Respiration.
Abominable breath. No want of breath on climbing up hill.
Difficulty in breathing, with palpitation of the heart, and a not unpleasant weariness of the whole body, as after a great exertion, continuing even in bed (seventh day). Shortness of breath and slight oppression on ascending a height (one hour after 30 drops, seventh day). The oppression and shortness of breath, especially on ascending a hill, continued three or four days, but on the fifth and sixth days there was no oppression and no shortness of breath, even on rapid walking or ascending a height. Incessant dyspnoea, a pressure upon the whole chest, with constant desire to take a deep breath, as if thereby something could be breathed away (after 40 drops, eighth day).
Chest.
Great freedom in the chest and in the whole body; feels very fresh and vigorous, with desire to walk rapidly and a long distance, although it is very warm and sunny (first day).
Heaviness on the chest, obliging him to take a deep breath frequently; it is neither painful nor unpleasant on walking or ascending steps (second day). Heaviness and dyspnoea in the chest, in the forenoon while walking; sometimes a distended painful sensation on the chest, though impeding the breathing very little (from chewing the leaves). A peculiar heaviness in the chest and shortness of breath in the evening, while walking slowly (seventh day after 30 drops of the tincture). A painful heaviness in the chest, with a constant need to take a very deep breath, continuing while sitting still after walking, with sensation as if the lungs were too much distended (seventh day).
Dull pains just below clavicles, continuing all day (ninth day).
Unusual fullness of the chest, stomach and abdomen, in the afternoon (second day). Shortly after 12 P.M. one-half teaspoonful, a sensation of compression in the chest, in the region of the short ribs (first day). Oppression of the chest (after two hours and a half). Oppression of the chest (after four hours). Much oppression of the chest, shortness of breath, especially on ascending steps; (* This prover formerly suffered from difficult breathing, especially on ascending steps. *) Soreness in upper lobe of lungs (sixth day), continuing all day (eighth day).
Sides.
Pain beneath the first and second false ribs of the left side while walking (second day). Slight stitches in right chest, near the sternum, about the fourth rib (seventh day). Transient stitches in the left lung, between the third and sixth ribs, aggravated by deep inspiration (after one hour and three- quarters).
Stitching pains under left clavicle, at 12 M.; same pains under right clavicle, 4 P.M. (fifth day).
Heart and Pulse.
Heart’s Action.
Palpitation of heart. Violent palpitation of the heart (second day). Nervous palpitation of the heart, he frequently had, but not lately (fourth day).
Pulse.
After an infusion of the leaves, pulse became much accelerated, beats of the heart being nearly quadrupled. Pulse remained weak and accelerated until night (first day). Pulse slightly increased during the first three hours. Pulse increased from 70 to 134, with this also, a peculiar noise in the ears. After 18 drachms in one day, his pulse rose to 134, and while in the height of delirium, he expressed fully, in writing, his feelings in the presence of several attending colleagues. Results quite similar to those observed after the use of Caffeine, viz. (after about ten minutes), a slower and smaller pulse, with increased arterial tension; as may be seen by the subjoined tracings (see Plate I, Figs. 1 to 9). Normal pulse was 80; under Coca, it sunk to 72, in forty minutes; and to 68 in one hour and a half. Normal pulse 76; after ten minutes, 64; after one hour, 60; during two hours, 68; all day, 72.
Neck and Back.
Pillows felt hard to neck and head, at night, in bed. When bending neck down forwards, pain at upper part of back of neck (one hundred and sixth day); bending backwards or forwards, pain in muscles of left side of back of neck, as if strained, 10 P.M.
(one hundred and twenty-eighth day). In morning, during expiration, rather more forcible than usual, sudden rather sharp pain in right lumbar region, when standing (one hundred and thirty-eighth day).
Extremities in General.
Pain in the limbs, often relieved for a short time by the outbreak of boils. Aching of the limbs, for a short time relieved by the appearance of furunculi.
Superior Extremities.
Arm.
