Face
Cheeks. Aching pain in left cheek and left eye, which appears slightly inflamed (sixth day); the albuginea considerably inflamed, and some pains (eighth day). Pressing sticking in the cheek. Heavy, dull aching in the upper jaw, and then in the lower; mostly on the sides, worse in the right. Lips. Lips slimy and sticky on waking (fourth day); sticking together, with headache (sixth day). China He pressed the teeth so much during sleep that the muscles were lame and tired on waking. Pain in the jaws and temples (seventh day).
Mouth
Teeth. During dinner, pain in all the teeth from chewing (eighth day). Hollow teeth ache, right side (ninth day). Toothache in the right molars (eighth day). Toothache, more on the left side; heretofore more subject to get it on the right side (third and fourth days); both sides (fifth day); right side (sixth, eighth, tenth and fourteenth days). Toothache in right lower jaw, in a hollow tooth; afterwards painful jerks in the left (fifteenth day); the same in the afternoon, 5 O’clock (third day). Toothache on the left side, at night before falling asleep; unusually ill- humored with it (fourth and fifth days). After the meals, toothache threatening (ninth day). For several hours, acute rending pain in the teeth of the upper and lower jaw, towards the right (eighteenth day). Fine stinging in the teeth, at times (seventh day). During breakfast teeth sensitive (eighth day). Painful jerks in the teeth, afternoon, and better hearing. Gum. Redness of gum (first day); better (second day). The gums feel sore, as if he was going to be salivated. The gum of upper jaw, right side, over the second molar tooth, became excessively tender to touch, as if an abscess was forming; this tenderness continued for four days; on the sixth day it had entirely disappeared without forming an abscess. Tongue. A small blister on the point of the tongue (second and third days). Tongue constantly dry, with desire to wet the mouth. The tongue and whole buccal cavity seemed sensitive, as if brunt with hot tea. Scalded feeling on tongue, one hour after breakfast (first, seventh, and twelfth days). General Mouth. Sensation in the mouth as if there were fibers in it (tenth day). In the middle of the left cheek, soreness inside (second day). In the mouth, on lower lip, a small sore spot (fourth day). Sensation of being burned in the mouth, in the forenoon (fourteenth day). Saliva. Salivation (fifth day). About 12 O’clock at noon, an increase of saliva in the mouth (sixth day). Unusual afflux of saliva from the salivary glands for the first twelve hours, tasteless, after fresh taste; salivation returned later again; mouth constantly filled with a decided metallic taste. Much saliva in the mouth (fourth day). Profuse flow of saliva, and aching pains in teeth of lower jaw (after four days). Large collections of water in the mouth (third and fourth days); not so much, but obliged to swallow or expectorate (eighth day). Taste. Unusually fresh taste, after an unusual afflux of saliva. Taste right, but flabby (sixth day). Pappy taste in the mouth, but a good appetite (fifth and seventh days). Slimy taste on waking (third day). Bad taste on waking (third day). Bitterness of taste (after four days). In the evening (after second dose in the morning), metallic taste of Iodine in the mouth; the gums feel sore, as if he was going to be salivated.
Throat
Objective. Slight superficial ulcers in the throat in patches, like islands in the ocean. Phlegm in the throat. Much phlegm in the throat and nose (eighth day); hawking it out of the throat (tenth day). Hawking and spitting of a small quantity of white, tough expectoration through the day (second day). Subjective. Disposition to hawk (seventh day); sensation as if a lump in the throat, with a disposition to hawk it out all day; hawked up a hard greenish lump (eighth day). Throat and nostrils dry. Pain in throat, and head, and eye (tenth to twelfth day)0. Sticking pain in throat (sixth day); pressing and sticking (seventh day). On waking, sore throat; feels as if scalded; worse during empty swallowing; all day quite troublesome (sixth day). Sore, throat, worse during empty deglutition (third, fourth, seventh, and eighth days). Slight sore throat; a disposition to cough (first day); quite sore and inflamed, cough frequent, and expectoration more than usual (second day); left tonsil inflamed and swollen, velum elongated, which seems to be the cause of coughing (third day); both tonsils swollen and inflamed, velum the same (fourth day); not so much, eyes also better, but headache very severe (fifth day); lessening (sixth day). Tonsils. Painful swelling of tonsils and submaxillary glands (after four days). Swallowing. Almost constant desire to make an empty deglutition, apparently from a large collection of water in the mouth, and from a sense of fullness in the throat (third day). External Throat. Glandular swellings of the neck in scarlatina. During eructations, pain in region of right parotid gland for two hours; but for twenty-four hours there was soreness to touch of right parotid.
