Urine was secreted in such large quantities, that she passed more in two hours than usually in twenty-four; therewith the thirst was not increased (two hours after dose, fourth day). Urine copious; voided at least every two hours during the afternoon (third day). Urine copious; passed six times between 3 and 10 P.M. (usually but twice in the same period); urine showed no especial change, but after several hours deposited a thin brownish sediment (fourth day). Urine copious, and depositing a mucous sediment (nineteenth and twentieth days). Urine profuse; evacuated every hour during the afternoon (second day). Urine more profuse than usual, lasting till noon of the third day (second day). Urine more profuse than usual; after 10 A.M., constant urging renewed immediately after micturition; this urging, however, caused no real pain, and the urine, which was darker colored than usual, caused no burning during micturition (fifth day). After seven hours (after 3 P.M)., it seemed as though the kidneys became very active, and secreted urine rapidly, followed by urging to urinate, and copious discharge of normal urine (third day). Frequent urinating, and more urine, also at night. Frequent passage of watery urine. She is obliged to rise every night to urinate. Inability to retain the urine. Involuntary micturition. Involuntary discharge of urine and faeces (after seven days). Quantity of urine lessened; it was clear and of a pale color (twenty-second day). Urine less abundant, and of a red color (third day). Urine during the first day decidedly diminished (too much so to be accounted for by the warmer weather), 860 cc., s p. gr. 1025 (aggregate of four evacuations), (first day); passed in unusually small quantity, and of very high sp. gr. (1033) (second evening); total amount during the day only 1050 cc., though I drank 180 cc. of beer and 210 cc. of coffee; in the afternoon the reaction was neutral; average sp. gr. 1026.5 (second day). Scanty, dark urine. Very painful discharge of scanty, red urine for six days. Urine seemed to be scanty in the morning, remarkable, as, quite late on the evening previous, tea had been taken, which could not have been evacuated the same evening, as usual when it was taken at 7.30; sp. gr. 1031 (third day). Urine seemed to be rather more scanty than during sixth proving. Micturition seldom, only twice during the day, and scanty, though without difficulty; but after forty- eight hours frequent, with cutting-drawing in the bladder. Retention of urine; bladder distended, and could be felt above the pubis (second day). Secretion of urine suspended. Urine almost suppressed. Suppression of the urine (for nearly three days). Urine suppressed for fifty hours. (* Is it not remarkable that Digitalis, when taken in a poisonous dose, suppresses the very function which it excites to increased activity when administered as a medicine? *) Passage of dark urine, amounting from noon till 10 P.M. to 1 1/2 lbs. Quantity of urine, 1873.6 centimeters; sp. gr., 1014.32; total solids, 63.74 gram.; inorganic solids, 30.15 grams.; organic solids, 33.49 grams. (second day). Quantity of urine, 1624.9 cc.; sp. gr., 1020.04; total of solid matter, 67.29 grams., of which 33.19 were inorganic, and 34.10 organic (third day). Micturition difficult, as though there were almost no urine in the; bladder, and yet there was great urgency to urinate; after micturition, pressure in the bladder and burning in the urethra for half an hour (third day). Urine. Urine of pale straw color and feeble acid reaction; quantity, 1950 cc. (previous average, 1475.5 cc).; sp. gr., 1013.25 (previous average, 1024.30 cc).; total solids, 69.98 grams., of which 31.27 were inorganic, and 38.71 organic matter (previous average, 75.31 grams., of which 37.17 grams. inorganic, and 45.14 organic constituents), (first day). Urine very red and burning (fourth day). Urine dark, without urging to urinate; it becomes very red, and deposits a sediment (after fourteen hours). He observed while taking the medicine that the urine was of a brownish color, and of a heavy, disagreeable smell. Acid urine. (* Not found.-HUGHES. *)Urine thick, with dense white sediment (fifth day). Urine, 1125 cc., acid; sp. gr., 1025 (first day). 1040 cc., acid; sp. gr., 1025 (second day). 1040 cc., acid; sp. gr., 1025, very soon becoming turbid (third day). 940 cc., acid, once in the afternoon neutral; sp. gr., 1024.6 (fourth day). 900 cc., sp. gr., 1025.8; in the afternoon neutral, at other times acid; in the morning and afternoon after dinner it became very turbid after a few hours, and deposited a thick white sediment (fifth day). Urine, 1150 cc., acid; sp. gr., 1053 (first day). 870 cc.; sp. gr., 1023 (second day). 1145 cc.; sp. gr., 1017.2 (third day). 975 cc.; sp. gr. 1025 (fourth day). 1100 cc.; sp.fr., 1018.3 (fifth day). 1200 c.c. (once neutral); sp.gr., 1024..3 (in the forenoon 120 c.c. of weiss beer were taken), (sixth day). 825 c.c; sp 10269; in the afternoon becoming soon very turbid (seventh day. 1110 c.c.; sp. gr., 1026 (eighth day). 1105 cc.; sp. gr., 1025.4 (ninth day). Urine, 1430 cc., acid; sp. gr. (evening), 1030 (second day). 950 cc.; 1022, neutral in the morning and afternoon (third day). Urine, 1460 cc.; sp. gr., 1018.5 (first day). 1360 cc.; sp. gr., 1024 (second day). Neutral in the evening, not after dinner, both days.
