Rectum and Anus
Much rumbling in the rectum as far as the anus. Constrictive pain in the anus while sitting. Cutting in the rectum, with the usual stool, in the morning after rising, preceded by griping in the abdomen (fourth day). Some painful tearings in the rectum after dinner.
Stool
Diarrhoea. Two soft stools in the evening. Soft stool twice, every time preceded by stitches in the lower abdomen. Stool very pale yellow, sandy preceded by griping in the abdomen. Loose and tenacious stool, preceded and accompanied by griping in the abdomen and sides, only relieved by pressing the abdomen with the hands, and disappearing after the stool; together with shaking chill. Constipation. Stool infrequent, dry, difficult to pass. Stool omitted (first day). Constipation for twenty-four hours, followed by stool yellow, sandy, with tenesmus and constriction in the anus. Constipation for forty-eight hours.
Urinary Organs
Bladder. Cutting in the region of the bladder, while sitting, much in- creased by standing and moving about, in the evening; still he was able to urinate without trouble. Urethra. A dull stitch shoots painfully into the urethra if he quietly emits flatus; while sitting. Cutting in the middle of the urethra, when not urinating. Fine sticking pain in the meatus urinarius, when not urinating. Micturition. Urging to urinate. Urging to urinate, immediately, while eating an apple. Frequent urging to urinate. Frequent urging to urinate during the day. Frequent urging to urinate, with profuse discharge (after twenty seven hours). Frequent urging to urinate, with scanty discharge. Frequent emission of golden-yellow urine; immediately; from the beginning of the proving on. Urine. The urine was turbid, and deposited an earthy sediment (first day). The urine deposits a violet earthy sediment (after one hour and a half).
Sexual Organs
Male. At times burning-dragging from the vesiculae seminales to the glans penis (after twelve days). Stitches in the prepuce. Voluptuous itching on the corona glandis (after three and five hours). Itching within the scrotum, not relieved by any pinching or working of the skin. Pressive-drawing pain and weakness in the testicles and spermatic cords as if they would be pulled out, with a feeling of weakness in the genitals. Female. Pressure in the female genitals. Leucorrhoea. Leucorrhoea lasting two days but not constant. Menstruation at an unusual time (after forty- eight hours). Menses six days too early; too scanty; Lasting only two days. Woke at 1 A.M., with violent griping and pinching pain above the pubes, icy coldness of the whole trunk, head, and arms, and such profuse cold sweat that the shirt was completely soaked; great internal heat, a sensation of dryness of the tongue, which however was moist; warmth of the lower extremities; frightful apprehension, and restlessness; she constantly tossed from side to side, and could endure no covering on account of the great heat. After a quarter of an hour she was seized with an inclination to eructate, without being able to accomplish it; followed by empty eructations, and small emissions of flatus, without relief; thirst, regurgitations of water into the throat, with great nausea in the stomach and paleness of the face; warm sweat on the lower extremities, and such great weakness of the feet that she was unable to raise them; inclination for stool, with hardness and sensitiveness of the lower abdomen on rubbing it; she had noticed the pain for a long time previous in her sleep; after a small dose of Ipecacuanha, the perspiration disappears after a quarter of an hour, then the coldness, and later the pains continued to omit for a longer time, till after half an hour they ceased altogether; after the cessation of this frightful attack she slept soundly; she woke at 6 A.M., with heaviness in the head and appearance of the menses, consisting of thick black blood; it was too early, but without further trouble and lasted three days, as usual (fourth day).
Respiratory Organs
A dull stitch in each side of the larynx, on swallowing food and drink; a sticking extending into the left ear. Voice rough in the morning, without sensation in the throat; disappearing on smoking. Inclination to cough, in the morning. Irritation to cough; he tries to cough loose something that is seated in the larynx; but it is difficult, and some mucus is loosened, more by forcible expiration than by real coughing. Dry cough, which always causes a shooting into the sides of the head. Dry cough, caused by reading aloud, or talking; with painful dryness, roughness and constriction in the larynx, causing an extremely sensitive cough, with which some mucus was loosened only after hawking a long time. Two paroxysms of dry cough (after one hour). Deep cough, without expectoration, Ceasing on lying down, and recurring next day; with firm mucous expectoration and shattering pain in the pit of the stomach and chest; suddenly disappearing at noon. Cough with expectoration in the morning (after twenty- one hours). Expectoration of much pale-green, yellowish mucus in lumps almost without cough, in the morning. Bloody expectoration (after forty-eight hours).
Chest
A sticking-burning pain beneath the left second rib, aggravated by expiration and motion, relieved during rest and somewhat on inspiration. Constriction, nausea, and warmth rising from the middle of the abdomen into the chest (pharynx). Dull pain in the chest when coughing. A cartilaginous sensation drawing downward in the lower portion of the chest. Digging and gnawing in the right clavicle (after thirty-six hours). Oppression of the chest, in the morning, and constriction of breathing. Sticking pain drawing upward in the chest, at times on expiration. A constrictive-sticking pain in the chest on breathing, the whole forenoon (after nine days). Stitches in the upper part of the chest, on expiration (after ten days). A fine stitch on the right lowest ribs, on stooping (after one hour and a half). Drawing stitch constantly extending upward and downward in the left chest. Pain in the chest as if bruised. Bruised pain in the upper part of the chest, on bending the head forward; relieved on rising, but returning on stooping again (after two hours). Throbbing in the right chest, as from the beat of the heart there; in the evening in bed. Front. Burning beneath the upper part of the sternum, then also in the stomach (after half an hour). Pressive cutting, like a digging in both sides of the sternum, somewhat above the pit of the stomach; in the evening. Transient stitches in the upper part of the sternum. A dull pain in the sternum as after a blow, in the morning. A sensation of rawness extending from the upper abdomen to the sternum. Sides. Burning in the left side of the chest, by the shoulder, more externally; aggravated by pressure or rubbing; afterwards gradually disappearing of itself (after half an hour). Prolonged painful sticking in the left side of the chest, by the clavicle; and at the same time in the left axilla (after two hours). Fine sticking in the left side of the chest beneath the axilla, on motion of the trunk (after half an hour). Violent stitches in the right side of the chest, near the sternum, as from without inward, relieved by nothing. Fine needle-like stitches, now in the right, now in the left side of the chest; in the morning. While sitting, a sudden shock in the left side of the chest from above downward, as far as the last true ribs. Itching stitch in the right nipple (after three-quarters of an hour).
