Ear
Agreeable warmth, with tickling, in the right ear. Painful boring and throbbing, like a pulse, in the right ear, for five minutes (fifteenth day). Sticking boring in the ears. Feeling as though something were in front of the ear; disappearing for a few minutes on boring in with the finger, but soon returning; with impairment of hearing, during menstruation. Stitches in the right ear (after twenty-seven days). Sharp stitches, as with an awl, in the left ear. Sharp stitches and tearings in the left ear, that made her start, on inclining the body to the right side (sixth day). Frequent sharp stitches, now in one ear, now in the other (fourth day). Tearing in the right ear, and also externally in front of it. Two jerking-tearings in the left ear. Fluttering in the right ear. Painless jerking in the right ear. Tickling in both ears, that disappears on boring in with the fingers. Hearing. It seems as though something were lying before the ears, whereby the hearing is diminished; together with burning and buzzing in the ears, lasting all day (eighteenth day, and frequently). Almost complete deafness in both ears, though most in the left, frequently remitting and returning. Great roaring in the ears (after twenty-eight days). Feeling like roaring, or as of water boiling, but not painful, in the left side of the head, upon which he was lying in the morning in bed.
Nose
Objective. The right wing of the nose is red, swollen, and painful to touch (thirteenth to fifteenth days). Ulcerated nostrils. A scab in each nostril, that pains violently when touched, with loss of smell. Frequent sneezing, whereby water flows from the nose (second and third days). Much discharge of nasal mucus from the nose, without coryza. Discharge of offensive purulent mucus from the nose (after five days); with the coryza, she was obliged to sit up in bed a long time, in the evening, could not lie down nor fall asleep, and was obliged to open the mouth in order to breathe. Coryza, with stoppage of the nose, and talking through the nose. Violent coryza, with hoarseness and a stopped sensation in the nose, from which water flowed profusely for several days (after twenty-three days). Violent coryza, at one time stopped, at another fluent, with dulness of the head and complete loss of taste and smell, for two days (after forty days). Profuse, fluent coryza (after twenty-two days). Blood comes from the nose on blowing it (fifth day). Subjective. A feeling as though she would have coryza, with an increased secretion of mucus in the nose. Stoppage of the nose; she was obliged to blow it hard (second day). Stoppage of the nose in the morning; in evening. Stoppage of the left nostril (after sixteen days). Burning in both nostrils, as if sore (eleventh day). Pressive sensation in the nose, as if it were stopped (eight day). Violent tearing in the upper part of both nostrils, that causes suffusion of the eyes. The nose is sore and painful internally, when touched and when not (twenty-first and twenty-second days). Tickling in the nose, with sneezing and a sensation of coryza (after seventeen days). Tickling in the nose, with lachrymation (eight day). Smell. Smell blunted (after ten to eighteen days).
Face
Objective. Suffering, sickly look (after twenty-eight days). Great yellowness of the face, especially of the white of the eye, and about the mouth (after a few hours). Pale, yellow color of the face. Paleness of the face (first day). Pale in the face, sad, and irritable, during menstruation. Subjective. Violent paralytic-like pain in the bones of the face (after seventeen days). Tensive sensation in the face. Cheeks. Tensive pain in the right zygoma. A sharp stitch in the right cheek. Tearing in the left zygoma upward to the left side of the head (thirtieth day). Lips. Lips cracked. China Twitching on the chin (seventh day). Sharp painful tearing in both sides of the lower jaw, and in the roots of the teeth, extending up in front of the ear, where it was a jerking.