Occasional pain in left deltoid; sudden in right deltoid, on using it, as if it had been strained, 9 A.M. (twenty-third and thirty-sixth days). In morning, pain for a short time bout insertion of deltoid, on moving right arm by that muscle (one hundred and sixty-first and one hundred and sixty-second days).
On raising or lowering left arm, pain in deltoid, as if it had been strained, 10 P.M. and during night lying on right side (fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth days); better (eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth, again twenty-sixth day). 4 to 5 P.M., pain in right arm, just about insertion of deltoid, felt on raising the arm or lowering it, after having raised it; 4 P.M. (one hundred and fifty-second day). In morning, on lowering the arms, often on holding the arms clasped above the head, sudden pain in lower part of right deltoid, as if sprained; also, for a few minutes afterwards, on raising and lowering the arm, by means of that muscle (one hundred and sixty-fifth day).
Forearm.
Pain in the muscles of the forearm and along the border of the radius, on moving or pressing upon it, as from a violent blow; this pain lasted the whole day and became a very violent feeling, as if the place must be red and blue, though nothing could be seen (twelfth day). Great pain in bones of left forearm, as if broken, worse by raising or stretching out the arms, so that he was scarcely able to use it, or to take hold of anything with the left hand, for two days (tenth day).
Hand.
On borders of hand lame pain; afterwards several of the symptoms, e. g., the urinary symptoms, the waking on back, the emptiness of stomach, etc., continued to return at times (after one hundred and sixty-eight days).
Fingers.
Painful lameness in the fourth and fifth fingers of the right hand the whole day, especially noticed on stretching out the fingers or grasping anything, without external painfulness (third day); the next day this lameness became more located in the abductor of the little finger, and consisted of severe pressure with painfulness deep in the flesh, as after a blow or great exertion. On washing, a deadness of little finger of left hand, with sensation of great enlargement of the same; further, a sound as from a middle-toned ringing bell; both symptoms lasting but a short time (sixth day).
Deadness of right little finger, on waking in the morning, passing off in a few minutes (nineteenth day). Again, on waking from siesta (seventeenth day).
Inferior Extremities.
On one or two occasions, slight staggering to the left (one hundred and forty-sixth day). A weak trembling sensation in legs.
Hip.
A stitching pain on right hip, with weakness in walking, (first day); stitches running towards the bowels (fourth day).
Thigh.
Walking in open air, a sudden momentary pain in right buttock, almost preventing the movement for a moment, 5 P.M. (eighty-first day). A dull severe pain in left leg, from hip-joint to knee.
Walking in open air, occasional stinging in muscles at back of left thigh, inner side, above knee-joint, 5 P.M. (eleventh day).
Knee.
In about six hours, aching pain in anterior portion of right knee, shooting down tibia to foot, after getting warm in bed, lasting till he fell asleep (six hours after taking the drug).
Leg.
Awaking last night, cramp in right calf, calf painful on pressure and when walking during the day (thirty-second day); again, 4 P.M. (fifty-first day), or while lying on the back with leg extended, sudden in left calf; slightly when sitting with knees bent, evening (eighty-fifth day); and in morning on going down stairs, when stepping with left foot (eighty-sixth day). Left calf feels painful, as after a cramp, occasionally, on going down stairs or walking, or putting the calf muscles in action (one hundred and fifth and one hundred and sixth days).
Ankle.
1.45 P.M., when lifting up right leg in the act of running gently, a sudden transient but painless feeling, as if the right ankle-joint had given way or become loose (forty-first day). 4 P.M., when running gently in open air, sudden momentary feeling of weakness in the left ankle-joint, as if it had given way (one hundred and twenty-ninth day); near 4 P.M. (one hundred and thirtieth day). Right ankle feels sprained and weak when standing on right foot, this morning and last night (seventeenth day).
Foot.
After taking globules (4 P.M)., very much fatigued in the feet, for some hours. The feet seem heavy with lead (seventh day).
One day pain in left instep, like dislocation; another day, a bruised pain in region of right hip-joint; both when walking.
Sensation of straining in left instep, in the morning on getting up, during warm weather (twenty-first day); later when walking or when sitting.
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.