Heart and Pulse
Palpitation. Pulse irregular, scarcely perceptible; now faster, now slower.
Neck and Back
Neck. Stiffness of the nape of the neck. Drawing, tensive stiffness in the nape of the neck, alternating with toothache. Drawing tensive pain across the nape of the neck, coming from both shoulders, as if laced by a band. Cramp like pain in the cervical muscles, in the evening on moving them. Digging within the cervical vertebrae, at night. Back. Itching-sticking pain in the middle of the back, disappearing on rubbing. Tearing along the whole spine, during rest and motion. Dorsal. A fine stitch between the scapulae (after two hours). Tearing in the left scapula, while sitting. Lumbar. Pain in the small of the back, on bending the body backward, Burning pain in a small spot above the left sacral region, extending to the first lumbar vertebrae. A stitch in the region of the left kidney, and immediately afterwards a jerking constrictive pain. Constant sticking pain in the ischia while sitting.
Extremities in General
Weakness of all the joints; they feel as if stretched; with trembling of the limbs, and a tremulous feeling in the knee and shoulder joints; and anxiety, as if it went wrong with him.
Superior Extremities
Weakness of the arm. A sick weary feeling in the arm. Paroxysmal pain in the joints of the arm. The arm is painful, as if paralyzed by a terrible pain, that suddenly shoots into it from the teeth. Tensive pain in the joints of the arm and hand, here and there; neither caused nor relieved by rest or motion. Drawing and tearing to the shoulder through the whole arm. Pains as from a sprain in the joints of the elbows and shoulders, with much yawning. Shoulder. Pain as from a sprain in the shoulder-joints. Fine sticking and twinging beneath the left axilla, followed by a stitch with twinging in the condyles of the left elbow (after two hours). A violent Tearing externally on the right shoulder, followed by itching (after one hour). A bubbling in the shoulder-joint, with pain like a boil when touched; he dares not take hold of it. Arm. A Sudden feeling of weakness in the upper arm, so that he was obliged to let it hang down; with drawing in the biceps muscles. A fine boring in the right humerus, as if in the marrow;frequently becoming aggravated, when it extends into the shoulder; also frequently somewhat diminished; it disappears on pressure is relieved by motion of the arm, but frequently returns (after one hour). Digging in the humerus, at intervals, at night when lying on the same side. Drawing and tearing pain in the inner side of the upper arm. Boring sticking pain on the inner side of the right upper arm, from within outward. Stitches in the right upper arm, extending towards the shoulder. A gnawing pin in the lower extremity of the humerus, at night. Sudden painful jerking on the outer side of the right upper arm. Elbow. Pain as from a sprain in the elbow-joint, with much yawning. Bubbling in the elbow-joint, with pain like a boil when touched. Tensive pain below the elbow, as if too short, on stretching out the arm. Forearm. Hard pressure in the muscles of the forearm, close to the wrist, in every position. Drawing- sticking pain on the back of the right forearm. Tearing in the lower extremity of the forearm, as if in the radius, relieved by nothing. Wrist. Tearing-sticking pain above the right wrist, extending to the forearm. Stitches in the bones of the right wrist then a pain as if the capsule of the joint were distended and the bones seized and pushed outward. Hand. If she clenches the hand, or attempts to stretch it out, there is a tension as if swollen; at 4 P.M. Severe drawing tensive pain in the bones and joints of the right hand, almost as if laced; its disappearance is followed by heat of the hand. Tearing-sticking pinching in the palm of the left hand, in the ball of the thumb; affected by nothing. Tearing cramp like pain in the muscles of the right hand especially of the thumb and index finger; during rest and motion. Fingers. A sudden cold feeling in the soft parts of the tip of the left thumb. Violent cramp like pain in the first joints of the right middle and ring fingers, as if the tendons would be contracted, though motion of the fingers remained perfectly free (fifth day). Cutting in the first phalanx of the right index finger, with a feeling of warmth in it. Stitches as from a thistle in the first joints of the left ring and middle fingers, aggravated by pressure (sixth day). Tearing on the back of the left middle finger, as if the tendons would be torn out, lasting a minute. Tearing and sticking in the margin of the left thumb, so violent that it seems as though the tendons would be torn out; at 9 A.M. Drawing-tearing in the left middle finger. Jerking-tearing posteriorly in the right ring finger. as if in the marrow, extending to the arm, only gradually disappearing; in the afternoon. Paralytic pain as after a blow in the first joint of the left index finger, worse during rest. Jerking or drawing pain in the index finger, in the evening.
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.