Amelioration
Amelioration, (Evening), After lying down, pains in abdomen, etc. Amelioration, (Open air), Pains in abdomen. Amelioration, (Motion), Headache; sticking in chest.
Aggravation
Aggravation, (Morning), Vertigo at 5 o’clock, disappearing after rising; headache; after rising, heaviness in side of forehead; heaviness in sides of head, disappearing in open air; screwing together in head; in bed, stitches from jaw to parietal bone; in bed, when lying on it, tearing, etc. in zygoma; after waking, lips full of mucus; from 4 to 5 o’ clock, jerking in eyetooth; after rising, odor from mouth; after waking, numbness of mouth; in bed, rawness, etc. in throat; after waking, distension of abdomen, etc.; after waking, pains in abdomen, etc.; dry cough; restless sleep; on waking, fever; head hot, etc.; in bed, sweat. Aggravation, (Forenoon), Sticking in lower jaw, etc. Aggravation, (Afternoon), Heaviness in forehead; towards evening, heaviness in occiput; burning in eyes; tearing in abdomen; towards evening, severe cough; sticking, etc. in middle of sternum; from 4 to 7 o’clock, chilliness, etc.; chilliness; from 1 to 3 o’clock, heat, etc. Aggravation, (Evening), Vertigo; headache; tearing, etc. in forehead; throbbing in temple; stitches in top of head; discharge of mucus from eyes; burning in lids; in bed, stitch in ear; tearings in ear; pain over side of face; stitches, etc. in side of throat; thirst; hiccough; pain in stomach; beating in epigastric region; cough; dry cough, etc.; pains in chest; sticking in side of chest; tearing in metacarpal joints; tearing in fingers; swelling of legs; tearing in tibiae; pain in instep; pinching in whole body; itching on instep; from 6 to 10 o’clock, disappearing after lying down, chilliness; from 6 to 8 o’clock, chilliness, etc.; at 10 o’clock, chilliness; creeping in back; when going to bed, fever. Aggravation, (Night), The symptoms; heaviness in forehead, etc.; after lying down, till midnight, jerking in eyetooth; uneasiness in bowels; itching at anus; emission of urine; cough; oppression, etc. of chest; pain in small of back; tearing in knees; tearing in left knee, etc.; from afternoon till morning, chilliness; chilly; fever. Aggravation, (Walking in open air), Grumbling in hollow tooth. Aggravation, (Sitting bent over), Stitches in upper left chest; pain in small of back. Aggravation, (Cold air), The symptoms; headache. Aggravation, (After dinner), Heaviness of head. Aggravation, (Heat), Headache. Aggravation, (After meals), Vertigo; congestion of head. Aggravation, (Motion), Pains in heart. Aggravation, (Rest), Most symptoms. Aggravation, (Sitting), Stitches in small of back; tearings in knee; drawing in calves; tearing in head. Aggravation, (Standing), Tearing, etc. in calf; tearing in heel. Aggravation, (Stooping), Stitches in forehead. Aggravation, (Talking), Stitch in right hypochondrium, etc. Aggravation, (Wind), Headache. Aggravation, (Walking), Stitch in middle of chest; stitches in region of heart.
Heart and Pulse
PRECORDIUM. Heart feels as if enlarged and heavy, and beats very slowly. Sensation as if all the vessels of the heart were dilated, with inclination to take deep inspirations, and to sigh as if fetching breath. All the symptoms of endocarditis; oppression, faint like exhaustion, tumultuous, violent, intermitting, and irregular action of the heart and pulse, with tensive pain across the chest, especially affecting the right ventricle, which gradually became dilated (after 2 weeks). Lancinating, cutting, and burning pains in the heart. Lancinating, burning, and rheumatic pains in the heart, with sensation as if it were surrounded by water. A few sharp stitches in the region of the heart, frequently which walking (5th day). He is afraid to stir; the least movement aggravates the pains in the heart. HEART’S ACTION. Palpitation. Strong palpitation of the heart. Very annoying palpitation. (Cure of palpitation of the heart, which she had previously been subject to). Intermitting beats of the heart, with lancinations, cramps in the chest, stupor, and loss of breath. PULSE. Accelerated pulse,; (10th day). Pulse rapid and small. Pulse very rapid and irregular. Quick and very full pulse (after 4 doses). Pulse almost always strong and quick. Pulse quick and small. Pulse very quick, at least 120, but varying every moment. Pulse 130. Pulse hard, tense, not frequent. Pulse small, soft (after 3 hours).
Sexual organs
MALE. Penis swollen, inflamed, with constant semi- erections and sexual desire. Extensive swelling of the glans penis, with paraphimosis. Erection even after an ejaculation. Chancre like ulcers, with raised edges on the penis, with burning in the urethra. Raised, suppurating, syphilitic-looking condylomata on the penis. The penis is excoriated by the least friction. The left testis had almost entirely disappeared; it was reduced to the size of a pea. The right testicle was found to have disappeared; the left was about the size of an almond; coition was accompanied by pain, erection taking place slowly and lasting a long time; the duration of the venereal act was much prolonged, and no emission of semen took place (after 12 months). Descent of the testicles, with serous effusion into the scrotum. Compressive pains in the testicles, with sensation as if they were returning into the pelvis. Lancinating and throbbing pains in the scrotum, frequently after coition. Greatly increased sexual desire. Seminal losses, and frequent profuse nocturnal emissions. Tardy or premature ejaculation of semen. FEMALE. Inflammation and swelling of the uterus, with sensation as if its walls were being scraped. The cervix uteri is swollen and contracted. Chancre-like tumors on the cervix uteri. Cramps, burning, and contractions of the cervix uteri. Constrictive pains in the uterus, impeding parturition. Severe burning, tearing, and twisting pains in the ovarian region, especially on the right side. Sensation of congestion and swelling in the ovaries, with pain as from a corrosive tumor there. Biting in the pudenda with leucorrhoea. Leucorrhoea for several days, so acrid that it corrodes the skin (after 25 days). Leucorrhoea milky-white, or red like the washing of meat. Yellow or green leucorrhoea, of a putrid smell. Leucorrhoea resembling blenorrhagia, with redness, itching, and burning of the vulva and thighs. (The leucorrhoea became thinner and more watery), (after 7 days). Menstruation reappeared after having been suppressed for six months, and flowed profusely, with pain in the abdomen and looseness of the bowels (in a woman 38 years old), (after 46 days). Discharge reappeared a week after the menstrual period (1 case). Flow of blood between the menstrual periods. Menses two days later but more profuse than usual. She menstruated imperfectly once (during several weeks, while the medicine was taken); but, though several years have elapsed, she has not, as far as I know, menstruated since. Menstruation sometimes too early, sometimes retarded. Decrease in quantity of menstrual fluid. Menstruation that had existed for two days was diminished.
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.