Introduction.
The element. Chlorine; (G), Chlor-gas; (Fr)., Chlore. Preparations: Saturated solution of the gas in ice-cold water; lower dilutions with water.
Mind.
Emotional.
Mind tranquil and active. Excessive anxiety attacks him. Excessive anxiety; he could not speak a word. His mind is terribly affected; he is afraid of becoming insane; thinks it is impossible to get through it; everything seems confused; at the same time he cannot remember anything; worse the second day.
Great irritability and disposition to anger. Great fretfulness in the morning. Intellectual. The difficulty of recalling names when he sees the persons is far worse, besides, what is not so common, that of recollecting persons when he sees their names (second day).
Head.
Vertigo. Vertigo and stupefaction. General Head. Disagreeable sensation in the head when shuddering. Forenoon at 11, disagreeable sensation in the head; crawling shudder, most on the back; he sits with his back to the sun, which makes it worse; later, a feverish sensation. Sensation as if he would have a headache (after the first dose, in a man who never had a headache in his life). Headache during coryza.
Headache, worse after dinner. Vertex. Painful wearing sensation in vertex and down the left side, with inclination to lie down (in a man who never had suffered from headache, every time on taking a drop of a weak solution of Chlorine, evening and morning). Parietals. Headache in the left side, before the shuddering. Occiput. Burning and pressure in the occipital protuberance gradually increased in severity (till he took the antidote, Sulfuretted hydrogen).
Eye.
Eyes protruding. Lachrymal Apparatus. Lachrymation during coryza. Lachrymation on waking (third day); Lachrymation, especially in the open air; the right eye was formerly disposed thereto. Watering of the eyes from Chlorine vapor. Eyes very much affected the second day; he is often obliged to wipe them. Vision. Dimness of the eyes during fever. Suddenly, numerous fantastic images floated before the eyes, which disappeared with lightning-like rapidity.
Ear.
Ringing in the right ear (dulness also in the left; deaf for forty years).
Nose.
Objective. Severe sneezing. Mornings, violent sneezing, after coryza in the evening. Violent coryza. Flow from the right nostril; his left is always stopped; a few minutes after taking, afternoons. Abundant discharge of mucus from the nostrils.
Nose discharged mucus freely; water dropped from left nostril; did not burn or excoriate the skin. In twenty-four hours after coryza sets in, copious yellow mucus appears, as if the coryza were already ripe; no sneezing, and continued stoppage of the nose. Corroding water from the nose. Evenings, sudden flowing and dropping from the nose of a corrosive water, but without a sharp taste; at the same time lachrymation, dryness of the tongue, palate, and fauces, without thirst, but cold water is very agreeable; severe stopping up of the nose while it flows; all symptoms of coryza are worse when lying (two hours after 1 drop). Subjective. Mucous membrane of the nose attacked. Dryness of the nose. Has a peculiar suffocating odor, which produces a sensation of dryness in the nose and an irritation to cough in the windpipe, with pressure on the chest, lasting a shorter or longer time. When Chlorine gas is inhaled, it causes a very disagreeable sticking sensation and the consequence of this action is a violent coryza, that disappears again after several hours. Burning pain, with severe tension and great dryness in the nose and eyes. Sensation in the corners of the nose as if eroded, without visible soreness (after several days). Smell. Smell of Chlorine in right nostril; left one entirely stopped up.
Loss of smell.
Face.
Heightened color of the face. Complexion pale, often greyish.
Face puffy. Face bloated. Swollen face, with protrusion of eyes.
Mouth.
Teeth. Sensation of fullness in the teeth (after several drops). Tongue. Dryness of the tongue, palate, and fauces, without thirst, but cold water is agreeable to him. General Mouth. Mucous membrane of the mouth affected. Mucous membrane of mouth and nose severely affected. Increased vascularity and minute ulcerations in mouth and throat. Dryness in the mouth. Soreness in the mouth, fauces, and pharynx, redness, and even small ulcers (from outward applications). Soreness of mouth, fauces and oesophagus, as if the tongue had been burnt, as if he had been eating vegetable acids, or as if his teeth had been injured by acids. Saliva. The quantity and character of the saliva and bile are altered. Flow of saliva (from continued use). Salivation. Much mucus in the mouth. Abundant discharge of mucus from mouth and nose. Taste. Disagreeable taste and odor, so suffocating that it cannot even be inhaled mixed with common air without a sensation of suffocation and contraction of the chest. Mornings, febrile taste in the mouth, ceased after rinsing it. Speech. Great difficulty in articulating or breathing.
Throat.
