Hence he inferred that the symptoms of vascular excitement (quickened circulation, diminished vascular tension, flushed face, etc)., which appear immediately after drinking an infusion of black coffee, are effects of the coffeone. Our own investigations have led us to accept implicitly the ideas of Meplain, as to the part played by coffeone in inducing the primary effects on the circulation experienced after drinking a strong infusion of roasted coffee. As we ascertained from the experiments we instituted, in order to test the soundness of our colleagues’ opinion, the changes in the circulation which are among the effects of coffee depend not only on the length of time which may have elapsed since the taking of the beverage before the observations are made, but also on the more or less thorough roasting of the berry.
Thus we may account for the astonishing diversities in the opinions expressed by different authorities as to the effects of coffee on the circulation, and especially on the pulse, which latter, according to some (Trousseau, Deltel, Penilleau, Prompt), is increased, while according to others (Rognetta, Caron, Jomaud) it is lessened, in frequency. We remark, in the first place, that those writers who have observed an acceleration of pulse after drinking an infusion of coffee, have taken it either warm, or with the addition of chicory (which Jomaud has shown to be a violent vascular irritant), or else they have made their observations immediately after partaking of the beverage. Those, on the other hand, who have observed the pulse to become slower, have chiefly used in their experiments coffee raw, or but slightly roasted, or else have waited at least ten or fifteen minutes after drinking it, before examining the pulse. Increase of the solid constituents of the blood. Increase in the amount of fat in the serum of the blood, and also of the fibrin.
Hemorrhages from the nose, lungs, uterus, and rectum. Motor symptoms, such as muscular shivering and tremors (from the strong infusion in large doses, especially in those not accustomed to it).
Trembling. Muscular jerking (secondary effect). Gait unsteady.
Causes tottering (after half an hour). Debility. Great lassitude and general debility (secondary effect). Excessively weak and prostrated.
Uneasiness. She walks uneasily up and down the room, with an expression of extreme anxiety.
Subjective.
Heightened sensibility shown by epigastric anxiety, and by cutaneous impressions, varying greatly in different subjects (itching, cold feeling, lumbar shiverings). Feels strong enough to do anything. A peculiar sensation difficult to describe, something like a faintness. Left side generally affected.
Aversion to open air, which aggravates the symptoms (secondary effect). General amelioration of symptoms from moderate outdoor exercise.
Sleep and Dreams.
Sleeplessness.
Sleeplessness. Great sleeplessness from mental and nervous excitability (secondary effect). Loss of sleep.
(Coffeone) Complete inability to sleep on account of rush of all kinds of thoughts through the mind. Wakefulness, with ecstatic mental excitement, intermitting with dreams. When going to sleep, starts up suddenly in a fright, with groans and fear of falling, or of some impending danger (secondary effect).
Dreams.
Sleep restless on account of many unpleasant and confused dreams.
Dreams all night for three nights; vivid and brilliant visions of magnificence. On the third night, dream that the dome of the sky is spanned by rainbows from horizon to zenith. Visions of enchantment. Beautiful landscapes. View of Paradise. These delightful dreams followed by dreams of death of dear friends, which do not abate the cheerfulness or mental exhilaration, but he looks at all with supernatural indifference.
Fever.
Chilliness.
Skin cool and moist. Coldness of the surface and limbs. On account of easy perspiration, chilliness and shivering from the least exposure to cold air (secondary effect). Chilliness with general shaking and chattering of the teeth; cannot get warm; the chills ascend from the fingers and toes to nape of neck, and thence to vertex; when chilly, Cayenne pepper taken internally produces general warmth, and makes him feel fearless and courageous (secondary effect). Feet and hands cold (secondary effect).
Heat.
Heat. Excessive heat, so that she threw off the outer clothing and sat for a while in a draft. At one time, flushes of heat, at another currents of cold air down the back. Excessive orgasm of blood (after half an hour). Violent fever. Hot flushes to the face, and heat (with which, however, there is a scarcely noticeable redness) of the cheeks. Sensation as though alternate warmth and coldness were moving about in the bowels.
Sweat.
Sweat. General Sweat. Profuse sweat. (Coffeone).
Cold clammy perspiration all over body, but chiefly in the palms of the hands (secondary effect).
Conditions.– Aggravation.
(Cold food), Distress in epigastrium.
(Cold water), Distress in epigastrium.
(Motion of head), Sensation in parietal bones.
(Thinking), Vertigo, etc.
Amelioration
(Cold air), Momentary relief.
(Cold water), Toothache.
(Outdoor exercise), The symptoms.
(Change of position), Vertigo.
(On rising), Feels better.
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.