Abdomen.
Objective.
Fermentation in the abdomen and passage of much flatus, the whole day (after four hours). Fermentation in the abdomen, followed by vomiting; soon afterwards repeated vomiting for the second and third time. Movings about the abdomen, as if necessitating a stool. Passage of much flatus. Frequent and easy passage of flatus during the first hour after taking Coffea, but after twelve hours difficult, scanty, short, interrupted emission of flatus, and constant urging to pass it on account of disturbance in the abdomen.
Frequent and profuse passage of almost odorless flatus.
Fullness in the abdomen, with some griping pain, after supper.
Fullness of the abdomen, after a walk in the open air. (Frightful cramp like pain in the abdomen and chest, with outward manifestation of the most severe labor pains, complaints as if the intestines would be cut to pieces, with convulsions; her body was bent up, feet drawn up towards her head, with frightful cries and grinding of the teeth; she became cold, constantly uttered the most piteous cries, and held her breath).
Pressure in the abdomen, as from incarcerated flatus.
Constant painful pressure in both sides of the abdomen, in the morning, in bed, also extending into the abdominal rings, as though a hernia would protrude, without distension of the abdomen; passage of some flatus relieves for only a moment.
Jerking stitches in the side of the abdomen, with every expiration (after a quarter of an hour). Colic, as if the abdomen would burst asunder. Colic and diarrhoea (in large doses, fasting).
Hypogastrium.
Sticking, extending out at the abdominal ring, as in inguinal hernia.
Rectum and Anus.
Urging to stool; the stool was soft, yet he was not able to pass it easily.
Stool.
Two stools every day (contrary to custom, the first consistent, the second liquid. Three hard stools (second day).
Urinary Organs.
Bladder.
Pressure upon the bladder, which obliges him to urinate.
Urethra.
Burning tearing in the forepart of the urethra.
Frequent urging to pass urine in the morning, though it was passed in very small quantities and by drops (after a quarter of an hour).
Micturition.
Frequent micturition. The quantity of urine is very much increased (after fourteen hours). Passage of much urine about midnight, with relaxed genitals (after five hours). Scanty secretion and passage of urine (immediately).
Urine.
Urine blood red, though not turbid.
Sexual Organs.
Erections and Emissions.
The genital organs seemed relaxed, with diminished sexual desire.
Incapacity for coition and impotency; the sexual organs could not be excited, and the desire was sluggish (after two hours). (* Excitement of the sexual organs is the primary action, relaxation thereof the secondary action of Coffea. *). Itching in the forepart of the penis and glans. Voluptuous itching on the tip of the glans penis, which obliges scratching for several hours (after forty seven hours). Relaxation of the scrotum, with excitement of the “inner genital organs,” yet with “cold fantasies”. Sore pain on the scrotum, on the slightest rubbing of the clothes. Digging smarting pain in one testicle. Absence of sexual excitement; the genitals were relaxed; even his fantasies were not at all inclined to sexual desire (first three days).
Great desire for coition; the sexual organs were very much excited, but there followed only general dry heat of the body, without emission. Nightly emissions.
Female.
The after pains are immediately relieved, and then removed.
(Menstruation appears the same evening, with scarcely any drawing pains in the abdomen), (first day). (* Curative action. *).
Respiratory Organs.
Larynx.
Great roughness and hoarseness in the larynx, in the morning on waking. Violent irritation to cough about midnight, lasting an hour.
Cough.
Cough, in the evening, in bed, and on falling asleep.
Short coughs in rapid succession, severe, interrupted, frequently scraping (after one hour). Short hacking coughs in quick succession, as from irritation in the throat, frequently repeated (after one hour). Dry hacking cough in sudden paroxysms, as from spasmodic constriction in the larynx, which seemed to be covered with dry mucus.
The child coughs quite dry, several times immediately after falling asleep (first evening). He was obliged to hold himself inwardly with the cough; the eyes became obscured; he became faint, and felt as if he were whirling around.
Chest.
Oppression of the chest (immediately). Oppression of the chest; she is obliged to take short breaths; respiration raises the chest visibly (after the disappearance of the heat of the face).
