Nose
Objective. Swollen nose, with nose-bleed for several days (after five days). Swelling of the tip of the nose, with twitching pain in it, and on touch feeling as it would ulcerate. An ulcer within the left nostril, with biting pain. Frequent sneezing (soon after taking). Frequent forcible sneezing. Violent sneezing in the morning (after eighteen hours). Sneezing eight times in the forenoon (thirty-second day). Several attacks of sneezing at 10 P.M. Sneezing several times in succession (afternoon of ninth day). Severe sneezing six times in succession, in the evening (as if a coryza would appear, which, however, did not), (second day). When coughing, sneezing twice. Frequent sneezing, especially if he strokes the hand across the forehead. Violent sneezing and yawning in the morning (after forty- eight hours). Frequent sneezing; severe coryza. Closing of right and opening of left nostril, with tendency to watery discharge (after two to three hours). A sudden stopped coryza, with roaring in the left ear, and a sensation as though something were placed before it, which diminished the hearing. Copious discharge from nose. Much mucus in the nose and bronchioles. Slight, thin discharge from left nostril (fourth day). Fluid, thin, light-colored discharge from right nostril (after half an hour to two hours). Fluent coryza for eight days. Fluent coryza, with greenish discharge, preceded by repeated sneezing; this gradually diminished, lasting fourteen days (seventeenth day). Violent fluent coryza, with chilliness in the skin; stretching of the limbs, with frequent yawning. Profuse coryza, with pain in the forehead. Profuse coryza, without cough (after thirty-six hours). Very restless night on account of profuse, fluent coryza. Profuse fluent coryza, so that he speaks through the nose, together with chilliness, for eight days. Profuse fluent coryza, with much sneezing, for eight days (after forty-eight hours). Severe coryza, mostly stopped (after forty- eight hours). Severe coryza, with sticking headache; it seems to press out at the forehead, especially when stooping (after seventy hours). The coryza was better in the open air, and discharged more in the room. A few drops of bright red blood from the left nostril (morning of third day). Discharge of red blood from the right nostril follows the vertigo. Nose-bleed (after forty-eight and seventy-two hours). Nose-bleed (after ten and sixteen days). Nose-bleed, without having stooped. Nose-bleed, for a quarter of an hour in the morning, after rising. Profuse nose-bleed, daily (after fourteen days). Nose-bleed, three days in succession (tenth, eleventh, and twelfth days). Nose-bleed several times daily. Nose-bleed from the right nostril (after nine days). Nose-bleed during sleep, in the morning at 3 o’clock, so that he is awakened thereby (after four days). Nose-bleed, followed by ulcerated nostrils. Subjective. Frequent crawling and tickling in the septum of the nose, especially on blowing it.
Face
Objective. Paleness of the face for twenty-four hours. The color of the face was very pale the whole day. Red spots in the face and on the neck for two days. Red, hot, soft puffiness of the face. Great swelling of the upper half of the face, especially great swelling under the eyes and over the root of the nose, with swelling of the eyelids; was unable to open the left eye for four days (after three days). Subjective. Stiffness of the facial muscles, which lasted nearly two hours with varying severity, whereby it seemed as if any desired expression could be given to the face by simply pushing the muscles. Drawing in the facial muscles. (Painful throbbing in all parts of the face, which is perceptible even to external touch). Cheeks. Swelling of the right cheek close by the ear, with burning pain (after four days). Swelling of the left side of the face, more down along the nose, with some pain in it (with diarrhoea). A drawing pain in the left cheek (after half an hour). Painful pressure under the right cheek-bone, relieved by external pressure (after one hour). Pinching pressure in the articular cavity of the right jaw, more violent on motion. Violent tearing in the left cheek. Twitching- tearing in the right malar bone, up to the right temple, externally sore upon touch. Drawing-tearing pain in the left upper and lower jaws, as from a drawing toothache. Lips. The upper lip and expansion of the nose swollen, red, and hot, as in beginning erysipelas; the swelling disappeared after an hour, but the lip remained sensitive to touch. A crack in the lower lip. A small aphthous erosion appears on the mucous membrane of the upper lip. Twitching in both corners of the mouth, so that he could not half his cigar. Trembling in the lower lip, followed by loss of power in it, and the lip is drawn to the left side, disappearing after ten minutes (sixth day). The lips stick together. Great dryness of the lips, of the tongue, and of the hard palate, while the tip of the tongue was moist (after half an hour), (from 7th dil). Burning in the lower lip. Lower Jaw. A feeling in the lower jaw as if a pimple were on the bone, with a pressive pain on touch, and on turning the head (after sixty-one hours).
