Violent urging in the rectum after a stool, even causing faintness.
Anus.
Contractive pain in the anus, preventing sitting, in the afternoon (after twenty hours). Burning itching in the anus.
Urging.
Urging to stool, with diarrhoea of an offensive odor.
Urging to stool and to pass flatus at the same time, followed by diarrhoea like stools, at short intervals, in small portions, suddenly, with passage of flatus. Ineffectual urging to stool, with constipation for three days; on the fourth day a hard stool, only passed with difficulty. Desire for stool in the rectum; the peristaltic motion is wanting in the upper abdomen, whereby the stool is delayed thirty six hours (after half an hour).
Stool.
Diarrhoea.
Alternations of diarrhoea, vomiting, sopor, and delirium (seventh day). Frequent small evacuations (after a few hours). Frequent whitish yellow and thinly fluid stools (third day).
Soft stools daily (after half an hour). (Slimy stools). Very putrid stools (seventh day). (Very light colored pale stool daily).
Soft thin stool (after one hour).
Constipation.
Constipation for several days. Hard stool, which is passed with great difficulty, only every other day.
Urinary Organs.
Urethra.
Pain in the urethra, on urging to urinate. Tensive pressive pain in the orifice of the urethra, when not urinating (after one hour). Sticking pain in the urethra (after twelve hours).
Sticking itching in the forepart of the urethra (after thirteen hours). Frequent urging to urinate for a quarter of an hour, with very scanty discharge, for thirty hours (after four hours).
Micturition.
(He passed very much watery urine at short intervals; there was constantly renewed urging to urinate on account of fullness in the bladder). (Retention of urine for ten minutes).
Urine.
Urine red, without sediment (third day). Watery urine (after two hours and a half).
Sexual Organs.
Male.
Genitals relaxed in the night, with the prepuce drawn back behind the glans (after twelve hours). Excitement in the genitals, with desire for coition. Increased sensitiveness of the genitals.
Sticking pain in the end of the prepuce. Itching burning in the scrotum. Drawing pain in the testicles. Sticking pain in one testicle. Violent pain in both testicles, as if bruised, especially on touch (after third day). Nightly emissions (after six hours).
Female.
(Metrorrhagia). Leucorrhoea.
Menstruation seven days too early, with distension of the abdomen, and cutting contracting pain in the abdomen on every motion and every breath; together with contraction of the rectum (after forty eight hours). Menstruation eight days too early, with distension of the abdomen, and pain in the upper region of the abdomen, not only on every motion (every stooping was painful), but also while sitting as if the inner parts were suffering from the sharp pressure of a stone; the parts are painful to external touch, as if there were an internal ulcer.
Menstruation, that had been absent for a year, reappeared (in two cases).
Respiratory Organs.
Larynx.
Tough mucus hangs in the larynx and obliges him to hack and hawk.
Irritation to cough, very high up in the larynx.
Irritation to cough, in the posterior portion of the larynx, in the evening, in bed; the cough was always in short paroxysms.
Cough.
Cough, with great exertion, on account of oppression of the chest, which only appears on coughing (after forty eight hours).
Awakened by cough every fourth night, about 12 or about 2 o’clock (a quartan attack), with dryness of the mouth; on coughing, the throat does not seem wide enough.
Respiration.
Whistling snoring breathing, threatening suffocation, especially on inspiration; it alternates with very slow breathing, at times almost suppressed; therewith the face is distended as in apoplexy. Breathing very quick (third day). Respiration rapid and difficult (after one hour and a half). A suffocative sensation, arresting the breath and contracting the air passages; it almost constantly provoked cough. Dyspnoea, and difficult breathing. She has no breath; must always take a short breath.
Chest.
Pressure on the chest, on eructating. Oppression of the chest, especially of the upper part of the sternum, which impedes the breathing (after four hours). Stitches within the chest rhythmical with the pulse, whilst sitting; uninterrupted for a quarter of an hour. Fine stitches in both nipples (after half an hour).
