Inside of tragus of left ear constantly itches, so also left side of chin and jaw under the beard; scratching, temporary relief (old symptom), (twenty-first day) Itching of right alar crease of nose, in the afternoon (twenty-fourth day). Itching on both sides of chin, in head, etc. in the early morning (twenty- sixth day). Itching, left side of scrotum, in the afternoon (twenty-fourth day). Itching, dorsal, right side; friction, voluntary, by clothing, caused chilly creeping, round from back to sides and front of chest, after midnight (nineteenth day).
Sleep and Dreams.– Sleepiness.
Constant inclination to yawn, with decided weakness (second day). Yawning (tenth day). Yawning towards evening (eighth day).
Frequent yawning (third day). Going out, and whilst in the street, repeated yawning and long expiration, with inclination to end in an audible ha! ho! (evening), (seventeenth day).
Sleepiness during the day (tenth day). Drowsiness, so that I could not maintain the clearness necessary to enter the charges of the day’s visits; had to lie down and go to sleep, evening (weather rainy, since 2 P.M.) (twenty-seventh day). Drowsiness in car and church, afternoon (twenty-sixth day). While sitting, drowsiness, with pressure downward in the whole frontal region, extending its influence to the upper eyelids, at noon (twenty- third day). Whilst sitting in conversation (both before and after dinner), drowsiness (twenty-second day). Drowsiness in street- car; after getting out, loggy gait (twenty ninth day). Sitting, drowsy feeling like warmth about the eyes, and down to throat, in the afternoon (fifteenth day). In the afternoon, while sitting conversing, drowsy, cannot keep my eyes open; the lids seem to spasmodically contract; worse from glare on white wall (eleventh day); day before yesterday, in like circumstances, dozed in my chair (before dinner; today, after dinner). Feeling a little drowsy while standing, forenoon (twentieth day). In a close railroad car, very drowsy; fell asleep (eighteenth day). Felt drowsy and weary one hour; hard to get awake; felt very heavy in the afternoon (seventeenth day) During the day, when conversing with patients, felt very drowsy, in warm rooms (third day). Quiet sleep, with dreams (twenty sixth day, after 8 grains). Sleep more profound than usual, but did not refresh as usual, throughout the whole proving. Slept with benefit, and retired earlier than usual; rose the next morning somewhat rested (forty-first day).
Sleeplessness. Uneasy sleep with much cough (eighteenth night). Sleep uneasy, full of dreams (seventeenth night). Sleep very uneasy, interrupted by wonderful dreams, constant tossing about the bed (ninth night). Restless sleep at night (first night). As daylight approached, frequent waking, sleep almost semi-conscious (seventeenth day). Waking earlier than usual from an uneasy sleep Sudden starting from sleep at 2 A.M.; throat swollen, expectoration accomplished only with great difficulty; he was obliged to rise, and with great exertion to cough up some mucus, after which there was momentary slight relief; besides, the more he coughed the worse the respiration seemed to become; sweat covered the whole body, especially the back and limbs; respiration became rattling and gasping, so that he was obliged to get out of bed (without thirst, anxiety, or palpitation, only general heat very marked; pulse 66, small soft, irregular), (twenty-fifth night). No sleep at night, except a few hours in the morning (eighteenth day). Sleeplessness.
Dreams. Sleep full of dreams (twenty-seventh day).
Sleep interrupted by dreams. Dream indistinct in the morning (seventh day). Vivid dreams, towards morning (seventeenth night).
Frightful dreams, with restless sleep.
Fever.– Chilliness.
Temperature diminished (after eight hours). Temperature depressed. Bodily temperature fell 0.2 deg. lasting two hours (boy, after one hour and three-quarters. Bodily temperature fell 0.2 deg. lasting thirty minutes (8 grains, after eighty minutes); 1.0 deg. lasting three hours and a quarter (20 grains, after fifty-five minutes); 0, 4 deg. lasting forty-five minutes (20 grains, after eighty minutes), (girl). Violent chill in the afternoon, while at work, lasting an hour; after the chill, the usual warmth of the skin returned; the temperature of the air rose, from 8 A.M. to 2 P.M. from 40 deg. to 50 deg. F.
