With the atmosphere at 15 deg. R., the hand dipped in Chlorine gas feels a heat of from 32 deg. to 55 deg. R., although the thermometer is not affected. This must have been occasioned by a chemical combination of Chlorine, with the exhalations of the skin. Sweat. Perspiration increased. Copious perspiration. Night-sweat during sleep, with genial glow all over surface of body. Causes critical sweat.
Conditions.– Aggravation.
(Morning), Fretfulness; on waking, lachrymation; sneezing; taste in mouth; weakness in abdomen; at 3 o’clock, sensation as if sickness were coming on.
(Afternoon), From 10 or 11 A.M. to 2 P.M., shudders over arms, etc.
(Evening), Flowing from nose; paroxysms; less appetite; chilliness.
(Night), Sweat.
(Open air), Lachrymation.
(After dinner), Headache.
(During and after eating), Heat, etc.
(Lying), Symptoms of coryza.
(Sitting with back to sun), Shuddering.
Amelioration.
(From motion in open air), Some relief.
(From inspiring sulfuretted hydrogen gas), Great relief.
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.