Mouth
Teeth Looseness of all teeth noticed on touch, and when biting. The teeth seem too long. A diseased tooth causes him to rise from bed and have it extracted; after the operation a sudden violent vertigo; this continues a long time while sitting. Pain as if a tooth were screwed in and then pulled out, which is momentarily relieved by cold water, but becomes better on walking in the open air, together with tearing in the cheeks and pinching in the ears, at night, till 6 A.M. Toothache if one takes anything warm into the warmth. Toothache on opening the mouth; the air streams in painfully. Toothache about 3 A.M., as if an exposed nerve in a hollow tooth were paining from cold air, which becomes aggravated on lying on the painless side, and then goes away if one lies on the painful cheek. Frequent grumbling in a hollow tooth. Toothache towards evening, now tearing, now drawing; this returns every day for more than a month. Excessive toothache during rest, and especially in bed, which is relieved by chewing. Pains in the teeth and limbs, in the upper arm, wrist, thumbs, tibiae, malleoli; on the right side they last all day, while on the left side they are transient. On eating, a drawing-sticking toothache extends into the muscles of the neck; is especially aggravated by warmth. Periodic drawing and twitching in the cheek, extending toward the ear, which compels one to lie down. (*There are several symptoms of Bryonia which oblige one to lie down, or to sit down, and several which are increased by walking and standing, but on the contrary, there is a secondary action, in which the symptoms are relieved by motion, and when quiet, lying, or sitting, cannot be endured, which is much more common in Bryonia*). A hollow tooth in the left lower jaw, and the gum about it becomes sensitive to the touch of the tongue as if sore. A sore pain in the teeth, not when drinking cold drink. Tearing in the left teeth. Jerking toothache when smoking (which he was accustomed to), (after one hour). Throbbing-drawing pain in the roots of the right lower incisors, and when there are relieved by pressure upon them a similar pain appears in the two upper middle incisors; afterwards the same pain in the last upper molars of the right side; the pain causes a waving sensation. In the morning after waking, a feeling as if all the back teeth were too long; they can be moved back and forth; they are so loose that she is not able to bite with them, and when she tries to bite pain as if they fell out, lasting fifteen hours (after forty- eight hours). Pain in the back teeth, only when chewing. A drawing-tensive pain in the two upper right molars, relieved by pressure with the tongue, or biting the teeth together. Drawing pain in the back teeth of the upper and lower jaw (after twenty- four hours). Drawing, at times jerking toothache in the left upper back teeth, only during and after eating, when the teeth seem too long and wabble back and forth (after six hours). In the evening, in bed, jerking toothache, now in the upper, now in the lower back teeth (for an hour); when the pain is in the upper teeth, and they are pressed by the tip of the finger, then the pain suddenly ceases, and changes to the corresponding lower teeth (after five days). the pains in the teeth and limbs are aggravated by lying down, and last till he falls asleep. Gums. Spongy gums. Dull aching in alveoli of upper jaw, right side, now jumping, and now mild (after half an hour to two hours). The gum is painful, as if sore and raw, with painful loose teeth. Tongue. Tongue coated white. Very white-coated tongue. Tongue thickly coated white. Tongue thinly coated yellow, with sunken raphe, or longitudinal fissure (second day). Blisters on the anterior margin of the tongue, biting and burning. A painful blister in the middle of the left margin of the tongue, disappearing after a few hours, but slightly felt for several days (twenty-first day). Several small aphthae on the tip of the tongue, which disappear after a few days. Tip of tongue dry; filiform papillae are much elevated and prickle (second day). Dryness of tongue, with sensation of prominent papillae (after half an hour to two hours). Burning pain in the middle of the tongue, followed after an hour by a hard lump as large as a pea in the same place, which lasted two days (in the evening, twentieth