General Symptoms.
Objective. Weight of body increased one-eighth of a pound,-Retard metamorphosis, diminution and prevention of the natural loss of tissues which attends every bodily effort; it lessens the waste of tissues-Power of muscles notably augmented – Aptitude for work increased, – Active and vigorous of the whole day (sixth day after 10 drops of the tincture, the previous night)-Great physical vigor and great endurance, in spite of slight nourishment and little sleep,- Cerebral functions stimulated; inclination for work, and especially for fatiguing bodily exertion; hurried and impatient movement; rapidity in writing. Could not stay in one place, must go out, and walk or run,.- General excitement of the nervous system, very similar to that caused by a mixture of coffee and brandy., – Strongly excited imagination; increased desire for bodily exercise; hands trembles, can hardly write; trembling of legs, shivering in back, and inability to keep still,.- Such state of nervous excitement that he did not repeat the experiment (substituting it for usual Chinese tea),.- Unpleasant nervous excitement, so that he was willing to make a second proving,. – indolence (twelfth day),.- Weakness, in the afternoon (nineteenth day),.-The patient become weak and emaciated,.-When jaundice occurs indications generally follow showing the shattered condition of the nervous system; the patient complains of headache, and other like sufferings, gets weaker, can scarcely take any food, and quickly become emaciated. This state is often succeeded by a kind of leukaemia; the bilious tint gives way to a leaden color; an incurable sleeplessness sets in., – Gait unsteady, tottering, with trembling lips, disconnected speech, dull apathetic mood,. – Becoming old very early, with imbecility in old age,. – Chewers finally die of general consumption,. – Oedematous swelling, and afterwards ascites,. – Partial oedematous swelling arise and subsequently terminate in ascites, dropsy, death; also pain of the limbs, which are removed in a short time by breaking out f boils,. – Sudden jerking and waking from the usual short afternoon nap (eighth day)- Endeavors to get into the open air.,- General restlessness (seventh day),.- Involuntary, rapid walking, with the head inclined forward, with vertigo and dread of falling (transiently relieved by bouillon),(fifth day),.- uneasiness; blackish froth about the corners of the mouth,.- Great uneasiness, discomfort, and loss of sleep.,- When taken in the evening it causes great uneasiness, discomfort and sleeplessness; taken in the morning, its action is milder, causing loss of appetite.,- Uneasy tossing about i bed; the child repeatedly puts the arms under the head; indistinct speech.,- Though very sleepy, turned and twisted about all night, and awoke tired and heavy next day, with aching shoulders.,- Am incessantly turning about in bed; uneasy when lying on either side. Sometimes am afraid of losing my balance, and fancy myself carried off into space. I get up and walk the room with great strides; feel as if I could run for a long time. Am conscious all over of an indefinable buoyancy and flexibility. In a quarter of an hour, these feeling are usually succeeded by heaviness of the head, drowsiness, and desire for rest and quit. I fully agree with Rossier’s statement, that what is lacking, at this stage, is not the ability to move, but the inclination,.- Subjective. A kind of numbness, with a feeling of serenity, with retention of self-consciousness, and an instinctive desire to make no motions, not even to move a single finger, for an entire day. While in this condition there set in a sleep, full of strange quickly changing dreams, which could last an entire day without leaving any feeling of lassitude or restlessness,.- Extraordinarily well, lively, and able to work, from morning till noon (second day),.- Peculiar sensation of comfort, with slight pleasant warmth over the whole body, plainly starting from the stomach.,-Felt very buoyant on walking out i a dense chilling fog.,- Great lightness while climbing a mountain, without any respiratory troubles,.- Felt stimulated after increased dose; constipation, slight movement in the evening (third day); bowels not moved at all; after taking infusion several times through the day still costive (ninth day).,- A peculiar, scarcely to be described feeling of increased strength, agility, and inclination to work, set in as the first indication of intoxication, which nevertheless differs entirely from the exaltation produced by alcohol.,- After he got under the influence of drachms, there set in a peculiar sensation of isolation from the outer world, and an irresistible inclination to feats of strength, so that he (who when in a healthy condition, carefully avoided gymnastic exercises), with cat-like lightness and certainty sprang upon the writing-table, without throwing over the lamp, or other fragile things standing there.,- No desire for or skill at work (second day),.