(Rawness and sore sensation in the chest). Reading aloud affects the chest, so that he cannot continue to read without great exertion.
Front.
Sudden pressure upon the sternum, as if one pushed against it with the fist. Pain in the middle of the sternum, as from pressure with a blunt instrument. Pressive pain in the middle of the sternum, with anxiety, followed by sticking pain in the sternum (after three hours). Fine sticking pain in the sternum, while walking (after forty eight hours). Intermitting dull stitches in the right false ribs, in front.
Sides.
Audible rumbling, as if in the left side of the chest, as from emptiness, especially noticed on walking (after three hours). Tensive constriction in the right side of the chest, which impedes the breathing (after half an hour). Drawing pain in the side towards the back while talking, walking, or stooping; while lying it became a drawing, worse for a few minutes, then ceasing entirely. On bending the body towards the right side, while sitting or standing, dull drawing pain in the right side of the chest, continuing as long as he remains bent. Paroxysmal, fine sticking pains in the left side of the chest, on inspiration.
Stitches in the right side (after one hour). Stitches in the left side (after three hours). Some stitches in the right side of the chest (after two hours). Some stitches in the left side of the chest, in the pit of the stomach, in the evening (after twenty four hours). An extremely violent stitch through the left chest into the back, while walking.
Heart and Pulse.
Palpitation. Pulse very quick (third day).
Pulse small, but natural in frequency (after six hours). The pulse is not more rapid, but very small and hard.
Neck and Back.
Neck.
Weakness of the cervical muscles, with heaviness of the head, for several days; the cervical muscles seem unable to support the head; is obliged to lay the head now here, now there; even the muscles are painful; most relieved when leaning backward. Stiff pain in the cervical muscles, on moving the neck, and on yawning.
Painful cracking in the cervical vertebrae, on moving the head.
Paralytic drawing in the side of the neck, and other places; at times almost like an intermitting paralytic pressure. Sticking pain in the neck, on moving the head forward and backward. Fine stitches in the outer parts of the neck (after one hour). Fine stitches externally in the right side of the neck. Pulsating stitches externally, in the left side of the neck.
Back.
Trembling in the back. On standing, pain in the back, as if one were too much fatigued or had strained himself (after twelve hours). On moving the shoulders, the whole back became stiff and painful. Boring pains in the back. Pain in the spine, as if it would break. Drawing pains in the back. Pressive pain in the back, especially on the left side, while sitting (after five hours).
Paralytic pressive pain in the lumbar region. Piercing pain in the articulation of the dorsal and all the vertebrae, as if they were sprained or spasmodically drawn together, especially on motion (after twenty hours). Tearing pains in the back.
Dorsal.
Intermitting, pressive, paralytic pain beneath the left scapula, during rest. Drawing pains just below the left scapula, while standing and lying, most severe in the morning (after six hours).
Pressure in the scapulae and nape of the neck. Stitches in the scapulae, extending from the right to the left. Tearing between the shoulders and in the spine, in the evening before lying down (after thirty six hours).
Lumbar.
Pain in the small of the back, as if bruised, not aggravated by touch. Paralytic pain in the small of the back, as if lame. Paralytic pain in the small of the back with spasmodic drawing across the hips, which prevents walking, with anxious fearful mood.
Sharp hard pressure in the loins and region of the kidneys in the morning, while lying in bed, disappearing after rising.
Extremities in General.
Objective.
Trembling of all the limbs. Trembling in all the limbs, always with chilliness, which does not disappear even in a warm room, especially in the evening. Painful stiffness in the joints (after eight hours). Painful stiffness of all the joints, now in the hands and fingers, now in the knees and ankles, for two days (after twenty four hours). Limbs became paralytic and stiff, with drawing pains in the bones and back. Paralytic immobility of the limbs (after twenty four hours). Paralytic immobility of the limbs, with drawing pains, feeling as if in the bones. Painful lameness in the arms and legs; she could scarcely rise from her seat, with loss of power.
Cracking in the joints. Cracking in the joints, when walking.
Subjective.
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.