Increased accumulation of saliva in the mouth and erratic appetite, which obliged him to eat at a very unusual hour (noon), (first day). Mouth seemed full of water the whole day (second day). Constant desire to spit with metallic taste in the mouth (second day). Taste. Sweetish taste. Taste sweetish, bitter, slightly aromatic, on the second day; after 10 drops and after larger doses, bitter, causing nausea. Pasty taste. Nausea, flat taste. Nauseous, flat taste in the mouth. Nauseous, offensive taste (1st trit). Metallic taste. Metallic taste, with accumulation of water in the mouth. Metallic taste confined to the tip of the tongue (third day).
Metallic taste, especially annoying when smoking (sixth day).
Unpleasant metallic taste (first day). An unpleasant almost metallic, and pasty taste (fourteenth day). An unpleasant, sweetish, metallic taste in the mouth. (The first dose caused a bitter taste in the mouth). Bitter taste throughout the day.
Bitter, nauseous taste. Unpleasant, bitter, often nauseous taste.
Extremely offensive, bitter, sour taste at the root of the tongue and entrance of the fauces, lasting the whole forenoon. Sharp, bitter, sour taste, especially towards the root of the tongue, provoking vomiting. Very offensive, sweetish, resinous taste in the mouth after a glass of water. Was able to eat but little dinner because the food was distasteful.
Throat.
Objective. Slight redness of the inner throat, without difficulty in swallowing (after 3D trit). Hawking of mucus. Hawking of mucus, with tickling in the larynx, followed by three short paroxysms of cough (third day). Frequent hawking of mucus. Frequent easy hawking of mucus, in the afternoon (fourth day). Subjective. Dryness in the throat. Dryness and scraping in the throat, especially on the palate, disturbing sleep. Dryness of the throat awoke him several times in the night, always relieved by cold water.
Dryness of the throat, as if it were full of dust, increasing till in the evening it was accompanied by burning in the arch of the palate. Extreme dryness of the throat. Sensation of dryness in the throat. Sensation of dryness in the throat, immediately after taking the drug. Sensation of dryness in the posterior nares.
The throat was dry, with painful tension on the right side, when swallowing. Feeling as of commencing inflammation of the throat.
Burning in the throat and fauces like cramps, soon after taking.
Burning in the throat, with frequent attempts to hawk (third day).
Burning in the throat, with hawking of mucus (sixth day).
Smoking caused an almost burning pain in the throat. Burning in the throat and lips while smoking, increasing so that he was obliged to stop smoking. Slight burning in the throat (second day). Excessive burning in the throat, somewhat relieved by drinking cold water (fourth day). Choking in the throat, with constriction commencing at the stomach and extending up into the throat. Pressive sensation in the throat (eighth day). Sensation in the throat as if a crumb were sticking behind the larynx.
Sensation as if a hair were sticking in the throat, which caused hawking of various colored mucus. Griping sticking and constriction of the throat (fourth day). Sensation of soreness in the throat (after 3D trit).. Sensation of soreness in the throat, without difficulty on swallowing (after 3D trit)..
Scraping in the throat, with frequent expectoration of mucus.
Scraping in the throat. Scraping in the throat, from morning till noon, relieved after dinner. Slight scraping in the throat.
Scraping sensation in the throat. Scraping sensation in the throat which caused frequent paroxysms of cough, with expectoration of considerable mucus.
Rawness and scraping in the throat, as after highly seasoned food.
Rawness and roughness in the throat throughout the day, with a deep hoarse voice, somewhat relieved in the warmth of the bed, at night (second day). Sensation of rawness in the throat, compelling frequent hawking of mucus. Sensation of rawness in the throat and frequent expectoration of mucus, which was easily loosened. Sensation of rawness in the throat, and in consequence, a very violent paroxysm of coughing, lasting nearly half an hour.