Mouth
Teeth. Great sleeplessness, on account of violent toothache. Two transient tearings in the sound teeth, during dinner (first day). Throbbing in the root of a tooth. Jerking in the teeth of the right side, from 8 to 12 P.M., with a feeling as if the cheek would become swollen (after twenty-two days). The upper incisors seem too long and very sensitive (fourth day). Tearing in the right eye-tooth, extending into the zygoma, disappearing on pressing upon it (first day). Frequent sudden tearing in the upper front teeth (thirteenth and fourteenth days). Boring or digging pain in the next to the last back tooth, frequently intermitting, and frequently a tearing in it; aggravated by cold, relieved by warmth; always worse from pressure, and especially violent if food gets into it; in the morning and after dinner (second day). Painful boring in several back teeth, only transiently relieved by biting on them (first day). Painful digging, as from a worm, in the last back tooth, disappearing when pressing upon it, followed by tearing in a hollow back tooth. Painful boring and tearing in a hollow back tooth, and a sticking pain in the same place in the tooth on touching the cheek; relieved by cold and open air, aggravated by warmth, lasting all day. A pain pressing upwards from the left clavicle, as form a thread, into a lower back tooth, in the tip of which it was a crawling. Tearing in a lower back tooth, disappearing on biting on it (fourth day). Gums. The upper gum was very much swollen and painful, especially on eating, with throbbing it (after thirty-three days). Painful swelling of the lower gum and cheek for three days (after five days). Bleeding of the gum (after six hours),; (sixth day). Tongue. Tongue coated white in the morning, (sixth day). Burning in the whole tongue in the morning, in the afternoon only at the tip (ninth day). The tongue feels burnt, with coryza. Frequent violent needle-like stitches in the tongue, after which it burns like fire, with coryza. Smarting over the whole tongue, which burns violently (fourth day). General Mouth. White pimples on the inside of the upper lip. Great heat comes from the mouth. Dryness of the mouth and throat, with thirst, in the night and morning. Great dryness of the mouth, with a feeling as if the mouth and tongue were covered with mucus. The mouth feels burnt and numb in the morning, during menstruation. Stitches as with needles in the palate. A feeling of rawness, as if excoriated on the inner surface of the upper lip, when touched with the tongue, with coryza. Saliva. Accumulation of water in the mouth, preceding and during the dryness. Accumulation of clear water in the mouth, that she could not sufficiently expectorate, in the afternoon. Mucus in the mouth and on the tongue, nearly every morning. Much mucus in the mouth and on the teeth, with a slimy taste (after nineteen days). Taste. Pasty taste in the mouth, in the morning (seventh day). Constant watery taste in the mouth, and spitting of water (first day). Bad taste in the mouth, with a coated tongue, in the morning (ninth day). Bitterness in the mouth, in the morning (seventh day). Bitter taste in the back part of the palate. Sourish taste in the throat, in the afternoon (seventh day). Salty taste and accumulation of salty water in the mouth (sixth day). Sour slimy taste of various kinds of food. The breakfast at first tastes bitter, but this taste disappears on continuing to eat (seventh day).
Throat
Objective. Mucus in the throat, that when raised was mixed with blood, in the morning (eleventh day). Tenacious mucus collects in the throat, which she can hardly raise, in the morning (second day). She frequently raises thick tenacious mucus, that draws itself out in long threads, in the morning on rising (seventh day). Hawking of some tenacious mucus, several mornings in succession (after four days). Frequent hawking of acid mucus that collects in the throat (first day). Subjective. Dryness and rawness in the throat, with a hoarse voice, so that she could scarcely talk (soon after a dose). Stitches in a small spot in the left side of the throat, worse on swallowing, in the forenoon (sixth day). Sore throat, as if raw and sore at the entrance of the fauces, with sticking, extending into the ear when coughing and on swallowing saliva, worse in the evening. Sticking sore throat in the upper part of the pharynx, on breathing and talking, in the evening and night. External Throat. Small glandular swellings in left side of neck. A pressive pain beneath the left lower jaw, as if a gland were swollen, which, however, was not the case (second day).
