Constant pinching in the abdomen around the navel. Griping about the umbilicus (after seven hours); Griping around the navel for some minutes.
Griping four fingers’ breadth below the navel. Griping around the navel, increased by eating fruit. Griping about the umbilicus, and sensitiveness of the abdominal integuments, aggravated by external pressure. Griping and cutting in the umbilical region (after five hours) aggravated after a stool, and accompanied by a chilly feeling over the whole body. Griping about the navel, with discharge of much flatulence (after five hours). First griping (drawing hither and thither) in the umbilical region, gradually subsiding, then returning, and rapidly changing into cutting, as if by a large chisel thrust deep into the upper abdomen, thence passing in a curve backwards and downwards into the pelvis, and then cutting its way upward again, at 4 p. m., at 4.30 p. m. the cutting in the hypogastrium several times took the direction from behind forwards and upwards, and thus always relieved by a forcible discharge of flatus.
It was also relieved by straining and the consequent expulsion of a long train of slippery bubbles of wind, with a small quantity of bland mucus; it returned in the same fashion at intervals of from five to fifteen minutes. Finally, towards 5 p. m., a very painful expulsive pressure ensued, and in a short time a quantity of thin faces passed involuntarily through the sphincter at a single impulse; it was perfectly bland, causing not the slightest burning or smarting at the anus, which was rather protected all about by the slippery mucus, of which a great portion of the passage consisted; the pains in the abdomen all disappeared with this passage. Slight griping in the umbilical region (soon). Violent griping in the umbilical region. Violent griping in the umbilical region, lasting all day. Feeling of a griping, of a compression, or of a spindle (“Knauel”), in the umbilical region, sometimes more, sometimes less; at times, especially towards morning, it increases to a twisting or cutting pain. Cutting in the umbilical region and tenesmus; came on after eating. Sticking in a small spot in the umbilical region, that obliges him to bend up, chiefly aggravated by lifting (after three quarters of an hour). Single, very transient stitches in the right flank. Dull stitches in the flank, interrupting respiration. A slow stitch on the right side beneath the navel, soon afterwards on the left side of the navel; colic, only perceptible when walking, disappearing when standing still, and even on violent agitation (as in going downstairs), but immediately becoming very perceptible again when walking on a level. A prickling stitch darts, like an electric spark, from the tip of the glans in the same moment. At times twitching stitches from the umbilical region towards the loins and spine.
Burrowing tearing pain in the umbilical region, aggravated by inspiration or loud laughing. Colic and griping about the navel, somewhat increased after dinner, and ceasing an hour afterwards. Violent colic like pains, emanating from the umbilicus, with frequent discharge of flatulence, which afforded relief; the pains continued all night, and deprived him entirely of sleep.
Excessive colic in a small spot beneath the navel, which, after the night sweat, extended through the whole abdomen. Umbilical colic and frequent eructations, soon after rising. Constant sensitiveness of the abdomen in the umbilical region.
Sensitiveness of all that portion of the abdomen above the umbilicus to touch and pressure. Violent pain in the umbilical region the whole forenoon, without intermission; it was situated in a spot about the size of the hand, and was a bruised pain; aggravated by walking, but not by pressure, and becoming more tolerable after eructations of gas. A bubbling sensation in a spot below the navel. The umbilical pains were much alleviated and the head difficulties entirely disappeared, on the appearance of the night sweats and the flesh colored urine. Insignificant griping in the left flank. A stitch, occasionally deep, in the left flank. Transient stitches in the left flank. Isolated deep stitches, as if from a needle, sometimes in the left, sometimes in the right flank, apparently connected with the ovaries.
General Abdomen.
Great distension in the abdomen from time to time. Abdomen greatly distended and painful. Inflated abdomen.
Abdomen inflated and tense. Slight flatulent inflation of the upper abdomen, with pulsation in the small of the back, ameliorated by the emission of flatulence. Abdomen tense; painful to touch. Abdomen tense, inflated painfully, sensitive to the touch; some diminution of the pains after two watery stools; during the night great sensitiveness of the abdomen, so that he could scarcely bear the lightest pressure upon it; this sensitiveness continued until the following day. Movements in the abdomen. Movings about in the abdomen, frequently returning through the day. Movements, as if from the breaking of large bubbles, in various parts of the abdomen. Movements in the abdomen, as if he had been fasting, in the afternoon (after eight hours). Movements in the abdomen, soon followed by a pappy stool, in the evening. Movements in the abdomen, and two brown, thin, almost watery, painless stools, in rapid succession towards noon.
