The slightest loss of sleep caused loss of power; he missed every hour of sleep. Weakness, especially while sitting. Great weakness, so that it was difficult to stand firmly. Extreme weakness.
Extreme weakness, while walking. Attacks of paralytic weakness, with pain in the back. Very weak from a short walk. She is so weak that she is obliged to sit down during light work, which she usually performed standing. Prostration and exhausting sweat over the whole body, on the slightest exertion (after one hour). Hemiplegia, left side. Faintness. Faintness on moving the body, with spasmodic distortion of the muscles of the face. She fell to the ground, began to tremble, vomited and became senseless (after half an hour).
Immovable (after six hours). Restlessness; busy mood. Great restlessness (third day).
Subjective.
He cannot endure an interruption or noise. He dreads every sudden noise. Every loud word annoyed him (after six hours).
Loss of sensibility and consciousness (after one hour and a half).
Inclination to tremble (after one and six hours).
Inclination lie down. Heaviness and disinclination to speak, in the morning after waking. ( Caused sticking pains and heat in the cold swollen glands, at least if they were touched).. Dull burning stitches here and there. If the affected (previously swollen and inflamed) parts are touched with the fingers, there is fine sticking in them, as if he pressed them with the points of pins. (Caused tearing pains in swollen hard glands). He avoids the open air.
Skin.
Objective.
Eruptions, Dry.
Eruption of red irregular spots of the skin, as if colored by red wine, over the whole chest, on the sides of the chest, behind the ears, without heat and without sensation. Body and arms covered with an eruption resembling scarlatina, which gradually faded away during the day (second day). Eruption of red biliary pimples on the face, back, and chest, which itch when warm (not when undressing). A pimple beneath the shoulder; it itches under a feather bed.
Eruptions, Moist.
Where the little finger ends, on the side of the hand, a vesicle appears in the night and discharges the next day (fifth day).
Eruptions, Pustular.
Pustules below the right corner of the mouth, with red areola, painful, tense to touch (after twenty four hours). Hard pimple like pustules, which contain no fluid, but have a red areola, and itch the whole day, with burning pain of the limbs, wrists, and backs of the fingers. Some pimples on the nose, temples, and chest, and between the scapulae, fill with matter, and afterwards dry up and disappear. A boil on the inner side of the thigh (after twelve hours).
Subjective.
Itching of the skin, especially in the evening, on undressing.
Itching under the feather bed; after scratching it became tickling. Itching in various parts of the body, at night, which are painful after scratching. Itching and burning here and there in the skin, especially on the inner portion of the thigh, as from nettles, with eruption of pimples, with a stinging pain on touch. Burning itching stitches here and there in the skin, as from fleas. Severe biting itching, as after profuse sweat, on the skin of the whole body, obliging him to scratch on undressing (after sixteen hours). Stitches externally in the skin and muscles of the cheeks. Itching stitches in the left axilla, as from a flea. Severe stitch in the skin of the left knee, while sitting, so that he is involuntarily obliged to move the leg on every stitch. Continued fine stitch in the skin of the left side of the epigastric region, disappearing on rubbing. Crawling as from something living, with throbbing and a burning below the right shoulder extending to the fingers (after one hour).
Itching on the scrotum. Itching in the scrotum. Itching in the back, in the evening after undressing, with eruption of red pimples.
Itching in the hollow of the left knee, on the calf and ankle, while walking; disappearing while standing, but reappearing on walking.
Itching of the ankles. Itching at night, partly in the chest, extending from the pit of the stomach to the throat, partly on the tibia and beneath the shoulders; after scratching, blood oozes from the parts (after four hours). Deeply piercing tickling itching in the ball of the thumb, not relieved by scratching or rubbing (after sixteen hours).
Sleep and Dreams.
Sleepiness.
Much yawning towards evening. Much yawning, with cracking in the ear. Constant yawning and stretching, after lying down in bed.
