Skin
Unhealthiness of the skin; slight injuries suppurate and ulcerate. Two hard wart like indurations on the inner surface of the hand, after it had been beaten somewhat strongly with a stick (after thirty days). Whitish pimples, as large as flaxseed, with red areola, on the chest and throat, as far as the nape of the neck (sixth week). Inflamed pimples on the back of the little toe, which pain like corns (fifteenth day). Papulous eruption in the face (after four days). Red papulous eruptions on the cheeks and around the chin, in the infant (after five weeks). A corroding blister forms upon the nates (fifteenth day). Large herpetic spots upon the month, and the upper lip very scurfy, follow burning head. Herpetic eruption on the nates of the child (after four weeks). Pustule with red areola on the middle finger of the right hand, with swelling and stiffness of the finger, which continues to suppurate and pain after the opening of the pustule (after thirty days). Old wounds and ulcers are inclined to suppurate. Long-continued suppuration of a place under the thumb nail, where she had stuck a needle, with painfulness to touch. A suppurating spot in the heel, which had been rubbed by the shoe. An ulcer in the left axilla. Violent itching and crawling on the os coccygis, so that he cannot help scratching, followed by a discharge of mucus from the anus (after thirty-two days). A feeling as if a cobweb were lying upon the skin of the hands. Itching here and there on the backs of the hands, with irritation to scratch, as if bitten by fleas. Severe itching on the backs of the finger joints, so that he is obliged to scratch them violently. Itching on the malleoli (second, ninth, and tenth days).
Sleep and Dreams
Very sleepy and tired in the evening. Sleepiness at midday, and deep sleep for two hours (eight day). Sleep early in the evening, and long sleep in the morning, for four weeks (after eight days). The child at the breast sleeps more than usual, but wakes frequently (first days). Much sleep in the twilight, but when he went to bed sleep disappeared, although during the day he had taken much exercise, and had slept but little the night previous (after seven days). Falls asleep late and wakes early (after six days). He wakes before midnight, and cannot sleep till 2 o’clock. He wakes at 1 o’clock in the night, and cannot sleep again till 4, on account of much thinking (ninth day). She wakes uncommonly early, at 3 o’clock; she cannot fall asleep again for two hours, on account of heat in the whole body, especially in the head, with sweat on the thighs (eleventh and twelfth days). He wakes at 4 o’clock in the morning, and is quite wide awake, so that he goes to work with cheerfulness (after five weeks). Very wide awake in the evening. Restless sleep; she could not sleep, but tossed about the bed (twenty-first day). Restless night; he could not sleep well on account of rush of blood to the head, restlessness of the body, rumbling in the abdomen and diarrhoea (first days). A child five years old tosses about, cries the whole night till 4 in the morning, frequently out of its sleep, and in the morning is in a whining mood; the infant frequently cries out of its sleep, and anxiously grasps its mother, as if it had been frightened by a dream (first two weeks). Restless sleep, with thirst and coldness (first day). He can sleep only on the left side; as soon as he turns upon the right side he is awakened by drawing-sticking pains in the right intercostal muscles (seventh day). A feeling as though he had not slept enough in the morning. Voluptuous dreams (thirtieth day). At night, lascivious disgusting dreams (in a married woman), (first day). She dreams of coition, but without pleasurable sensation (fourth day). Vexatious dreams. A dream of sore throat and other diseases.
Fever
Shivering over the whole body at night and the following day, with throbbing pain in the occiput, as from suppuration (second day). Chilliness over the whole body, especially in the back, without thirst, with flat taste, rawness of the larynx, stitches in the chest when breathing, weakness, prostration, stretching of the limbs, contracted quick pulse, together with heat, heaviness, and stupefaction, and in the head, burning of the eyes, with sensitiveness of light (twenty-third day). A chill at night, from 2 to 4, with trembling, vomiting of the food, tearing in the thighs and pain in their bones, as though they would be broken, followed after sleep by heat and thirst; afterwards, at half-past eight in the morning, bitter vomiting, followed by sweat, with diminished thirst (second day). Coldness, with headache and subsequent heat, without thirst; on walking in the open air, the headache ceases, and she feels quite well (fourteenth day). Coldness every second day, in the afternoon, with thirst and sleep, followed, on waking, by heat, with pressure pain in the inguinal ring, without subsequent sweat (thirty-eighth day). With the erysipelatous inflammation of the lower leg, first coldness, shivering, and thirst, with vomiting of food and bile, followed by heaviness in the head and throbbing in the temples, with restless sleep at night, only slumbering, and afterwards (on the sixth day) nose-bleed(470). Coldness in the afternoon, from 2 to 6 (after thirst in the forenoon); then until going to sleep, heat, with pressive pain in the left hypochondrium (fifth week). Coldness immediately after eating, with more thirst than appetite for dinner, and tensive drawing backward around the hypochondria, and head suddenly rising into the head on taking a deep breath; then heat in the evening, at 6, during which he must lie down until 10, then sweat, and after the sweat thirst for four days (fifteenth day). At one time coldness, at another heat, frequently with sweat in the face, during which coldness runs up the back, with stretching of the limbs, with weariness and sleepiness, so that he is obliged to lie down in the afternoon, without, however, being able to sleep; when walking, he drags the feet, an is fretful and taciturn. Heat if she puts the hands under the bed-covers; as soon as she puts them out she becomes cold again (fifth day). Heat in the evening, in bed, and sweat, but immediately on rising he becomes chilly (seventeenth day). Burning heat and redness of the toes, with some coldness, as after freezing (after twenty-four days). Flushes of heat frequently in the morning, with nausea and inclination to vomit (second day). The infant has a hot head, hot mouth, and hot palms (fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh days). Heat in the head in the evening, when writing, with thirst and sensation as if sweat would break out (seventh day). Burning heat and redness of the left cheek (after four days). Perspiration at night. Sweat during the morning sleep; when dressing he feels cold, and is seized with a dry cough, with rawness in the chest, as after taking cold (fifteenth day).
