Sexual Organs
Frequent erections, the whole night (tenth day).
Respiratory Organs
Larynx. Irritation to cough and expectorate in the afternoon, with great accumulation of mucus in the throat (second day). Cough and Expectoration. More frequent cough. Cough, with expectoration of grayish-white, rather tenacious mucus drawn out in threads (third day). (A short hacking cough, with white- yellowish, rather thick expectoration, and at times with pains in the chest, which had troubled me more or less during the previous winter, ceased on the ninth or tenth day entirely, and did not recur during the whole of the next winter). Cough worse than ever, with more hawking in the throat and expectoration of mucus (sixth day). Slight hemoptysis. Respiration. Shortness of breath; was obliged to take a deep breath, with sensation of oppression of the chest, and a pressure beneath the sternum (fourth day). Increased dyspnoea.
Chest
Congestion of the lungs. Oppression of the chest, as if a great weight lay upon it (sixth day). Oppression of the chest, more in the upper portion of the lungs (second day). Great oppression of the chest the whole day; was obliged to take a deep breath, which caused a feeling of soreness in the chest, together with a feeling of oppression, as though expansion of the thorax were prevented; there was, however, no really acute pain on inspiration (seventh day). The oppression of the chest, which had been less, returned very violently after the evening dose (seventh day). There are still some oppression of the chest and some expectoration of mucus, which is thick and yellow (tenth day). Slight oppression of the chest, especially on breathing (fourth day). Sharp pains in the chest, at times, as yesterday, more oppression, and a pressive sensation in the left side as yesterday, but to-day also in the right nipple outward to the arm, 11 A.M.; this pain was aggravated by pressure, and frequently returned during the afternoon and evening (fourth day). Some pain in both sides of the chest, deep in the abdomen, and in the region of the spleen (where it was more like a stitch), on respiration in the evening (fifth day).
Heart and Pulse
Increased pulse. Pulse in the morning 80, at noon 84, at 3.30 P.M. 102, at 10 P.M. 84 to 88 (seventh day). Pulse 80 in the morning, 100 at 4 P.M., 80 in the evening (sixth day). Pulse 90 in the morning, 88 in the afternoon (fourth day). Pulse in the morning 80, at noon 88, in the evening 80 (fifth day). Pulse in the morning, 76, in the afternoon 84 to 88, somewhat feverish, in the evening 80 (eighth day). Pulse in the morning 80, at noon 72, at 3 P.M. 84 to 88 (not so feverish as yesterday), in the evening 72 (fourth day). Pulse increased from 75 to 85 (after a quarter of an hour). Pulse in the morning 80, in the afternoon 84, in the evening 80 (sixth day).
Back
Painful sensation in the back and kidneys and lower portion of the spine, starting from the lumbar vertebrae (fourth day). Pains in the back and kidneys, which become worse in the evening and extend farther downward (seventh day). Rather violent pain in the back and kidneys (eighth day). The pains in the back and kidneys and the headache were worse in the evening (eighth day).
Extremities n General.
Weakness and a bruised sensation in all the limbs, with great aversion to moving about (sixth day). Paralyzed and bruised feeling in all the limbs, especially in the legs (eighth day). Painful drawing in the tendons on the back of the right hand and left foot (eighth day).
Superior Extremities
In the evening, the right arm was so weak that he was obliged to stop writing, because the arm was so weary and felt as if paralyzed (seventh day). A rheumatic paralyzed feeling in the right upper arm and right shoulder (sixth day). Rheumatic bruised sensation in the upper arm, especially in the right (seventh day).
Inferior Extremities
Rheumatic pain, extending upward from the back of the left foot to the pelvis, in the evening (eighth day). Bruised, paralytic sensation in the thighs, extending down to the knees, which are very heavy; the legs, however, feel much lighter in proportion; during the afternoon this paralytic sensation extends down into the calves, even the right tibia is very painful (seventh day).
General Symptoms
Objective. General turgescence of the peripherals capillary system. Very indolent and sleepy, with bruised feeling in all the limbs, especially the calves, in the evening (fifth day). Great weakness (seventh day). Great weakness the whole day, with weary bruised sensation of all the limbs, especially of the lower extremities and calves (fourth day). General exhaustion and sleepiness (seventh day). Subjective. Symptoms of plethora. Sensation of weakness of the body and as if bruised, the whole night (seventh night). Some dull pain in and beneath the shoulders, in the nape of the neck, and in the joints of the lower extremities (seventh day).
Skin
Short-lasting cutaneous eruptions, like urticaria, eczema, and lichen.
Sleep and Dreams
Sleepiness. Sleepiness in the morning, though after a long sleep at night; had not desire to rise in the morning (fourth day). Sleeplessness. Night restless, with frequent waking, many dreams, with easy erection (sixth day). Sleep rather restless during the night; dreams of long-past events at night, as in the preceding proving. Frequent waking, with excessive urging to stool, and pain on micturition (sixth night). Sleep bad, night restless, frequent waking, and dreams of long-past events; in my sleep it seemed as if I had grown exceedingly large and was thirty to fifty feet high; everything about me seemed small and insignificant; the bedstead was too small and short; frequent starting in sleep, and waking with feeling as though paralyzed, and the hands and feet could not rest (seventh night). Dreams. Dreams (first night). Awakened from sleep by dreams of thieves and of fighting with them (third day).
Fever
Chilliness. Some Symptoms of coldness about noon; pulse 68 (normal 70); after 3 P.M. some fever, pulse 84 at 3.30, 80 at 4 P.M. (second day). The coldness returns between 12 and 1, with chilliness and sleepiness, so that the eyes close; at 3.30 P.M. the pulse becomes feverish, 96, with heat and fever; an hour later the pulse was 80, and the headache began to disappear (third day). Feeling of coldness in a warm room near the stove, about 10 A.M.; after 12 the pulse was 84, and I was very sleepy, with dull sore feeling in the back and kidneys, without fever in the afternoon (third day). Cold and chilly from 9 to 10 A.M., although the room was warm, without, however, fever in the afternoon, but the feeling of chilliness and coldness returned in the afternoon (fourth day). Heat. Some fever in the afternoon (sixth day). The fever returned in the afternoon, commencing about noon, becoming quite severe at 3 P.M.; the skin was not very dry, but warm and hot; at 4 P.M. the fever disappeared and the pulse decreased, the skin began to be moist, but there was no very profuse perspiration excepting on the forehead (seventh day). Very hot and feverish, but without perspiration, either during or after the fever (seventh night).
Condition.-
Aggravation (Morning), Bad taste. (Evening), Pain in back, etc. (Going to bed), Sensation in forehead. (Breathing), Oppression of chest. (After eating), Eructations; pain in bowels; soreness in abdomen. (Wearing hat), Headache. (Pressure), Pain from left nipple to arm. (Reading), Headache. (Shaking head), Headache. (Smoking), Feeling in head. (Stooping), Headache. (Walking fast), Headache. (Warm room), Headache.
(Writing), Headache. (Open air), Headache. (Cold air), Headache.
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.