Movements in the bowels (after two hours). Movements in the bowels; sensitiveness of the abdominal integuments.
Movements in the bowels soon after dinner, followed by a copious soft stool, succeeded by griping in the abdomen, particularly in the vesical region; a thin diarrhoeic stool, at 4 p. m., whereupon the colic remitted. Rumbling in the abdomen. Rumbling in the abdomen, early in bed. Rumbling in the abdomen immediately after dinner. Rumbling in the abdomen with great inflation.
Rumbling in the abdomen and excitement, as if diarrhoea were about to come on, with discharge, however, of only some fetid flatulence. Rumbling in the abdomen, and deep seated pulsation in it when lying down, not perceptible to the hand laid upon it (soon). Much rumbling in the abdomen towards 9 a. m.
Loud rumbling in the abdomen, eructations and discharges of flatulence, which relieve towards morning. Rumbling in the bowels.
Constant rumbling and croaking in the bowels as from frogs. Loud rumbling in the intestines, with discharge of inodorous flatulence (after half an hour). Borborygmi (fifth day). Borborygmi and empty eructations during the whole day.
Uncomfortable borborygmi. Flatulence, which cannot be passed, causing excessive cutting and stitching in the intestines, even waking him from sleep (first night). Much flatulence, with tension of the abdomen. Incarcerated retained flatulence. A quantity of inodorous flatulence. Moderate flatulence. Constant flatulency. Abdomen full of flatus, which passes off (sixth day); passes a great deal of flatus (seventh day); flatulency (eleventh day); a great deal of flatulency during the night (sixteenth day). Discharge of much flatulence, etc. Discharge of abundant flatus. Copious discharge of flatulence. Unusual discharge of flatulence. When walking, discharge of copious flatulence, causing the rectum to vibrate. Unusually noisy discharge of much flatus in the morning. Discharge of a great deal of offensive flatulence. Discharge of fetid flatulence, and a soft evacuation (after five hours).
Discharge of fetid flatus after dinner, and movements in the hypogastrium; both symptoms disappear after an evacuation.
Frequent emission of odorless flatus. Shortly after rising, easy discharge of inodorous flatus, sometimes silent, sometimes noisy.
Long and rapid successions of smoothly discharged bubbles of inodorous gas passed the sphincter at longer or shorter intervals; a symptom which returned for several days. Constant desire to pass wind; it is afterwards passed very profusely.
Emptiness in the abdomen, as if nothing were in it.
Emptiness of the bowels after a profuse diarrhoea. Feeling of emptiness and soreness in the bowels. Abdomen felt caved in in morning, with a weak, empty feeling in stomach, and no inclination to eat (second day). Feeling of looseness in the bowels. Feeling, in the afternoon, as if he should have a stool.
Pain and rumbling in the abdomen, with urging to stool and shivering over the whole body, when lying down. Frequent intimations of abdominal pain for several days.
Pain in the bowels, as from taking cold, or from a succession of improper articles of food. Pain in the bowels immediately on taking only a few steps in the room. Pains in the bowels, with feeling of gnawing diarrhoea (after a quarter of an hour); after supper the abdomen was very full and heavy. Pains in the bowels, with feeling of great heat in the stomach in the evening; the pains in the bowels increased in severity until towards 9 p. m., when there occurred a troublesome diarrhoea for half an hour; after this the pains disappeared. Violent pain in the bowels; a loose evacuation (about 3 p. m)., whereupon the pain and uneasiness subside. Great heat in the intestines (after a few hours). Fullness in the abdomen. Tension in the abdomen. Tension in the abdomen, with passage of flatus and colic like pain. Great tension in abdomen, with violent rumbling. Dull, tensive pain in the abdomen, disappearing on pressing on it. Continual tensive pain in the bowels; it seems as if they were gathered into a ball, had fallen down, and were lying like a heavy weight in the hypogastrium; it appears as if the anterior parietes of the abdomen were wanting, and the bowels were in danger of falling out (after six hours). The pain in the abdomen became worse after dinner, gnawing and boring, and obliged me to sit down, or lie and bend forwards; violent tenesmus came on at first, with pappy, copious, strong smelling stools, which, an hour later, were watery, scanty, yellow, and almost inodorous. The colic diminished somewhat, after taking black coffee, at 4 p. m., but became much more painful again after supper, accompanied by confusion of the head, and aching in the forehead, aggravated by bending forwards. Constriction of the intestines about the pubic region. Constant severe constriction of the viscera for ten or twenty minutes, relieved by violent pressure with the hand.
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.