Sexual organs
Male. Irritability of the genital organs after different doses. Constant irritability of the genital organs, almost painful erections, especially disturbing sleep (fourth day). Continued erections in the; morning on rising, which were remarkably unpleasant, and almost chordee-like erections, and, at same time, urging to urinate, with, however, very scanty urine, much out of proportion to the urging (third night). When Digitalis (or Digitaline) is administered for some time to a man in full possession of sexual powers, these become gradually reduced, the propensities disappear, formation of liquor seminis diminishes, and may at last cease altogether. Genitals become so weak and flaccid, that they are hardly felt to exist; heat, tension, congestion, and erection of the parts, pleasurable feelings, and sexual desire, are no longer experienced. Great irritation of the genitals; (part of S. 59). Itching irritation in the glans penis; (part of S 460). Frequent sensation at night as though an emission would occur without one; in the morning a glutinous moisture at the orifice of the urethra. Pain, as from a bruise in the right testicle. Very excited lascivious fancies, with voluptuous images day and night, and frequent erections. Excited sexual desire, with frequent erections during the day. Emission, without dreams and without waking, during the night (an extraordinary symptom, which I had not experienced for more than a year), (second night). Emissions almost every fourth night, always with voluptuous dreams. Three emissions within four nights, followed by great exhaustion on the following day, but with violent erections every morning on and after rising (after ten days)., Emissions, followed by pain in the penis. Copious emission at night (first night). Very profuse emission at night about 1 o’clock, and on waking a smarting pain in the urethra (third night). Female. Considerable uterine hemorrhage (after some hours). Discharge of menstrual blood.
Respiratory Organs
Larynx. In the morning, mucus in the larynx, easily loosened, but, by hawking, it usually comes up into the throat, so that he is obliged to swallow it. Tenacious mucus;in the larynx, loosened by a hacking cough. On every inspiration he feels as though he were electrized. Irritation to cough, as far up as the arch of the palate. Hoarseness in the;morning. Hoarseness in the;morning on waking. Great hoarseness, so that he is unable to speak, in the morning after a night-sweat. Frequent painless hoarseness. Cough and Expectoration. Cough and catarrh, also that he could scarcely speak. Cough, with sweat, at midnight. Slight cough, which appeared sympathetic with the affection of the stomach (eighteenth day). After eating, the cough is so violent that he vomits the food. Dull cough, as from tickling in the trachea, without expectoration. Dry cough, with dyspnoea, in the morning after rising. Dry cough, with pressive-tensive pain in the arm and shoulder. Cough, caused by itching irritation in the larynx, short and dry. Dry, spasmodic cough, after much talking. Cough and expectoration, with a peculiar weak sensation in the chest, especially on sitting a long time (fourth day). Expectoration of mucus in the morning by involuntary hawking. Expectoration of grayish mucus, of a sweetish, offensive taste (second day). (Expectoration from the chest colored by blood.) (* A standing symptom with the patient.-HUGHES. *) Bloody cough. Respiration. Respiration more rapid (seventh day). Respiration irregular, and performed by frequent deep sighs (second day). Short, gasping respiration; he is not able to hold it, and is soon obliged to gasp anew. Sighing respiration for six days. Respiration 16, difficult (fourth day). Respiration 26 in a minute, but without any difficulty (second day). Respiratory murmur feeble (second day). Respiration difficult, slow, and deep. When sitting, as well as when walking, worse towards evening and in the evening; there was a constant desire to take a very deep breath, but, on attempting to do so, it seemed as though the chest could be only half filled, or as though some impediment existed deep in the chest; there was associated with this a dry cough, especially on deep inspiration, which only seldom expectorated a somewhat hard, lumpy mucus; in the morning, however, the expectoration was freer and more copious than in the afternoon and evening; everything seemed too tight about the body; I was obliged to open my vest and waistband, because their pressure was extremely irksome; this, however, did not relieve the shortness of breath (fourth day). On the next day, the shortness of breath appeared in a slight degree immediately on rising (the previous evening it had soon disappeared in bed), but was now accompanied by a painful feeling of weariness and general affection of the chest, and a frequent dry cough; in the afternoon the difficulty of respiration increased, and in the evening it was worse than yesterday, especially while writing (fifth day). On the next day this continued, a little less in the morning, but even more violent in the afternoon and evening than before, even accompanied with some palpitation (sixth day). The next day, the shortness of breath was noticed immediately after rising, though there was no cough and very little expectoration; in the afternoon and evening it was noticed a little while walking (seventh day); in the evening walk after this, the shortness of breath continued to return in shorter and slighter attacks, until it gradually disappeared. Extremely annoying shortness of breath during the whole day; this had been noticed during the preceding days, but in so slight a degree that I paid little attention to it; it was, however, to-day very severe (sixth day). Distressing dyspnoea for several days; he must involuntarily take a deep breath, and still it seems as though he wanted air, especially while sitting.
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.