Chest
In the left chest, in the middle, is a painful pressure, more the second and less the third day. Sharp pain in the right side, at 11 P.M.; continued about an hour (fourth day); returned again in the morning in the same place. After walking a few squares, sharp shooting pain in the right side, in the intercostal muscles; the same pain in the left side of the face; walked home and was not able to go out any more that afternoon; slept in the chair from 2 to 4 P.M., then felt better, and had a good appetite for supper; can think and study some (fourth day) Stitches in right breast, and in drawing a breath cannot think, comprehend, nor study; forgets everything (after three hours, fourth day). Shooting in right breast (two hours after first dose, third day).
Pulse
Pulse small and quick (ten hours after first dose, second day).
Back
Pain in dorsal vertebrae and head, at 8 P.M. (twenty-fifth day). Pain in the small of the back (after four hours and a half).
Extremities in General
Feels it in all his limbs, immediately (after second dose, third day).
Superior Extremities
Dull pain in the left elbow-joint. A most violent pain in the left forearm, in the radius, between the elbow and wrist, as if the bone were crushed or broken; often repeated. Pain in ring finger of left hand (one hour after second dose, third day). Pain in finger of left hand (fifth day). Burning on the point of the left thumb. Dull pains in the fingers. Pulsation in the left index, as if a panaritium were forming (two hours and a half after second dose, second day).
Inferior Extremities
Knee. Pain in left popliteal region (one hour after second dose, third day). Sticking pain in the popliteal region of the left leg, in walking, in the forenoon (third day). Stinging pain in the left knee-joint. Leg. Pain in the left leg, from the knee to the ankle (two hours after second dose, second day). Pain in tibia (two hours after first dose, third day). Pain in the left calf, on walking (fifth day). Foot. Dull pains in both feet. The boots are uncomfortable; the feet ache; especially the left; most between the little toe and the external ankle (second day).
General Symptoms
Repugnance to motion (after three hours, fourth day). Desire to lean on something (second day). A peculiar feeling of numbness in the whole body. Feels badly for two hours (after one hour, fourth day).
Skin
Sensation as if flies were crawling over the right side of the face (third day). Itching of the prepuce (two hours after first dose, third day).
Sleep
Drowsiness, at 12 M. (twenty-sixth day). Slept badly (second night).
Fever
Chilliness. Feels as though cold had been taken, wants to be near the fire, cold, chilly (three hours after third dose, first day). Cold, chilly, and pains in the bowels, in the descending colon (two hours after second dose, second day). Heat. Forehead hot to the touch (two hours and a half after second dose, second day). Face hot and feels swollen (after three hours, fourth day). Sweat. p73 Perspiration of axillary region and palms of hands (two hours after first dose, 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.