Ears
The lobules of the ears are red and hot. A dark red ulcer, as large as a pea, in the left external meatus auditorius; on touch he feels a sticking pressure (after twelve hours); it suppurates (after thirty-six hours). Burning in the ears. Sticking in the ear from a draught of air or wind. Stitches in ears. Stitches deep in the left ear. A kind of tearing in the left ear (after one hour). Tearing behind and above the ears. Ringing in the ears. (Ringing in the ears). (*Just before losing consciousness*). Singing in the left ear. Roaring in the ears.
Nose
Objective. Obstruction of nose in right side, then secretion of thin mucus (immediately). Nose stopped, or running, or bleeding. Sneezing (twice). Coryza (after ten hours). Stopped coryza. In the morning, on rising (and evenings on going to sleep?) discharge of thin mucus from the nose, without sneezing, and without real coryza (after eighteen hours). Bleeding from the nose (after four hours). Moderate nose-bleed (at 7 A.M., second day). Subjective. The air of the room, breathed through the nose, seems cooler, when walking. Sudden, momentary boring in the right side of the nose. Drawing in the left side of the nose. Violent stitching, or crawling, from the root of the nose almost to the tip. In the anterior corner of the nostril, a stinging pain, as if the place were ulcerated and sore (after two hours). Itching in nose. Itching in left nostril.
Face
Objective. Paleness of the face. The countenance, naturally red, was pale (after six hours). Face pale and livid (after three days). Countenance pale and haggard (after two hours). Face pale and anxious (after three hours). Countenance pale, distorted, sunken. Very pale face, with at first closed, afterwards open, staring eyes, with the eyeballs turned outwards (after two hours). Excessive paleness of face, with a fixed and stupid look. Face and hands deathly pale. Bluish color of the face. Flushing of face. Face flushed and expression wild (after one hour). Redness of the face. Very red face. Face red, puffy. Face scarlet-red and puffy. Black in face. In morning, disturbed countenance, with blue rings around eyes (second day). Lineaments relaxed, expressionless. Slight twitchings of the face. The face, alternately pale and livid, was the seat of incessant spasmodic movements. Spasmodic distortion of the facial muscles, with froth from the mouth. (*From several grains of Camphor injected into the median veins*). Face hot to the touch. Burning in the face. Cheeks. Redness of the cheeks and lobules of the ears. Stitching in left cheeks. Boring in right zygoma. Drawing in the left zygoma. China Stitching in the chin. Closure of the jaws (trismus). Tensive pain i masticators. Drawing in the angle of the right lower jaw.
Mouth
Teeth and Gums. A little froth about the teeth, which were firmly clenched. Painful looseness of the teeth (after ten hours). Transient toothache, now in one, in another tooth. The teeth seem too long, with cutting toothache, which seems to originate from the swelling of a submaxillary glands. Drawing in hollow lower back teeth. When walking, drawing in decayed upper incisors. Continual toothache for several weeks; gnawing and boring in nearly all the back teeth, though especially in the hollow teeth, aggravated by coffee or alcoholic drinks, and also if even a soft piece of bread touches the affected teeth; relieved by drinking cold water; if, however, cold water is held in the mouth, it aggravates the pain, as also does cold air; together with longing for beer, which affords him relief, as also tobacco-smoking. On going into the cold, or windy air, with the toothache, a stitch shoots from the tooth to the eye. Toothache; transient, cutting shootings through the gum to the roots of the incisor and canine teeth (after a quarter of an hour), (from smelling). During coition the toothache ceases, immediately after which he sleeps quietly for the first time. Gums loosened, of a livid color. Tongue. Tongue thick, spongy, fissured, covered with much tough yellowish mucus. Tongue dry, or covered with aphthae. Sensation of dryness on the back part of the tongue, like a scraping, with much saliva. Tongue cold, flabby, trembling. Very decided burning on the edge of the tongue and hard palate. Tongue felt swollen and numb. Biting sensation in the end of the tongue, as from pepper. General Mouth. The breath had the odor of camphor (after six hours). Offensive odor from the mouth in the morning, which he himself noticed (after twenty hours). The mouth dry; is compelled to drink frequently. Dryness of the mouth excessive the whole day (after 16 drops). Dryness in the mouth, with thirst. The mouth very dry, with increased thirst. Continued dryness of the mouth, with