Stomach
Appetite. Inclination to have the food more salted (twelfth day). Thirst. Desire to drink but small quantities. Eructation. Eructation, with the desire for stool. He had to belch up wind frequently. Loud and bitter belchings (after four days). Heartburn. Heartburn after dinner (fifteenth day). Nausea. Nausea while passing a diarrhoeic stool (after four days). Nausea, with headache. Nausea and sore throat (after half and hour, first day). A sensation of nausea and sinking at the stomach, or in the epigastrium; with a general sick feeling (thirteenth day). Squeamishness during the meals, several days. Squeamishness of the stomach, with uneasiness and laziness all over the limbs, at the same time with rheumatic pains. Inclination to vomit, and constant strong desire for stool. Stomach. Pain in the stomach, 10 A.M. (fourth day). Pain on pressure at epigastrium (after four days).
Abdomen
Hypochondria. Pain in right hypochondrium (yesterday in the left), with a drawing sensation in the anus as if haemorrhoids were coming (one hour after a dose), continues somewhat till the sixth day. A heavy, painful feeling in the region of the liver, pancreas, and spleen, which does not continue all the time (thirteenth day). Aching and full feeling in right hypochondrium (third day). At first, transient drawing pains in the left hypochondrium; afterwards a lame sensation there in the morning (eighth day). Sprain like pain in the right hypochondrium, near the pelvis (thirteenth and fourteenth days). Sudden cutting pain in the region of the liver (fourteenth day). Left waist feels sore on bending (fifth day). Umbilical. Distension of abdomen about the navel, with pain at part on pressure (after four days). Pain around the navel (first day). General abdomen. Purring or rumbling in the abdomen (tenth day). Loud rumblings in the bowels (second day)). From 6 A.M. till 3 P.M., weakness in the bowels, stomach and partly extended into the chest; a feeling as if the bowels would be moved; during this time, he had to belch up wind frequently (first day). Bellyache like before a stool, evening (seventh and ninth days). Sensation similar to threatening colic, evening till fully asleep (first day). Slight soreness all over the bowels; rumbling and soreness all over the bowels, with slight heaviness of the head (thirteenth day). In the morning, after a good night’s rest, pain as if sprained in the right pelvic region, towards the back, disappeared while walking (fifth day).
Rectum and Anus
Pains in anus, as if hemorrhoids would appear. Frequent desire to stool, with pain in the abdomen. Motion in abdomen, and urging to stool, without an opening, from 11 o’clock, the whole night through (thirteenth day).
Stool
Easier passage, and not so thick as usual (second day); with less difficulty than usual (fifth day). Diarrhoea, in the morning. Diarrhoea, with pain in the abdomen. Pain in the abdomen, with diarrhoea, from 11 P.M., the whole night through (twentieth day). Soft stool (sixth and eighth days); four firm stools in twenty four hours, more at night (tenth day). Severe griping and colic pains, forcing him to go to stool, followed by a very large copious but not loose discharge of rather a light-brownish color; could not make any water at all as long as the discharge lasted; after the discharge the urging and desire for an evacuation continued, with irritation and itching in the rectum, all around the sphincter ani, which felt as if it protruded a little. About 11 o’clock he had again severe colic pains, which left him, after a pretty loose, light yellowish brown, somewhat watery discharge, coated with mucus, and of a slight bloody appearance; after the discharge a slight tenesmus existed for awhile, but the colic pains disappeared more and more, and only great soreness of the bowels remained after dinner, at 2 P.M., the colic pains again returned, with a thin, loose discharge, and slight tenesmus afterwards; in the afternoon and evening only a soreness in the bowels.
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.