Eye
Objective. Eyes red and swollen, but not agglutinated in the least (eighteenth day). Eyes get red and smart in the morning (thirty-second day). Eyes red, sting, and itch in the morning (twenty-eighth day). Eyes red and lids somewhat swollen as yesterday; outer canthi itch, as also the margins of the lids, in the morning (eighth day). Eyes red; lids swollen; pain through the back part of each eye, especially the left; itching of the eyes upon motion and of the margins of the lids, in the morning (sixth day). Eyes swollen (twenty-first morning). Eyes inflamed and hot, some itching and smarting (sixth day). Subjective. Eyes feel dry and smarting, particularly at the external canthi, all the time, as if I had not slept enough (thirteenth day). Eyes feel dull; not as sore as yesterday, but have dark rings around them (sixth day). Eyes feel hot and congested in the morning (seventh day). Eyes hot, burning, and glassy; eyeballs look as if covered with tears in the evening (seventeenth day). Pain in eyes and temples on rising(fifth day),. Dull, oppressive pain in the left eye (second day),. Pain in eyes sharp and continued, extending to the right ear, in the evening (nineteenth day). Eyes feel sore and hot (third day). Eyes sore and smarting, closing them hurts, more under lid of left eye (thirty-third day). Smarting of eyes and lids commencing yesterday afternoon; may be owing to March wind (forty-fourth day). Eyes feel sore on moving them; hot and watery; pressure back of them in the afternoon (eighth day). Eyes feel tender to the touch (sixteenth day). The eyes feel sensitive on closing them tightly, and there is roughened feeling upon motion of the lids, especially of the left eye (first day). Eyes, roughened feeling; conjunctive reddened, more of left eye; itching of the outer canthi (fifth day). Eyes feel as if roughened; external canthi sore, with constant burning irritation, relieved by moving the lids very slowly (second day). Eyes feel as if filled with sand about 9 P.M. (thirty-third day). Itching in both eyes (eighteenth day). Eyes itch, especially the left eye (fourth day). During morning, eyes itch and look watery (fortieth day). Eyes feel worse after a walk in the afternoon, probably from the brightness of the sun (fourth day). Orbit. Some pain back of the eyes in the evening (thirtieth day). Occasional darting pain back of the left eye, lasting about three hours (after half an hour, first day). Not much headache, but some indefinite pains back of the eyes and in the occiput (seventh morning). Lids. Lids swollen in the evening (nineteenth day). Lids swollen and itch, but never agglutinated in the morning (seventeenth day). Has granular lids (thirty-sixth day). Meibomian glands of left lower lid inflamed; lids of both eyes very red and sore in the afternoon (thirty-fourth day). During the proving, I had drooping of the right eyelid, which I hardly think came from this, but it has now disappeared (thirty-third day). Lids feel much swollen; objects blurred, as if a thin secretion over the eyes obstructed the light; still the eyes feel dry and are red; have a kind of glassy look (seventeenth day). Eyelids sore and itch at 9 A.M. (twentieth day). Smarting of the eyelids in the forenoon (fourth day). Itching of the lids, arms, etc., at 5 P.M. (seventh day). Itching of the eyelids; smarting of the eyes at night, aggravated by reading; redness of the eyes (sixth day). Acute itching of the margins of the lids (sixth day). Sharp, cutting pain over external canthus of left eye (fifth day). Outer canthi itch (eighth day). The outer canthi itch and smart at 11 P.M. (seventh day); outer canthi itch, as also the margins of the lids (eighth day). Lachrymal Apparatus. Eyes watery and swollen on rising, burning and sore; some bland lachrymation, especially of the left eye, does not flow over cheek, but eyes have a watery look, at 9 A.M.; hot, itch and smart; margins of lids smart; tears increased by reading; eyes feel sore, and as if passed out, but held back by cords, at 10 P.M. (fourteenth day). Right eye watery in the evening, with smarting of the lids of both eyes, as if I had a cold in the head (sixteenth day). Conjunctiva. Conjunctive reddened (eleventh day). Ball. Aching pain deep within the eyeballs, and a pressing outward; also many shooting pains of short duration, both within and around the eyes; conjunctiva reddened; itching of the edges of the lids and burning; things seem obscure and wavy (fifth day). Feeling as if the eyes were pushed out and at the same time held back by cords (sixth day). Sharp stitches deep within the eyeballs (sixth day). Vision. Eyes feel blurred, and objects appear indistinct (sixth day).
Ear
External. Left ear hot and burning, itches within (thirteenth day). Neuralgic pain in the ear (tragus) early in the evening (eleventh day). Shooting pain in the region of the right ear, going back to the occiput at 7.30 P.M. (second day). Internal. Pain from right ear to throat in the afternoon (thirty-fourth day). Dull pain extending from the left ear to the throat upon swallowing (seventeenth day). Sharp pain in the right ear in the forenoon (thirty-third day). At 8 P.M., sharp pain, extending from the right ear down the Eustachian tube to the submaxillary gland; this continued several minutes (twentieth day). Soreness of left ear within the auditory canal; sensitive to the touch (eighth day). Ears itch, and sounds seem muffled and wavy, but only for a few minutes at a time (fifth day). Itching of the auditory canals in the forenoon (fortieth day). Itching of the right auditory canal at 2 P.M. (twenty-third day). Itching of external auditory meatus (sixteenth day). Itching of left external auditory meatus (seventeenth day). Itching from right ear along the Eustachian tube in the afternoon (fortieth day). Hearing. A momentary buzzing in the right ear at noon; ringing in the left ear at 3 P.M. (seventh day). Ringing in the left ear at 3 P.M. (seventh day).