Unpleasant sensation of rawness in the throat, the whole day (third day). Tickling in the throat. Tickling in the throat, in the morning, not allowing him to lie in bed, causing loud violent paroxysms of cough without expectoration, although there seemed to be considerable mucus collected in the throat; only after warm drinks the mucus was loosened and expectorated in large loose masses; the irritation to cough seemed to be especially in the uvula, the soft palate, and the mucous membrane covering the posterior wall of the fauces, and was characterized by only occurring in the morning, in bed, and being loosened after breakfast (consisting of weak coffee and milk), so that throughout the forenoon there was only a slight hawking, with expectoration of loose mucus (second day). Tickling irritation to vomit, in the throat, in the morning. Sensation as if a thread were hanging down the throat, with constant hawking of mucus.
Throat symptoms were aggravated in warmth, especially in bed.
After the throat symptoms had lasted eleven days, I was obliged to take Lachesis as an antidote; within five minutes after the 7th dil., I experienced relief; with the paroxysms of coughing, easy expectoration of lumpy mucus, followed by relief, quiet night; swallowing was quite free; the next morning the roughness of the throat had disappeared.
Uvula and Tonsils.
Sensation as if the uvula were elongated, causing constant headache (sixth day). Swelling of the right tonsil.
Fauces, Pharynx, and Esophagus.
Burning in the fauces, every morning. Irritation in the fauces, as if they were tickled with a feather. Dark redness of the pharynx, with difficult swallowing (ninth day). Dryness in the pharynx, causing cough (ninth day). Dryness of the pharynx, obliging him to swallow, with slight scraping (first day).
Sensation of dryness in the posterior wall of the pharynx. At noon, a sensation as if a piece of ice had slipped down the pharynx (fourth day). Sensation as of a plug in the pharynx.
Pressure in the pharynx, especially on empty swallowing. A peculiar scraping in the pharynx, with slight constriction of the throat (third day).
Burning in the oesophagus.
Swallowing.
Constant desire to swallow, with a sensation as of a large lump in the pharynx, and great swelling and redness of the right tonsil. Difficulty in swallowing, in the evening; a sensation as if the larynx were swollen, with difficult speech. Unable to drink water (second day). Sensation on swallowing liquids, as though they were forced downward by a spasm.
Stomach.
Appetite.
Increased appetite. Good appetite for dinner and almost ravenous hunger for supper (second day).
Great appetite, or rather ravenous hunger, but he had scarcely eaten a spoonful of soup when the appetite disappeared and he ate without desire, though without aversion. Great appetite for dinner, which, however, was eaten without relish and wish speedy satiety; the food, though light and easily digested, caused discomfort and pressure in the stomach, and frequent eructations, which did not relieve; the stomach was only somewhat relieved after repeated uprisings of food, whereby portions of it were thrown off (second day). Appetite variable. Hunger at an unusual time, at 6 P.M. obliging him to eat; in spite of this frequent taking of nourishment he was not strengthened, but felt weary in the whole day, and disinclined to work (second day). Ravenous hunger, even soon after eating (second day). Ravenous hunger for dinner, which, however, is very soon satisfied (tenth day).
Sensation of hunger, even after eating (second day). Sensation of hunger, even after eating (second day). Unpleasant sensation of hunger; was obliged to eat much and often (second day). Satiety, soon after eating dinner.
Sense of satiety from water, with aversion to drinking (tenth day).
Loss of appetite; (after 3D trit).. Loss of appetite (after 3D trit).
Loss of appetite, without aversion to food (twentieth day).
Loss of appetite, with increased thirst. No appetite for breakfast, but afterwards ravenous hunger. Aversion to food and drink. Aversion to smoking (fourteenth day).
Thirst.
Thirst. Thirst, especially in the morning.
Thirst somewhat increased after eating.
Great thirst, in the evening (tenth day). Great thirst, in the evening, with longing for beer, after a glass of which he experienced pains in the whole of the head, with sensation of great weakness, so that he was unable to sleep before midnight (fourteenth day). Great thirst after eating; a large quantity of cold water caused unusual chilliness. Aversion to coffee and water (third day).
Eructation.
Eructations and inclination to cough (first day).
Eructations of air. Loud spasmodic eructations of air, every evening.
Tasteless eructations (first and sixth days).
Heartburn.
Heartburn, with tensive pain in the throat, in the afternoon.
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.