Rectum and Anus
Throbbing stitching pain in the anus, and colicky pain in the abdomen, at 10 P.M. (third day). Soreness of anus, at 3.15 and 4.30 P.M. (second day). Great soreness and smarting of anus (part of S. 88), smarting still continues, 2 and 2.45 P.M. (third day). Smarting of anus after stool, at 3.15 P.M., still continues at 5 P.M. (second day). Slight desire for stool twice during the day (fourth day). Tenesmus and straining at stool. (Remained fifteen minutes at stool (third day); yesterday as long as half an hour).
Stool
Diarrhoea. Diarrhoea, towards evening; watery mucous stool, with pain in bowels, not entirely relieved by stool (ninth day). Slight diarrhoea. Profuse diarrhoea; four copious stools during the day (second day). Watery diarrhoea, in the evening, with much tenesmus, only partially relieved by stool (fifth day). Violent purging, with tenesmus (third day). (* This prover had been the subject of arsenical poisoning, and described this condition as being similar to the proving of that drug. *) Soft diarrhoeic stool, with flatus at 8 A.M. (second day). Loose, watery stools, partially relieving the pain in bowels (second day). Stool, at first consistent, afterwards, thin, fecal, slimy, with flatus. Stool does not relieve the griping and contracting pain in the bowels, at 1.45 P.M.; watery, thin, yellowish, fecal, no relief to the abdomen, at 2.30 P.M.; sudden, gushing, watery, followed by thin fecal discharge, at 3.15 P.M.; watery, preceded by some rumbling of bowels, watery, bubbling yeasty stool, with flatus, at 4.30 P.M. (second day); somewhat consistent at 1.30 P.M. (third day), (part of S. 88); with colic and griping at 8 A.M. (fourth day); thin, fecal, at 8.50 A.M. (fourth day). Passage of fecal mucus with the flatus, before rising (second day). Constipation. Constipation; small pasty stool, very insufficient (eighth day). Constipation followed the catamenia, for several days. Constipated, no desire for stool (third day). Constipated, and no desire for stool (fourth day). Constipated during the entire proving, stool small, sticky, and unsatisfactory.
Constipated; passage of a little soft fecal matter, not watery, but thick (third day). Constipated; desire for stool, but passed only a small quantity of frothy mucus (fifth day). Constipated; could pass only small insufficient stool (second day). Bowels regular, moving after each meal (before proving); at noon felt desire for stool, but could pass only a small quantity of mucus (first day); desire for stool, with passage of only a small quantity of mucus (second day); passage of small, unsatisfactory, pasty-like stool, in morning (third and subsequent days). Bowels were loose before taking the drug, now constipated; had one small unsatisfactory stool during the day, very dry and sticky; seems as if had no power to expel it (first day); tympanites and passage of few small soft stools, which seem quite insufficient (second and third days). Much constipated for some time, small stool and insufficient (after proving). Small and insufficient stool three times during day (fifth day). Three small unsatisfactory stools (sixth day). Passed a very small quantity of dry sticky faeces; unsatisfactory (fourth day). Did not have usual stool; felt desire, but could not pass it (first day).
Urinary organs
For some days had pain and soreness in region of bladder (after four days). Urine diminished and high-colored (third day). Urine less than normal, and with white, sometimes reddish, sediment.
Sexual organs
Seemed as if the uterus were too low, and would come out at stool (second day). Menses two days sooner than usual, not so profuse or long-lasting as usual. The catamenia were followed by an astringent action (third day).
Respiratory Organs
Stinging pain in larynx, from without inwards; very sharp pricking pain and sensation of suffocation (tenth day). Cough worse in the morning, and appearances as of a slight cold (third day). Raising sweetish-tasting mucus, quite offensive (first to fifth days). Dyspnoea (second day); (eighth day). Dyspnoea from slightest exertion (second day). Noticed dyspnoea on going upstairs (after two days). Exertion of going upstairs even slowly caused much dyspnoea (second day). Great dyspnoea from exertion (seventh day). From walking up a slight elevation entirely out of breath, with palpitation of heart, vertigo, and pale face (second day).
