Sleep and Dreams.
Sleepiness. Excessively sleepy an hour before usual bedtime. Notwithstanding the good sleep at night, great sleepiness in daytime, but if he lies down for a nap, cannot fall asleep. Sleeplessness. Late going to sleep, with restlessness during night and anxious dreams. Restless night, with sensation of swelling of the eyeballs, which continued till after he awoke; they felt as if much enlarged (second day). Wakes up at early dawn, and cannot fall asleep again, although still sleepy and not excited. Awoke at 5 A.M. very restless; could not lie quiet five minutes at a time. Dreams. Unpleasant dreams at night, which cannot be remembered (second day). Distressing dreams at night; about to be put to death by poison, and at the same time innocent of crime. Many dreams at night; dreams of crossing a stream on horseback; the stream and the water on him freezes.
Dreamed at night that he had an attack of strangury, which on awaking in morning proved to be the case, and from which he did not get relief for nearly two hours (fifth day).
Fever.
General coldness all over. Could not get warm for nearly a week after finishing medicine. Sensation of coldness in back of neck at 10 A.M. (third day). Feet cold (naturally, burning hot), (fourth day). Cold feet, even when walking, at 12 M. (fourth day).
Conditions.– Aggravation.
(Morning), After rinsing mouth with cold water, toothache; phlegm in throat; before rising, uneasiness in bowels; on waking, pain in colon; uneasiness in lower abdomen; pain in hypogastric region; on waking, attack of strangury. (Forenoon, at 10 o’clock), Pain along coronal suture; sensation from heart to eye, etc.; stricture in chest; stiffness of muscles of neck; sensation in leg; cold sensation in back of neck.
(Noon), Pain into brain, etc.; pulsation through chest; cold feet.
(Afternoon). At 2 o’clock, after dinner, qualmishness; at 6 o’clock, pain from lumbar region to crest of ilium; weakness, etc. in small of back.
(Evening). Prickling, etc.
(Afternoon and evening), Feeling in knee-joint.
(Night), Fullness of head, etc.; pain in teeth; at 10 o’clock, toothache, etc.
(Draft of air), Causes or increases the pains; pain in shoulder- blade, etc.
(Cold water), Causes or increases the pains.
(While walking), Sensation of vertigo; weakness, etc. of knee- joint.
Amelioration
(Standing), Pains in shoulder-blade, etc.
(Walking), Pains in shoulder-blade, etc.
(Quick walking), Causes relief; nausea.
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.