Sensation of soreness in the lids, in the evening by the light with frequent inclination to press them together and to wipe out the eyes.
Itching in the lids of the right eye, extending towards the outer side, afterwards in both eyes (after seven minutes). Violent sticking itching in the left upper lid, which obliges him to rub it (first evening).
Ball.
Simple aching of the eyeball, as if he had been looking through too powerful glasses; without dimness of vision (after one hour and a half). Pain in the right eyeball; sticking at one point; in the morning.
Lachrymal Apparatus.
Feeling as though water were constantly coming into the eyes, only in the room, not in the open air. Was unable to read letters without great quantities of water running from the very dip eyes (after eight hours). A pressive pain on the eyeballs, with great filling with water; as the pains left the eye they immediately became very dim (after seven hours).
Pupil.
Dilated pupils (after half an hour). (* Dilatation of the pupils seems to be the primary effect of Crocus; contraction appears later, much more seldom, and seems to be the secondary effect.–STAPF. *) Very much dilated pupils (after a few minutes). Pupils somewhat contracted (after a few hours).
Vision.
Vision dim; he was unable to see clearly; everything seemed enveloped in a fog (after two hours and a half). It seems dim about the eyes and obscure before the eyes; not so clear and bright as formerly (after six minutes). Darkness before the eyes; it seemed as though bright stars danced before the eyes (second day). Frequent blackness before the eyes (first day). Reading in the evening by a bright light was unusually difficult; it seemed as though the eyes were obscured, wherewith they seemed very dry; she was frequently obliged to wink. He is frequently obliged to wink and to wipe his eyes as though a film of mucus were over them (after four hours and three-quarters). The light seems dimmer than usual, as if a veil were between the eyes and the light. The usually clear and sharp vision seems befogged; that is, everything seems more indistinct and paler than usual, as if a veil were before the eyes, which she must constantly remove by wiping; after which the sight becomes clear for a moment, but the dimness soon returned, at 8 P.M. (after a few hours).
On reading it seems as though there were a veil before the eyes, which were relieved by frequent winking; together with a pressure in the eyeballs, which became a heaviness on closing the lids, but returned after opening them. She was frequently obliged to wink, because it seemed as though a veil were drawn before the eyes. Feeling as though a fog were before the eyes (with contracted pupils?). Sudden small lightnings before the eyes like electric sparks, during the day (after several days). When reading, the white paper seemed to be pale-red, aurora-colored.
Ear.
Pain in and behind the right ear, like a spasm (immediately).
Cramp like drawing in the concha of the ear and the auditory canals, like earache (after ten hours).
Hearing.
Roaring and noises in the ears. Roaring in the head, as from a storm of wind. After lying down in bed, in the evening, he hears a sound in the left ear like a distant softly wounding ringing, so like a real sound that he can only persuade himself that it is an illusion by completely stopping the ear, when he hears it almost equally loud; it continues until he falls asleep, and only disappears on forcibly fixing his thoughts away from it; several evenings.
Nose.
Objective.
Sneezing a different times at 7 P.M. (after eight hours), immediately followed by shaking chill, extending from the back to the feet; the face was warm; the chill affected only the posterior half of the body, though the anterior portion of the chest was also moderately affected; without subsequent heat. Violent sneezing (soon).
Stopped coryza a few hours after taking; the right nostril is completely stopped. Stopped coryza, with cold hands and feet, and heat of the face, especially after eating, lasting three days (relieved by Nux). Epistaxis of very tenacious, thick, black blood, with cold sweat on the forehead in large drops. Painful, cramp like drawing from the left frontal eminence to the left side of the bony parts of the nose (after half an hour).
Face.
Dry lips, much inclined to crack. Smarting of the lips.
Mouth.
Tongue.
White-coated, very moist tongue; its papillae were very prominent. White-coated, though rather dry tongue, in the morning; after breakfast it became clean.
General Mouth.
Dryness and scraping sensation in the mouth.
Dryness in the mouth and very violent burning on one side of the tip of the tongue, as if a blister would appear; very painful on talking or touching the tongue; only on the upper surface of the tongue.