- Feel tired and weary; must exert myself to keep awake, although not sleepy, but feel as if I wanted to shut my eyes seventh day),.- Fearfully tired, especially on the ninth day.,- Felt weary; no inclination to work (fifth day),.- Weariness with vertigo and headache, especially in the forehead and occiput, with chilliness (fourth day),.- Weariness in the evening, followed by sleep, less on going to bed (fifth day),. Great weariness (fourth day).,- Great weariness in the evening (seventh day).,- Uncommon weariness after a moderate walk (seventh day).,- Extreme weariness, so that only by the greatest exertion was he able to finish his business (third day).,- Feeling of weakness and sleepiness.,-After chewing the leaves, we uniformly experienced a disagreeable sensation; aversion to food; feeling of fulness and heaviness in stomach, with dryness and even pain in throat., Rest indispensable to enjoy the effect of Coca; while riding on horseback, walking or during manual labor, the Coca has very little influence,.- When incapable any longer of the recumbent position, seeks alleviation by the side of the glimmering fire,.
Skin.
Objective.
Objective.
In persons with a thin skin and fair complexion, hemorrhage will take place from the surface of the body. Some dark spots like ecchymoses under the skin, not elevated or painful, the largest about the size of a pin’s head, on the contiguous sides of the first phalanges of the ring and little finger of the right hand, not affected by any pressure or washing. To-day I have also noticed three very minute similar spots on palm of right hand, also two similar spots close together on the ulnar side of the palmar aspect of the first phalanx of left little finger, near base, also two very small similar spots on radial side of the second phalanx of the right little finger (sixty-fourth day); the largest red spots were on radial side of first phalanx of right little finger; spots on palm of right hand gone (sixty-eighth day); are on left hand, and some on right, removed by washing (sixty-ninth day); the last rubbed off to-day (seventieth day).
In the loose skin, between the left thigh and scrotum posteriorly, a small lump, slightly tender on pressure, and sometimes when walking; no external appearance (eighty-first day), less tender (eighty-fifth day).
Eruptions, Dry.
After using for a number of days, on himself and others, there broke out a circumscribed erythema; on one an exanthema resembling herpes, around the eyelids. A kind of nettle rash breaks out on several parts of the body or is limited to the lips, and occasions scabs, bleeding and insupportable pains.
Small pimples on the inner surface of the thigh; they itched very much during the night, so that he was obliged to scratch them until they bled (seventh to ninth days).
Eruptions, Pustular.
On right cheek, close to alae nasi, a swelling, scarcely painful, even to pressure; rather hard, slightly apparent to sight, resembling one he had on the perineum, freely movable with the integuments of the part (one hundred and thirteenth day); getting smaller next ten days, then when pressing it, a slight discharge of pus mixed with blood, from an external hole just below it, repeating afterwards at intervals; getting smaller, two weeks; three weeks after, still to be seen; nearly gone in the fifth week.
During the expiration, after a deep inspiration, a kind of tingling in hands, usually in both, but not always in same place particularly in palm of left hand; once in palm and back of right hand and once it seemed to go down palm of right hand towards fingers; once in both hands, and only during the first expiration if deep inspirations were repeated; not influenced by the position of the hands; evening and morning, while feeling very warm; when getting cooler it disappeared.
Itching of front of throat (externally), not dispelled by scratching; it is a feeling of a fine rash coming out, 8 and 10 P.M. (after eight hours). Violent itching on the seat, at junction of right thigh muscles with gluteus maximus; comes on again after scratching, is very sharp (first day, 2.20 P.M., after ninety minutes).
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.