Ear
Rush of blood to right ear, after it a pressure, as if from a dull point. Ears feel very stiff, Buzzing in right ear. Rushing noise, like water falling, in the left ear.
Nose
Objective. Frequent sneezing, ceases after his attention is called to it. Often coagulated blood in the nose. Subjective. Pain in nose (second day). Pain in the nose and right neck and side feel very stiff, most about the jaws (fifth day). Nose pains from thinking, Headache extends into the nose, Sharp pain runs up the nose. Nose feels bruised (fifth day). Tickling in nose. Itching in nose (all day). Smell. My sense of smell, which is always extremely acute, became painful, so, particularly in reference to unpleasant effluvia; the action of the nostrils was extremely painful, The greatest sensibility to the smell of tobacco; Tastes the snuff, while the box is one foot distant.
Face
Objective. Paleness and qualmishness, Quivering in the face. Slight twitchings in face and hands. Face pale yellow, nearly brown. Subjective. Heat in the face after drinking coffee. Heat in the face, with redness. Heat in face, and soreness of left cheek, from thinking, It draws about in right side of face. Cheeks. Quick drawing from the right malar bone towards nose, Feelings as if beaten in the face, left side of mouth. Something seems gnawing right cheekbone (fifth day). Rending pain in right upper jaw towards the ear: Jaws ache with the headache. Shooting pains in upper jaw China Biting snapping, with convulsions. Several severe twitches in jaws. Jaws feel stiff, and a disposition to gape, Jaws stiff and sore, with headache (After nearly a month) Both jaws feel stiff; tingling in cheek bones (third day). Jaw quite stiff at times, more painfully so than before (tenth day). Jaw ache nearly all day, and pressure on top of head most severe. While reading, jaws began to ache; the longer I read, the more they ached, gaped frequently (seventh day). It seems to make the jaws ache to write (second day). Jaws ache severely (second day). Jaws feel sore and stiff; have a great disposition to press the hand against the lower jaw. Jawbone feels quite sore.
Mouth
Teeth. Teeth feel on edge (second day). Pain in roots of back teeth. All the teeth ache. Headache and earache extend into the teeth. Teeth very sensitive; pulsation in teeth of upper jaw. Toothache during pregnancy. Gums. Gums painful. Tongue. Pain in the root of the tongue and left side of throat (second day). General Mouth. Feeling of coldness (in mouth), like essence of peppermint. Felt as if the velum pendulum palati was elongated; examining, found it not so, but was slightly inflamed (fifth day). Have had, quite a sore mouth, feels as if there were lumps in it. Have had, for a week previous to taking medicine, a dry, parched mouth, with great thirst; now mouth full of saliva, and total disinclination to drink (third day). Saliva. Increase of saliva, not more viscid than usual (third day). Towards noon, slight increase of saliva, Much saliva. Much Saliva, not thicker than ordinary (sixth day). Great flow of saliva and difficulty in swallowing liquids (second day). Saliva more plentiful, but thin, and of a yellow color (fifth day). Much viscid saliva (second day). A large quantity of viscid saliva in mouth, causing me to spit an unusual quantity (third day). A very large amount of viscid saliva, and an increase of oil in the hair (fourth day). Saliva more viscid constant spitting, feeling of general malaise all over, without pain, or knowing where to locate it (fourth day). Saliva very viscid, not more copious than usual, saliva very viscid and plentiful, sore throat all day (third day). A great flow of spittle (third day). A great flow of mucous spittle (second day). Much tenacious mucus in mouth and throat. Taste. All through this proving, could not get any food to taste of salt, though I used more than usual.