(second day). Violent chill, with trembling in the limbs, so that she could scarcely walk; after going to bed she had violent heat, with frequent yawning and sneezing, which was followed by copious sweat (thirty-first day after 20 grains). Decided shaking chill at 3 P.M.; at 6.1/2 P.M., heat of the face, lasting until almost 9 P.M., but no sweat followed (fourth day). Violent shaking chill, followed by fever. Chilliness in the afternoon (twentieth day). Chilliness towards evening, with rapid pulse, dryness of the mouth, and thirst. Chilliness, with paleness of the face, pain in the forehead and temples, and ringing in the ears, at 11 A.M. (eleventh day). Slight chilliness, with somewhat accelerated pulse. General chilliness over the whole body, especially the back, with painfulness in the middle dorsal vertebrae (twenty-fifth night). Special chilliness during the whole afternoon (it seems to be in contradiction to the state of the weather), (sixth day). Stove-heat is agreeable, in the forenoon (second day). The fever shows itself at one time by an effervescence of the blood, causing great pulsation (or “snapping”) of the veins, at another by an icy coldness of the whole body, is so much that it has been compared to the action of an intermittent fever; this fever seems to terminate by a sharp spontaneous accession (from breathing the dust of the bark).
Chilly creeps, right side of occiput; afterwards left side, in the afternoon (twenty-fourth day). In the morning, had a renewal of an old symptom, from the blowing of cold air on front of chest, i. e. a cold feeling under left clavicle, requiring additional covering (eighteenth day). Chilliness in scapular and mammary regions (twenty-third day). Chilly creeps over the whole tract of trapezius muscle; later from spines of scapulae to shoulders; and still later, on taking hat off in the house, from trapezius, over occiput, to vertex, and behind the ears, in the forenoon (nineteenth day). Chilly creeps over various parts of the trapezius, as heretofore, with soreness recurring in right lower bicuspid, in the afternoon (twenty-fifth day). Going to outhouse to urinate, the air growing slightly cool and windy, felt slight chill from occiput over the whole space of trapezius muscle and to upper arms, in the afternoon (fifteenth day). When lying down, before breakfast, cold feeling in sacrum and left leg, from knee to foot (forty-fourth day). Extremities cold (after eight hours). Extremities, hands, feet, chin, and nose cold, from noon till evening (eighth day). Feet and hands cold, especially left foot and tendo Achillis, in the afternoon (twenty-third day). Fingers, toes, and soles cold (room heated), in the morning (second day). Whilst sitting in warmish room in shirt-sleeves, writing, left arm feels slightly cool; single strong sneeze; tingling and snuffling afterwards, right side, then snuffling on left side; slight sense of stoppage (either side) alternates with the snuffling, in the evening (fifteenth day). Left hand cold, whilst writing, in the afternoon (twenty fifth day). The left hand, holding the paper, colder than the right, using the pen, in the afternoon (first day). Back of hands and fingers getting cold, in the afternoon (first day). Knees getting cold (twelfth day) The left knee, if uncovered (by my wrapper), gets cold, the right less affected thereby; hands are comfortable, the left a little cool; not observed until thinking about it a little while, in the forenoon (twenty-fourth day).
Feet cold (sitting writing) in the afternoon (fourth day).
In a draft of air, feet getting cold to ankles, with sneezing; draft and cold feet continuing, sneezing not repeated in the forenoon (twenty-first day). Noticed my feet getting cold; first soles, then anterior half, especially of left, the former with sneezing (after fifteen minutes), (thirteenth day). (* Hay fever, with Feet and sneezing, may here find a remedy. *) inner calves cold, especially the left, in the forenoon (twenty eighth day). Feet, then knees and above boots, especially the left, getting cold, the room being without a fire, in the afternoon (first day). Left foot cold to ankle, at noon (fourteenth day). Having crossed my limbs to test the left sidedness, the left foot is even colder than before; the right not proportionately, at least, in the forenoon (twenty fourth day). Sitting writing, left foot cold as before (perhaps this is so marked because the left is nearest to a draft from the bathroom on that side) (in the forenoon), (twenty-fourth day). Heat. Flushing, but left foot cold, afternoon (twenty-seventh day). Temperature (second day) 98 deg. (morning, noon and night). Temperature (fourth day), 98 deg. at 7 A.M., 12 M., and 9 P.M. Temperature (2 grains), 98 deg. (after one hour); 99.1/2 deg. (after three hours); 98 deg. (after eight hours); 98 deg. (after nine hours). Temperature (third day), 98.1/4 deg., at 7 A.M., 98.1/2 deg. at 12 M., 98 deg. at 9 P.M., Temperature (10 grains), 98.1/2 deg. (after one hour); 99 deg.
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.