Throat
Chronic angina of the root of the palate uvula, tonsils, and fauces. Sensation as of a foreign body sticking in the throat, seeming to be dependent upon involuntary contraction of the muscles of the pharynx. Uvula and Tonsils. Soft palate, and especially the uvula, of a coppery-red color; on the left side, a long superficial ulcer. Ulcers on the right side of the soft palate. Great swelling of the uvula. Uvula elongated and enlarged. Tonsils red. Left tonsil greatly swollen. Tonsils much swollen and red, without patches (after nine days). Tonsils much enlarged (after eight days). One of the men who escaped the salivation suffered from acute tonsillitis. Fauces and Pharynx. Mucous membrane of the fauces red, streaked with mucus. Angina faucium dark red. Angina of the fauces of a coppery red color. Chronic angina of the fauces. Chronic angina of the fauces without ulceration. All the workers not salivated were affected with ulcers of the fauces. Constriction and dryness of fauces (after twenty minutes). Circumscribed swelling of the pharyngeal mucous membrane. Mucous membrane of the pharynx swollen in spots. Ulcers developed upon the posterior wall of the pharynx (after working a few weeks). Swallowing. Swallowing was convulsive, and often nearly caused suffocation. Great pain from swallowing or speaking. External Throat. Loud bruit de souffle in the veins of the neck, especially in the left side. Lymphatic glands of the throat hard and rather large, but those on the nape, elbows, and inguinal region not enlarged. Submaxillary glands swollen. In some cases the submaxillary glands were swollen without salivation. Submaxillary glands slightly swollen (after nine days); (after ten days). Submaxillary glands much swollen, especially left (after eight days). Submaxillary glands slightly engorged. Cervical glands swollen. Cervical glands swollen, soft. Cervical glands very much swollen. Cervical glands large, hard. Hard swelling of the cervical and parotid glands. Right side of the thyroid gland very much enlarged. Great hardness of the parotid glands, behind the ramus of the jaw. The right sublingual glands were as large as hazel nuts, and very hard. Trembling of the sublingual glands.
Stomach
Appetite. Loss of appetite, etc. Want of appetite. His appetite fell off. No appetite. During the salivation, there was little appetite; when she had no salivation she had ravenous hunger. Thirst. Thirst. Much thirst. Great thirst. Urgent thirst. Eructation and Hiccough. Eructations, especially after eating. Violent eructations. Hiccough that could not be quieted, aggravated by eating, with general weakness. Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea. Distressing nausea. Vomiting. Vomiting of bile and food, with constipation, coated tongue, and great vertigo. Frequent vomiting of saliva and bile after eating. Stomach. Digestion disturbed. Difficult digestion. Pain and sensation of constriction in the epigastric region. Sensation of tightness and pain in the epigastrium. A contraction of the epigastrium, which increased during a sleepless night, with dyspnoea and hiccough, accompanied by cough, and followed by vomiting. Pressure in the stomach. Pressure in the stomach and eructations, especially after eating.
Abdomen
Hypochondria. Twitching muscles of right hypochondrium (after a few minutes). Chronic atrophy of the liver, with emaciation and desiccation of the body. One of the men who escaped the salivation suffered from chronic hepatitis. Subacute aching over hepatic region, preceded by acute aching in left wrist and dorsum of hand (second day). General Abdomen. Abdomen greatly distended by gas. Abdomen tympanitic. Abdomen somewhat retracted. Pain in the abdominal muscles. Twitching pain in belly. Tearing pains in the abdominal muscles. Much colic. Flatulent colic, with constipation. Hypogastrium and Iliac Region. Griping in lower part of abdomen (after a few minutes). Aching in right inguinal region (after two hours and a quarter).
Anus
Prolapsus ani.
Stool
Diarrhoea. Diarrhoea, in a few cases. Diarrhoea occurred to some simultaneously with the appearance of salivation. Diarrhoea alternating with constipation. Exhausting diarrhoea. Offensive diarrhoea. Diarrhoea thin, very offensive; at times involuntary. Involuntary stools. Stools at first thin and green, but afterwards constipated. Flatulent motion, with softened, orange-yellow faeces (second morning). Bloody stools. Indolent stools (after two years). Constipation. Stool constipated. Constipation, etc. Constipation, with occasional gripings; bowels opened every alternate day. Obstinate constipation. Bowels inclined to be costive. Bowels rather costive. Bowels would not act, nor could the costiveness in any way be relieved, and on the second day he died.
Urinary Organs
Incontinence of urine. Urine scanty; specific gravity 1022. Urine scanty, dark-yellow, albuminous. Urine thin, frequently passed. Albuminuria with dropsical symptoms; during pregnancy.