Conditions Aggravations
(Morning), In bed vertigo; giddy, etc., feeling in head; at 10 o’clock, aching in whole head, etc.; headache; pressure in right eye; when writing, flickering before eyes; when washing in cold water, stitches in ears; on waking unusually early, stitches in left ear; nose-bleed; in bed, burning in upper lip; hawking of mucus; throat rough; thirst; nausea, etc.; after eating peas, pressure in pit of stomach, etc.; pinching, etc., in abdomen; desire for stool; till 2 P.M., diarrhoea; on waking, erection; on rising, dry cough, etc.; cough, etc.; stitch in region of left ribs; on stooping, while walking, stitch in lumber region; flushes of heat; during sleep, sweat. (Forenoon), Cheerfulness, etc.; tearing in the vertex; from 4 o’clock till noon, pain in region of stomach; after eating peas, pressure in pit of stomach, etc.; tearing in thigh-bone. (Toward noon), Diarrhoea, etc. (Noon), Nausea, etc.; sleepiness. (Afternoon), At 4 o’clock, fretful; before stool, fretful, etc.; pain in forehead; boring in eye; tearing in eyeballs; dryness of tongue; from 3 o’clock till evening, nausea, etc.; from 2 to 6 o’clock, coldness. (Evening), Head confused; when walking, vertigo; headache in forehead, etc.; stitching in left ear; when walking, itching in left ear, etc.; pulsating headache; burning pain in lip; on cool air, boring in teeth; sticking toothache, etc.; great appetite; very little appetite; loss of appetite, etc.; in bed, stitching in abdomen; stitches in rectum; itching in anus; tearing in larynx; hacking, etc.; on lying down, dry cough, etc.; in bed, anxiety in chest; in bed, oppression of chest; stitches from back of chest; with every fit of cough, sticking in side of chest; when walking in open air, pain in neck; sticking in palm, etc.; tearing in thigh- bone; on ascending a height, heavy feeling in feet; in bed, heat, etc.; when writing, heat in head, etc. (Night), Rumbling in abdomen; urging to urinate; sense of distension, etc., in clitoris; pain in pectoralis major; shivering; from 2 to 4 o’clock, chill, etc.; perspiration. (On ascending a height), Fullness of the head; shortness of breath; tightness of chest, etc. (On bending forward and to the right), Pain in intercostal muscles. (After breakfast), Toothache; vomiting; cutting in right hypochondrium; diarrhoea. (At every attempt to breathe), Chest becomes constricted. (On deep breathing), Sensation in left hypochondrium; stitches in chest; pressure on sternum. (After animated conversation), Restlessness, etc. (Coughing), Stitches in pit of throat; stitches in chest; pain in right side of chest; sticking in chest; burning in right thigh. Dancing), Anxiety; pain in left hypochondrium; inflammation in leg. (After dinner), Rumbling in abdomen, etc. (Eating), Nausea; hiccough; distension, etc.; apples with mutton, fullness in stomach, etc.; pain in abdomen, etc.; diarrhoea; coldness, etc. (During involuntary emission), Pain in urethra. (After an emission), Urging to urinate. (In any exertion of body which heats), Shortness of breath. (Hiccoughing), Pain in right side of chest. (With every inspiration), Stitching in chest. (During deep inspiration), Sensation as of something rising into chest; sticking in chest. (Laying on of the hand), Burning in right thigh. (After lifting), Pain in stomach. (When lying in bed), Arrest of breathing. (During a meal), Restlessness, etc. (After every meal), Pressure in stomach; flatulent distension. (While meditating), Trembling of whole body. (During menstruation), Throbbing in the head, etc.; pain in groin, etc. (On opening eyes), Pain in upper lid. (On raising arm), Immediately, stitches on right side of chest. (Reading), Pain in forehead. (When riding), Nausea. (When riding in carriage without springs), Feeling as of pressure with hands. (When sitting), Fullness in head, etc.; sensation in right eye; burning in back. (Sitting stooped), Tightness from pit of stomach into chest; pain in back. (Sneezing), Stitches in throat; pain in side of chest. (After smoking), Feeling as though diarrhoea would come on. (On steeping), Pain in joints of toes. (Stooping), Pressure in frontal bone; dull backache. (After supper), Toothache; abdomen distended. (Touch), Pain in urethra; pain in penis. (On turning), Pressure, etc., in kidney region. (Urination), Tension in urethra; smarting in urethra; cutting in urethra. (On waking), Head confused; immediately, nausea, etc. (When walking), Pain in back; pain in great toes. (On walking rapidly), Cutting in left hypochondrium. (In wet weather), Toothache in hollow tooth; stitches in the corns. (In bad weather), Aching in hollow teeth; pressure in hollow teeth. (Drinking wine), Pains in chest. (Writing), Pain in forehead. (Yawning), Pain in right side of chest.
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.