Throat
Objective. Inflammation of the throat (Braung). Slight inflammation of throat and fauces as far as I could see (third day) Throat much inflamed, some difficulty in swallowing, Much mucus in throat and nose (fourth day). During the day, bile rises in the throat; an unusual quantity of tough saliva in mouth and throat. A terrible pain in throat all day, and great pain in swallowing, Great heat in the throat and around the heart (second day). The throat feels as though I had swallowed a small quantity of red pepper (fourth day). At 3 p. m. felt a strange constrictive sensation in back part of throat never experienced before; at 4 p. m., Worse, could not swallow without great pain; went off at 6 p. m.; returned in an hour, lasting till 10 p. m. Violent spasms of throat at 2 p. m., feeling as if I was about to be suffocated; went of at 9 p. m., Sore throat, Sore throat, all day (fourth day) Throat feels sore and as if swelled. Sore throat, constant desire to swallow (second day) Sore throat increased saliva no inflammation, as far as I could see though it felt as if inflamed, and hotter than usual (seventh day,). Sore throat, constant desire to swallow. Very slight sore throat, constant desire to swallow (second day) Sore throat increased, slight difficulty in swallowing liquids, much saliva, rather more viscid than usual (third day). Sore throat, not able to swallow without great pain (fifth day). Sore throat and headache all day. Slight sore throat, difficult in swallowing liquids; this time a real difficulty; epiglottis appeared partially paralyzed (this symptom continued three days in several persons, going off by degrees); no difficulty in swallowing solids. Slight sore throat. Throat quite sore, headache in both temples, numbness in both arms, slight pain in lumbar region all day, Quite a sore throat, constrictive sensation much worse when at tempting to swallow liquids, which I could not do without pain; solids not painful. Violent sore throat, quite inflamed, couldn’t swallow liquids ran through the nose, Very violent sore throat; soreness over whole body, as if beaten, soreness in throat from 11 A.M. till noon. Soreness and suffocation in back of throat at 10 A.M. Throat feels raw and as if about to become very sore (fifth day). (burning down in the oesophagus. A desire to swallow, and spittle more copious and viscid than usual, Constant desire to swallow (third day).; (sixth day). Constant effort to swallow or dislodge mucus, which seems glued between nose and throat (eight day). Feeling of suffocation has left the throat, but still I have difficulty in swallowing also soreness in the eyes. But not the pain above them (third day) Slight difficulty in swallowing, Great difficulty in swallowing; sore throat (second day), Just before talking first morning does, felt as if was unable to swallow; tried to mouthful of cold water, swallowed it readily, but with a kind of aching in throat, followed by a slight burning; this burning lasted all day (fourth day) Feel as if I was going to have the mumps (second day). Rending and tearing pain in right jugular bone, Gnawing in right jugular bone.
Stomach
Appetite. Better appetite than usual, Appetite to day and yesterday perfectly ravenous, Likes cold apple butter. Little appetite in the morning. Aversion and disgust to everything fat, particularly mutton. Thirst. Not thirsty these two weeks. Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea, with pale face, after diarrhoea. Sickness of the stomach after eating eggs or fat meat; nausea giddiness and headache. Vomiting of the supper at night. Stomach. Noise in the stomach like bubbles of water; pressure like something pointing. Pressing inwards in pit of stomach after eating.
Abdomen
Hypochondria. Pressing pain in hypochondriac regions after quick walking. Painful throbbing, like an abscess, in the hypochondriac regions. Gnawing pressure in the left hypochondriac region. Tearing from left (hypochondriac region) to right. Pain in region of liver and right kidney. General Abdomen. Difficult and impeded passage of wind, burning waving and rolling in abdomen). Feeling of coldness and burning waving and rolling in abdomen. Violent bellyache. Pressive drawing and wrenching sensations (in abdomen). Shooting in abdomen. Shooting in right side of abdomen. Iliac Region. Glands in groins swelled very much and pained greatly for two hours (sixth day); not much abated (seventh day). Pain in both groins; the right groin has two little balls swelled very much and under the skin quite painful (fifth day). Much pain in right groin and slight swelling there at 2 p. m. (fifth day) Dull pressure above the right groin, on a small, distinct paint. A dragging pain in both groins.
Rectum and Anus
Piles protrude Blood from anus during menstruation. Bright red blood from anus, with a horrible burning and stinging like thorns, sphincter (ani) closes violently. Pulsation outside of anus.
Stool
Diarrhoea. Diarrhoea without pain in the morning with pain in the morning. Softer stool than usual.
Urinary organs
Bladder. Cold and burning feeling in bladder; pain in sphincter. Urethra. After urinating, flow of prostatic juice. Burning and tenesmus in region of prostate and down urethra Tickling burning in urethra after urination. Micturition. Urging to urinate. Very frequent urination. Very copious watery urine. Urine. More urine and brighter colored. Urine brown turbid with reddish or whitish sediment.
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.