day). Tobacco-smoking caused burning on the tongue. Fine pricking in anterior third of tongue (after half an hour to two hours). General Mouth. Offensive breath. Very offensive smell from the mouth, with hawking of offensive tough mucus, sometimes in round cheesy lumps of the size of a pea (after twenty days). Mouth and lips very dry. Dryness in the mouth, so that the tongue sticks to the palate. Mouth dry; drinking moistens it for a moment, but the former dryness returns in a greater degree. A dry sensation in the mouth in the morning (after forty- eight hours). Unusual dryness in the mouth in the evening; the palate, tongue, and lips almost stick together, so that speech is difficult. Dryness in the mouth, without thirst. The inner mouth seems dry, without thirst. Dryness of the whole mouth, excepting of the tip of the tongue (half an hour), (after 70 drops). A feeling of dryness, not on the tongue, but above, on the palate. Dry sensation in the palate at night, as though a tough mucus were on the uvula, which could not be loosened. Dry sensation in the palate after eating. A feeling of dryness only on the inner side of the upper lip and on the upper teeth. A sticking very sensitive twitching between the lower lip and gum (in the morning in bed), something like cancer of the lip. A decided disposition to aphthae; during the proving he had several times sensitiveness in the mouth, which was not followed by aphthae (formerly these sensations were followed by aphthae). Saliva. Accumulation of saliva in the mouth. Increased flow of tasteless saliva. Much spitting of saliva. Collection of much soapy, frothy saliva in the mouth. Saliva runs out of the corner of the mouth involuntarily. The saliva is a few times mixed with clear blood. Profuse saliva, which causes constant spitting. Unusual flow of saliva after tobacco-smoking. Taste. Taste flat. Flat, insipid taste in the mouth. Flat, insipid taste in the mouth, with almost no taste. Flat nauseous taste in the mouth (after five days). Taste pasty. Taste pasty, mealy, with good appetite, and natural taste of the food (second and third day) Taste sweetish. Sweetish insipid taste in the mouth. Sweetish nauseous taste in the mouth. Taste sweetish, insipid (several days after the proving; the appetite diminished for several days). Unpleasant salty, sweetish taste for a long time. Bitter taste in the mouth. Offensive bitter taste (after drinking beer). Pasty bitter taste in the forenoon. An intensely bitter taste on the tongue, as of the mother tincture (third day). Very bitter taste, only in circumscribed spots on the tip of the tongue. Nauseous bitter taste in the mouth in the morning. Bitter taste in the mouth, in the evening after lying down. The bitter taste remains in the posterior part of the palate after dinner. Frequent drinking of the water relieved the bitter taste and the inclination to vomit. After eating; a sour, dry taste; the forepart of the mouth remains dry, without thirst; the lips are dry an cracked. Taste earthy (fourth day). In the morning, fasting, a taste in the mouth as of bad teeth or of bad meat (after twelve hours). Very unpleasant taste, with nausea, towards evening, so that vomiting was imminent. Nauseous taste soon; accumulation of bitter saliva in the mouth (after one hundred and fifty drops); a slight drawing in the right fingers and in the border of the left foot, after two hours; a dull, continued pain in the forehead, in the evening. Acrid nauseous taste in the mouth, with bitter risings from the stomach, lasting six hours (immediately after taking). She has almost no taste for food; when not eating the mouth is bitter. Meat does not taste good (after three hours). Tobacco does not taste good the whole day, and when attempting to smoke, profuse salivation. Offensive nauseous taste to beer, which caused nausea, inclination to vomit, and shivering over the back. Something bitter rises into the mouth, without eructations, with nausea. Some soup tasted bitter, and provoked an inclination to vomit; after a few spoonfuls of tasted bitter, and provoked an inclination to vomit; after a few spoonfuls of warm water, which tasted bitter, he vomited a yellowish-green fluid, with the remnants of food, followed by relief. Everything taste bitter; cannot swallows food.
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.