Pain in the side of the chest, on coughing, almost like sticking.
Back.
Pain in the small of the back, while walking. Paralytic pain in the small of the back, while sitting and standing. Pressive pain in the small of the back.
Extremities in General.
Objective.
Exhausted, heavy, and powerless in the limbs; the knees knock together; febrile warmth internally and externally, together with chilliness, after 4 P.M.
Subjective. Sense of lightness in the limbs. She was obliged to lie down after every walk, on account of pain in the limbs.
Bruised pain in all the joints, especially of those that had been bent, in the morning, in bed, disappearing on rising. Sticking jerking in one or another limb.
Superior Extremities.
Objective.
A kind of spasmodic drawing up, together with twitches in the arms, after holding them in a bent position. Great weakness in the arms, and weariness in the whole body.
Subjective.
Tearing in the left arm, so that she could not move it easily.
Arm.
Rheumatic, bruised pain in the left upper arm.
Hands.
The hands tremble if he tries to hold them still. (* S. 168, 170, 175, 180 can be considered as secondary action (?).–STAPF. *).
Fingers.
Cramp like contraction, at times, in one or another finger; in the morning he was unable to straighten the little finger.
Sensation of numbness in the fingers (after a quarter of an hour). Sensitive drawing or tearing downward in the soft parts of the fingers (after two hours). A finger that had been slightly burnt, but was quite painless before the drug was taken, began to pain violently (after three hours).
Inferior Extremities.
Thigh.
The slightest rubbing of the woolen clothing made the inner side of the thigh sore, or at least caused a painful sensation of soreness. Pain, as if bruised, on the nates beneath the hip joints, from the ischium to the thigh, while sitting and walking; while walking he was obliged to limp.
Knee.
Trembling motion of the knees while descending steps (secondary action) (?). Cramp in the calf, on drawing up the knee.
Drawing pain beneath the right knee. A jerking, corroding and smarting on the right tibia, during rest and motion, with a sensation as if the bones were bruised, together with a sensation of heat in them.
Ankle.
A jerking sticking beneath the inner malleolus of the right foot, on stepping upon the heel or bending the foot backward, even on touching the part.
Foot.
Trembling of the feet (after one hour and three quarters).
Constant weariness of the feet, extending half way up the thighs, after walking in the open air. Cramp in the soles of the feet, on putting out the foot.
Toes.
Slight stitches in the balls of the great toes, at 4 P.M.
General Symptoms.
He became extremely excited as soon as the Coffea was taken in the evening; all movements were performed with unusual lightness (after twelve hours). Great mobility of the muscles; every motion was easy, rapid, and performed with a certain consciousness of vigor. Trembling motion, together with warmth in the back and between the shoulders. Disinclined to work he lost the desire to work even while busy. Inclination to lie down and close the eyes, without ability or desire to sleep. The greatest mental and physical exhaustion (after forty five hours).
Subjective.
Dulness of internal sensibility on account of supernatural speculations (secondary action). Great weariness on ascending steps, soon disappearing. Pain in the whole body, so that he had little rest. Walking in the open air affects him extremely; it forces water from his eyes, and he soon becomes very weary (after six hours and a half). Aversion to the open air.
Skin.
Eruption and itching over the whole body (secondary action) (?). Coffea changed the itching of the eruption into a burning.
Itching on the right side of the scrotum.
Sleep and Dreams.
Sleepiness.
Yawning. Frequent deep yawning. Much yawning and sleepiness (first day). Very weary with sleep (after twelve hours).
Overpowered with sleep; he dreaded apoplexy. Sound sleep.
Talking immediately after falling asleep, in a girl six years old.
Unconscious tossing about at night in sleep, so that in the morning he was lying turned about in bed.
Sleeplessness.
Sleeplessness on account of excessive mental and physical excitement. (* Excitement and sleeplessness are the primary effects of Coffea, sleepiness in its various forms its secondary effect.–STAPF. *) Sleeplessness after midnight (from 2 to 7), with colic like incarceration of flatus under the ribs, which causes anxiety and sensation of heat over the whole body, without sweat, excepting under the nose, without thirst, and with desire to be uncovered. Very wide awake in the evening.
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.