slight colic. Pain an transverse colon, duodenum, and pit of stomach.
Urinary Organs
Much heat in urethra, when urinating. Yellow color of urine, increasing more and more. Urine of a bright yellow, albuminous (second day).
Chest
Acute pain in chest, afternoon (second day). Violent pain in chest, with want of breath (second day). Pain in right side of chest.
Neck and Back
Prickings in right side of neck. Pain in back, right side. Pain shifting from back to shoulder-blade.
Lower Extremities
Sense of weariness in the hams. Cramp in right leg (second day). Pain in right leg, from toes to knees. Pain in feet, here and there, sometimes in the sole (second day). Pain at left little toe.
Generalities
Lazy. Extreme weariness when going upstairs.
Sleep and Fever
Frequent yawning. Chill and shuddering, for half an hour. Shuddering, with sense of heat and moisture all over. The proving was interrupted by an accident.
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.