Stomach
Appetite. Appetite at dinner, but it was soon satisfied. Hunger increased (third day). She was hungry, but knew not for what; did not desire her usual food (twentieth day). Ravenous hunger, and a frightful sensation of hunger in the stomach, followed by great nausea. Inclination to nibble; he sees a piece of cake and slyly breaks off some to eat. No appetite all day; only in evening she ate with a relish (after five days). No hunger in the evening (sixteenth day). Thirst. Thirst in the forenoon (seventeenth and twenty-seventh days). Thirst at noon, with dryness of the throat and mouth (sixth day). Thirst in the evening. Thirst before and after midnight (after sixteen days),; (sixteenth day). Thirst after dinner and in the afternoon. Excessive thirst day and night, with coryza. Eructation and Hiccough. Eructations and risings of food, while walking, after dinner. Frequent eructations tasting of the food (second day). Empty eructations after dinner (first day). Empty eructations, and afterwards a sharp stitch above the ensiform cartilage. Frequent empty eructations, in the afternoon (fourth day). Eructations of white froth. Bitter-acid eructations (after five days). Eructations tasting of onions, after a spasm (sixth day). Much acidity in the stomach, after dinner. Acid risings of food, and especially of milk, taken in the afternoon, after dinner, mostly while walking. Water rises from the stomach into the mouth, with nausea. Violent hiccough, making the stomach sore, during dinner. Violent hiccough after dinner. Nausea. Nausea in the morning, after rising. Nausea and accumulation of water in the mouth, after the stool. Nausea and qualmishness, with eructations of sour water, in the morning after rising (after twenty-four days). Nausea in the stomach and accumulation of water in the mouth, from morning till noon. Nausea in the stomach, as if she would become faint, followed by coldness and weakness, with uprisings of water in the morning. Nausea and qualmishness in the stomach, all the forenoon (first day). Nausea frequently. Frequent nausea, with accumulation of water in the mouth. Faintlike nausea, very transient, but very frequent, while sitting, lying, standing, and walking, day and night (after three days). Great qualmishness in the stomach, with rumbling in the abdomen, which cease after breakfast (fifth day). Stomach. Moving about in the epigastric region, then in the lower abdomen, relieved by emission of flatus, in the forenoon (third day). Gurgling in the pit of the stomach, that disappeared on rubbing and pressure. A fasting sensation in the stomach, in the morning (second day). Pain and shuddering in the epigastric region, on stepping, when walking, and even on talking, so that he was obliged to stop talking (sixteenth day). Heat in the stomach, soon disappearing (soon). Tension in the epigastric region, with pain as from ulceration, especially when touched, also violent in the evening after lying down; she slept well till 1 A.M., when she awoke with violent pain; it seemed as though the bowels were cut to pieces; on stretching out the body the pain extended over the whole abdomen and into the groins, with heat in the head, and at last it rose into the throat like a ball, and almost took away her breath; she cried out the she should suffocate; at first tossed about the bed; and then about the floor; this lasted two hours, and was relieved by nothing; she endeavored to eructate, which at last was accomplished, together with emission of flatus, after which the whole paroxysm was relieved; during this uninterrupted and persistent pain she was obliged to lie bent, and could tolerate no covering; afterwards she slept till morning (after fifteen days). Pressure in the stomach, removed by eructations, in the forenoon (second day). Pressure in the stomach extending to the throat and back, frequently intermitting, in the forenoon (first day). Pressure in the stomach extending up into the chest and throat, as from flatulence, always transiently relieved by eructation. Violent pressure in the stomach, with nausea. Cutting pain in the right side of the stomach, which was painful to external pressure (second day). Stitches transversely across the epigastric region. Sharp stitches in the left side of the stomach, frequently (sixth day). Bruised pain in the stomach; the epigastric region was sensitive even to pressure (fifth day). On bending the body forward, a bruised pain; on stretching it up, a tension in the stomach (fifth day). Pain as from ulceration in the stomach, relieved in no position, in the afternoon (fifteenth day). Throbbing in the pit of the stomach, with dulness in the head (second 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.