Forcible yawning. Interrupted short yawning, wherewith she is unable to take a full breach. He slept late and was sleepy through the day. He slept late in the morning, could not open the eyes early; he awoke well, could not rise or open the eyes.
(During sleep he lies upon the stomach). During sleep he puts one arm under the head (after four hours).
Sopor.
Sleeplessness.
Night sleepless; restlessness of the whole body, with sticking and biting here and there. Many thoughts of the business of the day prevented sleep for an hour, and wide awake about 1 o’clock, without being able to fall asleep again. Frequent waking from sleep. Frequent waking from sleep, as from fright. He awoke at night with fear, as if he dreaded ghosts. Sleep was frequently interrupted by starting up and waking. He awoke frequently from sleep at night, with sensation as if he was too warm. She cried out anxiously in sleep, called her mother and sister, with anxious rapid breathing; she groped about the bed with her hands, pushed things away from her, with open distorted eyes, without being awake; she constantly moved the head, especially towards the left side. Does not feel refreshed in the morning, and yawns incessantly.
Dreams.
Unremembered dreams. Very vivid dreams, causing fright (after two hours). Dreams that something evil had happened.
Dreams that his knees were swollen and painful. Dreams of dying and death.
Fever.
Chilliness.
Chilliness, not relieved by a warm stove, with severe colic (after eight days). Great chilliness over the whole body, in the evening (seventh day). In the evening, with longing for warm invigorating nourishment, he is suddenly attached by internal chilliness so that he trembles, without being cold externally.
Recurrent, but transient shivering, especially through the lower limbs, immediately. Creeping shivering through the whole body.
Shaking chill over the whole body, in the afternoon. Shaking chill for half an hour, at 8 A.M. without thirst, and without subsequent heat.
General coldness, without shivering, with bluish hands, during the first hours. Became cold all over. The open air seems too cold.
Febrile paroxysm; frequent shivering, followed by flushes of heat in the head. (Febrile paroxysm; gradually increasing chilliness, with little or no thirst, with warm forehead, cold cheeks, cold nose, and icy cold hands, followed by heat, with great anxiety, as if he could not get his breath; nausea and great thirst until sweat appeared; sweat scanty, quite cold, almost only on the head and hands, with continued anxiety). Chilliness and sensation of coldness in the back.
Chilliness in the back, as if he had been touched with ice, here and there, not relieved by the warmth of the stove. Shivering across the breast (after one eighth of an hour). Shivering in the back, in the evening. Shivering over the lower portions of the body (very soon). Cold creeping over the back, though sitting by a warm stove (eighth day). Sensation of coldness, without externally perceptible coldness on the shoulders (after four hours). The hands held to the face seem cold, but seem warm to each other.
Heat.
Temperature increased (after one hour and a half).
(External heat of the body, without feeling hot, and without thirst) (after five hours). Increased sensation of heat, rapid pulse (after twenty four hours). General and excessive heat (third day). Very sudden and severe flashes of heat. Rapid alternations of heat and chilliness; she is constantly attacked by great heat of the feet rising up through the whole body, with sensation as though blood rushed into the face; but she was rather pale than red; after a few minutes, again creepings of icy coldness from the head down to the feet, and the heat momentarily disappeared; these attacks appeared several times during the day.
Febrile paroxysm; now heat, now chilliness in the body alternating (after a few hours). Febrile paroxysms; frequent thrills throughout the day, as when one warms himself by the fire in cold weather, after which he became so weak that he was obliged to lie down; all without thirst or sweat. Febrile paroxysms; hot hands at 7 P.M., with sensation of dry heat over the whole body, with sleeplessness till 4 A.M., followed by shivering and cold hands, the whole day. Intolerance of the open air, with heat and redness of the cheeks (after four hours). Intolerance of both cold and warm air. Could not bear the slightest increase or diminution of the temperature of the room (75 deg. F). (after six hours). Flushes of heat in the face after drinking. Heat in the forehead. Heat and redness of the face, with thirst.
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.