Chest
Oppressive feeling in the chest, with dyspnoea and desire to clear the throat, with much spitting (first day). Felt sore through the chest; seemed as if I had a slight cold (second day). Sharp pain in right thorax, running down into abdomen and up into the left shoulder (first day). Went to bed as usual and slept until the latter part of the night, when awoke with sharp pain low down in right side; this lasted for a few minutes, then stopped for a moment, and then began again as before; when this stopped fell asleep again; don’t know how long I slept, but was awakened by pain as before, and had three of these spells before morning; had slight pain in small of back before going to bed, and in my side, that seemed to turn around to where the severe pains were afterwards felt; the abdomen had been soft before, but since the pain had become hard; during the pain could feel hard lump where the pain was in the right side (first night).
Heart and Pulse
Excitability of heart’s action from least motion (ninth day).
Pulse slow and weak (eighth day). Pulse very weak and slow, but excited by the least exertion (seventh day). Pulse 75, normal; 90 at 7 P.M.; 60 and very weak at 9 P.M. (third day). Pulse 70 at 6 P.M., normal; 85, full and strong, then suddenly became weak and irregular; could feel it change under the finger, at 8 P.M.; 65, later (second day). Pulse 84 (11 P.M)., (first day). Pulse 80 at 8 A.M.; 84 at 11 P.M. (fifth day). Pulse normal at 80; slow and soft (second day). Pulse 80 at 7 P.M.; 76 at 9 P.M.; 72 at 10 P.M.; 68 at 12 M. (first day); 80 until noon; 72 at 4 P.M.; 76 at 7 P.M.; 68 at 9 P.M. (second day). Pulse normal, 76; 80 (first day). Pulse 72 and weak (second day). Pulse 60 and very weak (fifth day).
Back
Great pain across the back and through the loins (second day). Dull heavy pain across the back in the region of the kidneys, accompanied by a crawling sensation and occasional darting pains (third day).
Superior Extremities
Dull neuralgic pain in both shoulders and arms, rendering it almost impossible to keep them still (tenth day).
Inferior Extremities
Felt weak and trembling in limbs when standing; on going to bed at 10 P.M. felt feverish, and in short time perspired freely (first day). Muscles of both thighs were sore and stiff; this lameness extended down to the knees, making it difficult to get out of bed, or to rise form a chair (first day), and continuing throughout the proving, more or less. Noticed neuralgic pain in left leg, extending down. Neuralgic pains in foot and leg from foot to knee (second day).
General Symptoms
Weak and languid; desire to lie down at 1.45 P.M. (second day). Great prostration, at 9 P.M. (third day). Very marked prostration, so weak could hardly walk (second day). Cannot sit quietly in one position (second day). Felt very tired, toward evening, although had done nothing to cause it (tenth day). Felt weak (first day); (second day). Felt weak all day and as if I could not be on my feet much (second day). Was obliged to lie down, feeling as if my senses were leaving me, at 12 M. (third day). Sense of fullness and sluggishness throughout the entire body (third day). During the first of the proving the symptoms seemed to be aggravated every four days, but later on every two days.
Sleep and Dreams
Sleepiness. Felt sleepy and dull (second day). Sleeplessness. Sleep long in coming, restless, and disturbed (first night). Slept but little through night (fourth day). Slept but little through the night, felt sleepy but could not sleep (second night). Sleep full of dreams (second night). Dreams. Dreamed at night of dead bodies.
Fever
Felt hot and restless at night; could not sleep (seventh day). When head ached less or stopped, feet were warm, at other times were cold and could not get warm. Perspiration on hands (first day).
Aggravation
(Morning), Fullness in head, etc.; cough. (Afternoon), Nausea.
(Evening), Diarrhoea.
(Coughing), Pain in half of head. (Gaslight), Photophobia. (Motion), Pain in temple; pain in half of head; pain in occiput.
(Walking), Vertigo; pain in bowels.
Amelioration Conditions.
(Bending forward), Colic.
(Pressure), Headache.
(Stool), Pains in bowels.
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.