Sleepiness. Much yawning, though he had slept all the morning (fifth day). Great sleepiness. Very great inclination to sleep (second day). Drowsiness; with invincible propensity to sleep. Deep, prolonged, quiet sleep towards morning. He awakes with difficulty, or else with a start. Dreams. Many dreams at night, with frequent waking, mostly with headache (first day). Pleasant, voluptuous, very vivid dreams, constantly repeated every time he takes the drug. The dreams are not exciting, although they are clearly remembered.
Fever
Chilliness. Coldness and trembling, with numbness of the hands and coldness of the fingers, which become white, benumbed, and prickly, so that they cannot be got warm again for three-quarters of an hour. He cannot get warm after returning from a walk. Chilliness through the back (after three-quarters of an hour). Chilliness over the back, with warm extremities (fifth day). Frequent chilliness through the back, extending into the arms, with cold skin and bluish nails, great weakness of the right limb, oppressed respiration, with pulse at 60, while walking and sitting; pupils contracted, and sensitive to daylight (after one hour). Much chilliness through the back (third day). Coldness pierces into the interior of the occiput (after one hour). Some coldness through the back (soon). Great coldness in the back, extending into the limbs, which were also icy cold externally and felt bruised (after half an hour). Sensation of great coldness in the back, extending into the bones of the back, with cold hands and blue nails, repeatedly (seventh day). Violent coldness within the spine; there is also a feeling of coldness in the extremities and head, with great weakness of the extremities and pressure in the testicles and elbows, with frequent deep breathing, oppression of the chest, and prickling in the calves (pulse 55 to 60); better while walking (after one hour). Heat. The skin is warm, and seems to the fingers soft and fine (after two hour). A small glass of Malaga wine caused remarkable heat of the whole body, especially of the back, with distended veins (third day). Violent burning heat in the tips of the fingers (fifth day).
Aggravation
(Night), Formication along thigh, etc.
(In open air), Vertigo; objects swim before eyes; dryness of lips, etc.; unsteady gait, etc.
(Blending or turning), Pains in lumbar muscles.
(Descending stairs), Vertigo; sensation of uncertain gait.
(After dinner), Heavy head.
(On exerting mind), Drawing in occiput. (Sitting), Sensation in occiput; oppression of breath; sensation in knees, etc.; pin in muscles of thighs; drawing, etc., from the back of feet. (When straightening up), Pains lips, etc.; scraping in fauces.
(Walking), Pressure in ankles, etc.
(Walking rapidly), Pain in left malleolus.
(Wine), Heat of body.
Amelioration
(Eating), Dryness of mouth.
(Walking), Oppression in region of heart; coldness within spine, etc.
(Walking slowly), Pain about malleolus.
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.