Violent itching and pricking on inner side of knee-joint ever since he began to take the medicine, worse in the night and the morning before getting up. Sticking-itching in the fore-part of the throat, forepart of the chest, with swollen cervical glands;red points appear, forming round spots, with hard granular pimples; this eruption burns and itches, especially on scratching; at last the spots became painful.
Sleep and Dreams.
Sleepiness.
Drowsiness. Great drowsiness and lassitude in warm room (after two hours). Unusual drowsiness in morning. Unusual drowsiness and heaviness over eyes (after three hours). Felt a drowsy sensation, as though he could sleep readily; went to bed at 12 o’clock (after two hours). Desire to sleep during day. Disposition to sleep during the day. Disposition to fall asleep while listening to the lecture, several times, notwithstanding great effort to keep awake, at 11 A.M. (third day). Great inclination to sleep during day (third day).
Sleeplessness.
No desire for sleep, but sat up and read until 1.30 A.M.; did not sleep for half an hour after going to bed. Restlessness at night.
Restlessness and sleeplessness during night from a constant flow of ideas, changing from one subject to another. Great restlessness at night, continual dreaming and waking.
Restless and tossing about during the whole night, with anxious dreams, which he is wholly unable to recall after awaking (second day). Restless, uneasy sleep; increased restlessness on following night, with constant dreaming; seemed to dream before getting to sleep. Sleep restless, with vivid dreams, but he cannot remember them in morning. Still had drowsy sensation on going to bed, and very strong desire to sleep, but could not sleep on account of a disagreeable nervous sensation, which caused him to toss about in bed for an hour and a half. After retiring, did not sleep for over an hour, but tossed about, very nervous and mentally vexed.
Wakes up suddenly, as from a dream. Waking suddenly after midnight, as from a dream, he has no breath, like a nightmare.
Awoke and started up several times without purpose. Loss of sleep during forepart of night (second day). Loss of sleep at night, without pains and without exhaustion; in the morning he feels strengthened, and as if he had no need of sleep. Nightly sleeplessness; hears the clock strike every hour. Sensation as if he had not had a refreshing sleep, at 8 A.M., on waking (second day).
Dreams.
Dreamed continually. He would be scarcely lost in a drowse before he would be dreaming. Dreams, with much talking in sleep, which is very restless. Had several dreams, and woke several times during night. Many dreams, and waked up often. Vivid dreams of studies and business, etc. Vivid dreams of the lectures, particularly the anatomical, during the night; could not believe that he was not actually there (third day). Slept not so well as the night before, and his dreams are vivid and rather pleasing, but he cannot bring them to his recollection; (he dreams more or less every night, but thinks the above dreams were rather unusually vivid. Unusually vivid dreams of a sensual nature.
Slept very well, but had very vivid dreams, which he could not remember. Although accustomed to dream much yet he had more troublesome dreams than usual. In one of his dreams, saw a spider as large as an ox.
Fever.
Chilliness.
Chilliness in warm room. Feeling of coldness and sensation of inertia. Sensation as if a cold breeze was blowing upon the eyes, very marked, in afternoon, when sitting in house (second day). A space about the size of a quarter-dollar, just above and between the supraorbital regions (root of nose?), felt as though pressed upon by a cold metallic body, while within the cranium underneath there seemed to be more warmth than usual (after ten minutes).
Coldness in the joints; shivering and drawing in the arms and legs. Hands cold.
Heat.
Fever. Occasionally, fever and fullness in forehead. From the front to the back of the head, mostly over right eye and temple, heat in the head (second day). Front of head very hot (after half an hour). Heat rises from the stomach into the throat and head, at night, while lying in bed, disappears on sitting up. Flashes of heat, confined to abdomen, with great flatulence. Abdomen, below transverse colon, felt hot (after three hours). Sensation of warmth under sternum (second day). Felt a warm glow through legs, soon succeeded by a dull pain in left arm, just above elbow, and occasional darting pains in lower extremities (after ten minutes).
Sweat.
Perspiration about 12 M. Skin moist and cool (second day).
Sweat between the thighs while walking; it has an offensive odor and is corrosive. Profuse sweating between the thighs.
Conditions. Aggravation.
(Morning), On rising, at 7 o’clock, giddiness, etc.; after waking, especially when lying on left side and pressing forehead into pillow, pain in forehead; on waking, especially when lying on left side and back, aching pain in forehead; on waking, pain in organ of Conscientiousness; after rising from bed, fullness, etc. in occiput, etc.; furred tongue; after rising, drawing in mouth; on waking, at 8 o’clock, throat dry, appetite impaired; on waking, at 8 o’clock, thirsty; hoarseness; aching across small of back, etc.; at 4 o’clock, pain in kidney region; weakness of limbs; sense of prostration; before getting up, itching etc. on inner side of thighs.
(Forenoon), All symptoms; head full; at 11 o’clock, feeling in umbilical region; pain in knee-joint.
(Noon), While walking, pain in knee-joint; nervousness, etc.; perspiration.
(Afternoon), From 4 to 5 o’clock, pain from ribs to hypochondriac region; pain in knee-joint; sensation on eyes.
(Evening), All pains; pain in forehead; pain in right frontal region; shooting in temple; soreness of eyes; erections; hoarseness; soreness from ear to neck; pain in side of dorsal vertebrae; at 8 o’clock, numbness, etc. in limbs; sensation in shoulder-joint.
(Night). Dryness, etc. in mouth; itching in anus; on motion in bed, pain in back; itching inside of thighs; itching, etc., on knee-joint; while lying in bed, heat from stomach into throat, etc.
(Before midnight), Loss of sleep.
(Open air), Pain in left hypochondrium.
(After dinner), Feeling in rectum.
(After eating), Noises in ears.
(Inspiration), Soreness under breast.
(Long inspiration). Soreness over heart; pain over back.
(Lying down), Cough (Motion), Pain in forehead; sensation across temples; pain in left hypochondrium; pains in thighs.
(Moving eyes and scalp), Pain in supraorbital region.
(Pressure), Pain in head; sore feeling over ossa ilii.
(Reading), Pain in head.
(Rest), Numbness in arm.
(Sleeping), Head-ache.
(Before stool), Pain in bowels.
(Thinking), Pain in head.
(Walking), Throbbing pulse, etc.; pain in tendo Achillis; sweat between thighs.
(In warm room), Pain in supraorbital region; drowsiness, etc.
(Writing), Pain in arm.
Amelioration.
(Afternoon), All symptoms.
(Evening), All symptoms.
(Open air), Feels better; mental sensation; fullness, etc. in head.
(Walking in open air), Sense of elevation.
(Bending forward), Pain in left hypochondrium.
(External compression of head), Attacks of headache.
(After dinner), Feels better.
(After eating), Better.
(Getting up and washing), Pain in forehead.
(Sitting up), Cough.
(After sleeping), Better.
(Turning to right side of bed), Pain forehead.
(Walking), Feeling joints of lower extremities; pain in thighs.
(Warmth of stove), Pain in back; pain in arm.
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.