Choking sensation. Throat sore, from uvula to bronchi (after two hours and a quarter). For two days after, throat and chest were sore and voice hoarse. Evenings, a few paroxysms, as if he would have a cough; as if the whole pharynx were raw or becoming so. Swallowing. Inability to swallow. He could not swallow.
Stomach.
Appetite. Evenings, less appetite. At first, appetite for tobacco; later, it does not taste good; smoking bites the tongue, and causes dryness in the mouth. Thirst. Desire for wine rather increased. Stomach. Inflammation of stomach.
Acidity. Acid stomach and other gastric troubles (in workmen exposed to Chlorine, and for which they eat chalk). Acts on the mucous membrane of the stomach as a strong local irritant, also increases the secretion of bile; it cannot, however, act long independently, as it comes in contact with many substances having a great affinity for it; in this way it increases the quantity of chlorides in the blood, while it lessens that of carbonates and other salts; its secondary effect will therefore be similar to that of Natrum muriaticum.
Abdomen.
Hypochondria. The character of the bile was altered.
Increased secretion of bile. General Abdomen. Weakness in the abdomen, mornings (third and fourth days).
Stool.
During coryza, diarrhoea and other complaints, even during fever, appetite remains undisturbed. After 1 drop in the evening, some diarrhoea in the morning., After taking, stool next morning at the usual hour, but diarrhoea-like; a second still thinner the same forenoon; following day the same.
Urinary Organs.
Urethra. Frequent desire to urinate, but it is only passed in moderate quantities, for several days. Urine. Increased urine. Urine possesses bleaching properties. Urine loses the power of reddening litmus-paper.
Sexual Organs.
Sudden impotence, even total aversion to sexual enjoyment; ordinarily he was easily excited, but now the contemplation of the greatest charms failed to arouse him; in a vigorous man of
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Respiratory Organs.
Larynx, Trachea, and Bronchi.
Inflammation of the air-passages and lungs. Inflammation of the bronchial mucous membrane. Phlegmonous inflammation of the bronchial membranes. Bronchial catarrh, very common. Violent spasms of glottis. A feeling as if the rima glottidis were stiff, as if made of an iron ring (after two hours and a half).
Inhaled mixed with air it causes a sensation of distress and suffocation, and violent cough; it always gave me a sensation as if the air-passages were contracted, as if there must be a cramp in the muscular fibres of the bronchi; the attack passed off with increased secretion of mucus, often with spitting of blood. Sensation of constriction in air-tubes, tightness, and suffocation. Violent irritation in larynx and bronchi. Violent irritation in epiglottis, larynx, and bronchial tubes.
Immediately, a violent irritation in the larynx, windpipe, and bronchi, cough, oppression, pressure in the chest; he could not swallow; exercise in the open air agreed very well with him, but did not relieve the excessive pressure and constriction; violent anxiety seized him, he could only utter single words, breathed heavily; the mucous membrane of the mouth and nose was severely affected; much mucus in the mouth, violent coryza; Ammonia did not help him; the face was bloated, eyes protruded, spasmodic cough tormented him, pulse slightly changed; inhalations of sulfuretted hydrogen gas relieved him very much; excepting cough and slight pain in the chest all other symptoms ceased after one hour and a half. Irritation to cough. Voice. When inhaled undiluted, it causes spasms in the vocal cords.
Loss of voice for seven months. Aphonia for six months from damp air. Cough and Expectoration. Cough. Cough, with spitting of blood. Cough; tightness and sensation of pressure in chest. Inhaled in small quantities it causes cough and oppression; inhaled frequently, haemoptysis and consumption.
Violent cough. Spasmodic cough. Tormenting spasmodic cough. Chronic cough. Whistling- wheezing cough. Coughs seldom; no expectoration, but a little hoarseness; at each cough, a spot in the chest (region of right bronchus) feels sore, as if the cough jarred and hurt it (after two hours and a half). Cough, with expectoration of thick, white, frothy mucus. Fits of coughing, in which phlegm was always raised and ejected, but only after long and fatiguing efforts; in a minute or two phlegm would again collect, causing a fit of exhausting coughing until it was expectorated. Constant cough, the bronchi apparently filled with thick tenacious mucus; no relief from expectoration, chest seemed to fill again at once; when coughing, it seemed as if I must surely vomit, as if the efforts to “raise” the phlegm would also empty the stomach, yet no nausea is felt; warm sweat broke out on the forehead while coughing. Abundant expectoration of mucus. Inhaled in great quantities it produces spitting of blood and even death, with the most violent pains. Haemoptysis. Workmen who inhale it often are attacked with haemoptysis and lung disease. Respiration. Whistling rales, which are quite loud on a forced expiration (after two hours and a quarter). Respiration and heart’s action much increased.
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.