Nose
Objective. Nose is red and sorer outside (forty-fifth day). Septum nasi deeply cracked, and has a peculiar gnawing sensation, in the evening (thirty-fourth day). Sore in the right nostril, just within the nasal bone (sixteenth day). The sore in the right nostril noticed two days ago has been growing worse, in an ulcer, and has discharged some today (eighteenth day). Crusts in the nose, which is still somewhat sore, in the morning (seventeenth day). Crusts form in the nose, which is very sensitive, and bleeds when they are removed (twenty-eighth day). Fluent coryza (ninth day); (soon), (fourteenth day). Have a watery coryza, which soon passes off, before rising (forty-second day). Fluent coryza from the nose; sneezing, from tickling sensation in the nose; nose sore internally, more upon left side; raw feeling throughout the nose, on rising (fourteenth day). Before rising, had a fluent coryza, which passed off about 7.30 A.M., and my nose feels dry again; the whole inner surface of my nose, as far back as can be seen, is ulcerated; occasionally a white mucous discharge, but soon dry again, in the afternoon; constant gnawing and heat; from it a bad feeling extends through the head (forty- third day). A sudden, most persistent fluid coryza, wholly from the left side, with burning, stinging pain in the left nostril, high up and very severe (second day). Slight watery coryza in the forenoon (fourth day). Through forenoon occasional thick, white coryza; at 1 P.M., nose very dry, and mucous membrane feels as if contracted (forty-sixth day). Coryza a little bloody in the morning (eighth day). Slight epistaxis soon after rising (thirty- eighth and thirty-ninth days). Subjective. Nose feels stopped up, as if I had taken cold, in the morning (second day). Upon rising, nose soon becomes stuffed and full, with a feeling of pressure behind the eyes and through the anterior portion of the head; nose is alternately stuffed and clear through the day (fourteenth day). Nose feels dry and is much sorer (seventeenth day). Whole internal surface of nose feels dry, and as if contracted; gnawing as before, at 2 P.M. (forty-second day). Whole inner surface of nose far back feels dry and as if parched; itches and burns; occasionally a watery flow, which dries up immediately (eighteenth and nineteenth days). Pain from the interior of the nose to the eyes, which feel rough; motion aggravates (eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth days). Pain, extending from the inner surface of the nose up behind the eyes upon inhalation, in the morning (eighth day). Pain in the nose, caused by breathing cool air, not sharp, but aching pain (fifth day). Pain from the raw dry surface of the nose up through the back of the eyes; nose hot and swollen, and filled with dry crusts, in the forenoon (thirty- first day). Nose burns, and there is a stinging gnawing pain; can hardly keep my hands from it, in the forenoon (thirty-sixth day). Whole inner surface of my nose burns, with a gnawing and stinging, especially the septum nasi, in the forenoon (forty- first day). Nose and throat sore at 7 A.M. (twenty-third day). Nose sore, more on right side, in the evening (fifty-second day). Nose sore internally (twelfth day). Nose sore and excoriated within, slightly swollen (second day). Nose sore; formation of dry crusts in the nostrils, although a loose cold in the head constantly (twentieth and forty-fourth days). Nose still sore and filled with crust, which are easily removed, but this is followed by itching and burning (fifth day). A sore nose for nearly three weeks; it is dry and parched, and the mucous surface ulcerated for back; fills with dry crusts; it improves, and then gets worse again (thirtieth day). Nose quite sore, and burns (seventh and eighth days). Nose is very sore, and pain extends from it to the head (seventeenth day). Nose very sore, swollen, and hot, with a burning sensation, in the evening (thirtieth day). Nose is very sore again; it never get quite well; the whole internal surface far back is sore and covered with dry crusts (thirtieth day). Inner surface of nose continues sore, also septum far back; touch causes burning and itching (fifth day). Nose sorer at 9.30 P.M., which this afternoon seemed nearly well; cannot sit still on account of the dull pain and peculiar uneasy feeling it occasions (twenty-fourth day). Nose not as sore inside, but becoming so outside; nose usually less sensitive in the morning, but becomes sorer in the middle of the forenoon, and still sorer during afternoon (forty-fourth day). Soreness in the nostrils, which are dry, at 4 P.M. (thirteenth day). Can hardly touch the nose; the whole interior surface is dry and hot, and feels as if raw (seventeenth day). Upon breathing the cold air, a bruised pain extends from the sore interior surface of the nose up behind the eyes (tenth day). Itching of the alae nasi, both externally and internally; sore and excoriated internally, also hot and swollen; septum nasi begins to be similarly affected (third day).
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.