Sexual Organs
Male. Total loss of sexual power. Female. Women frequently aborted. Profuse haemorrhage from the female genitals. Sudden, profuse hemorrhage from the genital organs. Very profuse metrorrhagia; once there was menstrual flow for ten weeks. Menstruation irregular and scanty. Menstruation irregular, sometimes omitting, sometimes too copious, and too late. Menses scanty. Menstruation scanty pale, lasting only a few hours. Suppression of menses.
Respiratory Organs
Larynx and Bronchi. Complete picture of laryngeal phthisis, with erosions and ulcers on the posterior wall of the pharynx. One of the men who escaped the salivation suffered from chronic bronchitis. Voice. Tone of voice altered (after eight days). Voice tremulous, pretty much like that of a person during rigor. Cough. Cough and tightness of the chest. Cough, with tightness of the chest. Cough, with pain in the left side and left shoulder. Cough, with profuse perspiration and great prostration, so that she kept her bed for a year. Cough at first dry, afterwards with white, frothy expectoration, with emaciation and weakness. Loose cough, which finally was accompanied by such acute pain in the chest that leeches were applied in order to relieve it; the leech bites bled for upwards of twenty-four hours, and the blood seems very thin. Cough, with expectoration, and so great emaciation that she was thought to have consumption. Respiration. Fetid breath. etc. (after thirty-eight years). Mercurial odor of breath (after nine days). Strong mercurial odor of breath. While breathing quietly, respiration perfectly normal; but on attempting to take a deep breath, neither inspiration nor expiration was performed in one act, but in three or four jerks. Respiration rapid, accompanied by a sensation of constriction and by cough. Respiration very rapid. Respiration was frequently very weak, with dyspnoea, and even asthmatic attacks. Oppression of respiration, upward from diaphragm (after twenty minutes). Very short of breath. Dyspnoea. Dyspnoea and cough. Asthma. Finally, became asthmatic; the paroxysms at first occurring with long intermissions, but gradually becoming more frequent; there was a constant rattling, but no cough or expectoration; towards the close of the disease, which lasted eighteen years, she could not walk or bend over, for fear of suffocation; the symptoms becoming worse, she was confined to her arm-chair for more than a year before death came to her relief. Asphyxia.
Chest
Objective. It was remarkable that in deep inspiration the diaphragm seemed scarcely moved. Tremors; after lasting six weeks they were followed by profuse hemorrhage from the lungs at intervals for nearly three months; this disappeared after leaving off work but reappeared on returning to it. The women who work in quicksilver are much more affected than the men, and a much larger proportion of them die; of the diseases with the workers die, tuberculosis greatly preponderates, so that it seems settled that mercurialism us frequently passes into tuberculosis of the lungs, and there is no doubt that working in quicksilver produces pulmonary consumption. (One case develop tuberculosis of the right side of the chest, which progressed while the immediate symptoms of mercurial poisoning passed off). Emphysema of the lungs. Chronic emphysema of the lungs. Subjective. Pains in various parts of the chest, especially on deep inspiration. Tightness of the chest, and cough. Great tightness of the chest. Constriction of chest; lower lobes (diaphragm?), (after one hour and a half). Severe constriction of the chest. Constricting pains in various parts of the chest. Sensation of pressure upon the chest. Pressure upon the chest, without cough. Oppression of the chest. Lungs dreadfully oppressed. Pain in the left side, aggravated by inspiration.
Heart and Pulse
Praecordium. Aching pain at apex of heart, extending upwards the base (pericardial). Cardiac oppression (after one hour and a half). Heart’s Action. Palpitation. Palpitation on the slightest exertion. Palpitation of the heart, with pulse that could not be counted. Frequent palpitation. Palpitation violent, irregular. Pulse. Pulse full, tremulous, frequent. On retiring to bed quickened pulse (first night). Pulse quick, weak, and small. Pulse quick and small, but difficult to be felt, on account of the constant tremor. Pulse small and rapid. Pulse slow. Pulse weak and slow. Pulse slow, 53 and 54. Pulse only 52 to 56; heart’s impulse very weak. Pulse weak, frequently slow, sometimes rapid and frequent. The pulse was slow, in many cases 50 to 56; in one 60 but showing great and rapid changes, running up to 80 or 100 on the slightest excitement. Pulse very slow in one case of ptyalism and weakness, but without tremors; and very small and slow in a case of tremors without ptyalism; in other cases, the pulse was increased in frequency. Pulse rather weak. Pulse small, soft, anaemic. Pulse very soft.
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.