Unusual warmth in the mouth.
Saliva.
Much water in the mouth, and slight biting on the tip of the tongue, as from salt; with sweetish, salty taste.
Taste.
Sweetish taste in the back of the throat. An offensive, sweetish sour taste in the mouth in the morning after rising; somewhat relieved after rinsing the mouth. Bitter taste in the back of the throat. Reproaches made her very angry; she desires to justify herself, but the words stop at her lips; she is now vexed at her silence, and again attempts to talk, but speech refuses its service; she continues to waver in this way and is unable to utter a word in her own defence, though making every effort to do
so.
Throat.
Sensation in the throat during inspiration, as of sulphur fumes.
A sensation similar to heartburn rises up into the throat, especially after a meal which is eaten with relish (after nine hours). After eating, a sensation in the throat as if a stopper were forced into it, more on empty swallowing than on swallowing food; it lasts until the next day; wherewith the uvula seems somewhat elongated, with pressive sensation when not swallowing.
On empty swallowing there is a feeling deep in the throat as if a morsel were sticking there and could not go down; he was frequently obliged to hawk, especially in the morning after rising. Scraping in the throat as after eating very fat food.
Scraping in the throat before and after coughing. Sharp scraping sensation in the back of the throat which compels hawking. Scraping rough throat.
Uvula.
Feeling as if the uvula were fallen down when swallowing and when not.
Stomach.
Appetite and Thirst.
Very great canine hunger; she was obliged to eat every moment (first day, in the afternoon and evening).
Excessive thirst for cold drinks in the afternoon.
Eructation.
Eructations. Tasteless eructations. Frequent empty eructations in the morning, fasting.
Nausea. Qualmishness and discomfort, extending from the pit of the stomach into the abdomen, where they moved about as if griping would appear. Great qualmishness and sensation of weakness in the pit of the stomach, very much relieved in the open air. Qualmish, nauseated. Nauseated sensation in chest, and throat, as if she would immediately vomit.
Stomach.
Distension in the stomach and abdomen. Rumbling and fermentation in the pit of the stomach (after a quarter of an hour). Sinking pain in the pit of the stomach. Sensation as of something living and jumping about in the pit of the stomach, abdomen, arms, and other parts of the body. Burning in the stomach.
She seems very full after very little food, as if she had eaten too much; with loss of appetite. Contractive pain in the pit of the stomach, and beneath the sternum. Drawing in the pit of the stomach, back and forth and up and down (after half an hour).
Some violent stitches in the pit of the stomach (after one hour).
Sensitiveness of the stomach as after taking cold.
Abdomen.
Hypochondria.
Painless pinching pressure in the right hypochondrium, on every inspiration, as from a broad hard body.
Umbilical.
Some griping above the navel, in the morning.
General Abdomen.
Movings about in the whole abdomen, with a griping sensation, and from time to time slight urging to stool.
Rumbling in the abdomen, while yawning. Repeated rumbling in the abdomen, in the morning, while lying in bed. Slight rumbling, with discomfort in the upper abdomen. Sensation internally, in both sides of the abdomen, as if something living were jumping about, with nausea and shivering (after nine hours). Sensation of emptiness in the abdomen, with complete loss of appetite.
Fullness and pressure in the abdomen, and at the same time in the chest, as if she had eaten too much and too rapidly; though not after eating. Sensation of distension of the abdomen, in the forenoon, with an empty stomach (after half an hour). Griping in a small spot on the left side of the abdomen, on a line with the navel. The child constantly complains of aching in the abdomen; he bends himself together (second day).
Drawing first in the upper abdomen, then in the region of the uterus.
Drawing colic, as if menstruation would appear (first day).
Transient pain, now in the left, now in the right side of the abdomen, as from pressure on a sore spot. Colic as from taking cold. Griping jerking in the abdomen, after an ordinary drink of water. Repeated shocks in the left side of the abdomen, at night, while fully awake, like the movements of a child at the end of pregnancy, and such as she had felt several months previously (after several days). A painless shock in the upper abdomen, as from something living which jumped upward.
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.