increased thirst. A cold sensation rises into the mouth and to the palate (after four to six hours). The sense of coolness changed to that of sharpness and burning (after half an hour). Unpleasant warmth in the mouth. Sensation of heat in the mouth and stomach. Sensation in mouth, as after eating peppermint lozenges, and the same in stomach (immediately). Whole mouth interiorly, with tongue, gums, and palate, feels as if swollen. Severe burning on the palate, extending down into the pharynx, that obliges her to drink, but is not relieved by any amount of drinking (immediately after smelling). Single coarse stitches in the palate (after four hours). A dry scraping sensation on the palate. Saliva. Flow of saliva (after a few minutes). Continual collection of saliva in the mouth (after half an hour). Collection of saliva in the mouth, which is at times slimy and tenacious (after one and a half hours). Profuse secretion of watery saliva. Frothing at the mouth. Froth issued from the mouth (after a few minutes). Foaming at mouth. Taste. Taste bad. Increased taste of all food; broth tastes very strong (after two hours). The taste itself is natural, but everything that he tastes, and even the customary tobacco, tastes bitter (after thirteen hour). The food tastes bitter, meat still more so than bread (the eructations during and after eating tasting of camphor), (after four hours). Tobacco has an offensive, bitter taste (after two hours and three-quarters). Speech. When roused, he had scarcely any power to articulate (after twenty minutes). Great difficulty of speech and thought. Speech feeble, broken, hoarse.
Throat
Heat in throat. Burning heat in throat, mouth, and stomach. Painful drawing and stiff sensation in the side of the throat and neck, when walking in the open air (after five hours). Sore throat (at night) when swallowing, and even more when not swallowing, as if the throat were sore and torn up, with a sensation as if she had eaten rancid substances. Scraping in throat. Slight scraping in the throat. Burning in the pharynx and stomach. Repeated short stitches at back and toward left side of pharynx. Slight warmth in the oesophagus and stomach, extending over the whole body (soon). Drinking difficult.
Stomach
Appetite and Thirst. Total loss of appetite (after six hours). Aversion to the accustomed tobacco-smoking without its tasting badly; he soon becomes averse to it, even to vomiting. Thirst. Great thirst (after six hours). Continued thirst, with frequent drinking. Longing for drinks, without thirst. Loss of thirst (first twenty-four hours). Loss of thirst (first thirty-six hours). Eructations. Frequent eructations. Frequent eructations tasting of camphor. Occasional eructations having a strong odor of camphor. Empty eructations frequently after eating, and almost continuous (after three hours, and later). Eructations and gulping of the contents of the stomach. Nausea and Vomiting Nausea. Nausea (after one and a half hours). Nausea, with accumulation of saliva. Nausea and inclination to vomit, which disappeared every time after an eructation (after a quarter of an hour). Nausea and vomiting, especially mornings. Retching. Constant retching. Vomiting, etc. Profuse morning vomiting of sour mucus disappeared during the whole proving of Camphor. Vomiting of yellow, watery liquid, smelling of camphor. Vomited black-streaked fluid smelling strongly of camphor. Bilious vomiting colored with blood. She drank some coffee, which excited vomiting. Stomach. Digestion is impeded. (*Not found*). Impaired digestion. Feeling like hunger in stomach (after twenty minutes). Severe gastric pains. Pain in the stomach. Pain in the epigastric region. Pain, at first moderate, but afterwards very intense, in the epigastrium, radiating all over the belly into the limbs, accompanied by uterine tenesmus. Gradually increasing pain in epigastrium, loins, and bowels, with strangury and vomiting (after ten hours). Sense of coolness in stomach (after one hour). Coldness only in stomach. Sensation of heat in stomach. Violent sensation of heat in stomach. Burning in the stomach, etc. Violent burning in the stomach. Sensation in the pit of the stomach as if it were distended and bruised, with fulness of the abdomen (after twenty-five hours). A sensation in the region of the pit of the stomach as if the abdomen were distended at this point, and the diaphragm thereby pressed upward; this sensation was accompanied by oppression of breathing. Pressive pain in the pit of the stomach, or in the anterior part of the liver. An oppressive sensation, with a feeling of warmth in the pit of the stomach. Stitches in the stomach (after five minutes), (from 28 drops).
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.