Sleep and Dreams
Sleepiness. Yawning. Frequent yawning as if he had not slept enough. Much yawning. Much yawning before diner and supper. At first sleepiness, afterwards loss of sleep. Sleepiness (while sitting) that immediately disappeared on walking. Sleepiness, interrupted by starting up in fright, palpitation, and attacks of fantasies (for examples, as if he dreaded an epileptic attack). Great sleepiness during the day. Great inclination to sleep. Too much inclined to sleep; far too much and too sound sleep. She could never keep awake; even in the afternoon, about 3 o’clock, her eyes closed forcibly, so that for two or three hours she was obliged, against her will, to sleep. She fell into an irresistible sleep while standing. Too much and too sound sleep. Much sleep during the day, and loss of sleep at night. To much sleep by day and night. He sleeps unusually long, for twelve hours, and would have slept longer, if he had not been awakened. Sleeping at night with open mouth without snoring, with frequent tossing about the bed, as if he could find no rest (after twenty three hours). Sleep; but if he woke everything in the head turned around; sleep was more distressing than refreshing. He sleeps every moment day and night, and also wakes every moment, so that he has no natural sleep and no natural waking. Sleeplessness. Falling asleep late. He was unable to fall asleep for two hours in the evening. It was a long time before he could fall asleep in the evening. Could fall asleep only not sleep before 1 o’clock at night, on account of wakefulness. Sleeplessness and wakefulness at night, till 3 o’clock and then, before falling asleep, perspiration (from 2 to 3 o’clock). Could sleep only towards morning. Extreme loss of power and constant sleepiness, yet he was unable to fall asleep. He could not fall asleep, tossed about without knowing why, and in the morning was unable to rise on account of lassitude. Unable to fall asleep in the evening, on account of frightful fancies. He woke every night from 2 to 4. She is unable to sleep soundly after midnight, and during the night feels a violent tensive pain in the left lower extremity. He woke at night unusually easy. He woke very early, and could not fall asleep again, without anything unusual being the matter. Frequent waking, on from wakefulness (after twenty- two hours). Frequent waking, from sleep, as though he had slept enough, with much tossing about in bed. Frequent waking from sleep, as from fright. The sleep at night was only like a dizziness; tossing about as if the bed distressed him, and constantly kept waking. He spent most of the night in waking and dreaming. Had almost no sleep, dreaded to fall asleep. Restless night, full of heat; he thought while half awake that he heard thieves breaking in. Uneasy sleep. Very uneasy sleep, with frequent waking. Constant dozing, but no real sound sleep. Sleeplessness, with excessive restlessness, anxiety, and a bad feeling. About 11 o’clock she woke from sleep as from fright, and cried aloud with tears for several minutes before she could collect her senses and become quiet again (after two hours). Dreams. Many fantasies in sleep. Many dreams. Vivid dreams, which he cannot recollect. Vivid agreeable and disagreeable dreams. Vivid dreams of the business of the day (when well he never dreamed). Numerous historic dreams at night. She dreamed of people standing before the window, and thereupon woke; she could not persuade herself that they were not there. Pleasant dreams after midnight. Amorous dreams, with erections, without an emission (second night). Anxious dreams, with erections, without an emission (second night). Anxious dreams for example, of swallowing a needle), which, however, did not quite wake her. Anxious dreams, with palpitation, from which he could not wake. Dreams causing anxiety, of being bitten by a dog, of rebellion, after midnight. Frightful dreams at night, as if he were falling from a height. Frightful dreams of shooting. A frightful dream in which he started up and thought he was not in his own house, sat up in bed and talked about a far-distant village. Restless nights, dreams of robbers. Dream of a food. She frequently started up in sleep, for she tossed the arms around. On falling asleep she started up as from great fright, which caused a shooting in the teeth, and a hard stitch through the knee, with shivering. Anxiety in sleep soon after falling asleep before midnight; started up in fright and was anxious until he was awake. During sleep, groaning, meaning, and mumbling, with very rapid respiration and coldness of the hands (but not of the feet), (after two hours).
Fever
Chilliness. Chilliness in the morning, with heat towards noon. Chilliness in bed, in the morning on waking. Chilliness thirst. Chilliness and shivering in the morning, immediately on rising, the more chilly he became. Chilliness more in the forepart of the night, followed by alternations of chill and heat. Chilliness all over at 9 P.M. and through the night; with micturition every hour and involuntary jerkings, tossing and jerking of the head, arms, and lower extremities while lying and slumbering. Chilliness ongoing into the open air. Chilliness in the morning and evening in bed. Chilliness before very stool. Chilliness and dragging before the diarrhoea-like stool, and during the chilliness flushes of heat. Chilliness while at stool, ceasing after the evacuation (after five to six days). Chilliness after the midday nap. Chilliness from one diarrhoea-like stool to another; but during the stool there is a flushing of heat, especially in the face. Chilliness all over, with icy-cold hands. Chilliness, as if the race. Feverishness, with considerable chilliness. Chilliness internally, with heat of the face and burning sensation in the cheeks. He was chilly on going into the open air. He was more chilly in the open air than in the house, although there was an equal degree of warmth. Is chilly only during the griping in the abdomen. Internal chill, even in the morning in bed. Internal chill over the whole body in the forenoon. He was chilly, and bad cold creepings, but mostly over the hands, with dry heat behind the ears. During the griping in the abdomen, creeping chill and shivering. Coldness and a sensation of coldness and chilliness an shivering, with blueness of the body all day;, therewith she was obliged to bend forward. After the nightly emission, he was cold all over in the morning after rising, but not weak. Shivering over the whole body, without heat or thirst, in every position. Shiverings in the morning in bed. Shivering in the evening in bed for half an hour, without subsequent heat. Shivering before every stool. Shivering from above, downward, on the slightest motion, between the paroxysms of heat. Shivering, mingled with frequent flushes of heat. Cold shivering all over, with chattering of teeth like ague, though they were near the equator (soon). Chilliness over the whole body, morning and evening; it made him shake all though. Violent shaking on account of chilliness, in the evening in bed; she could not get warm. Violent shaking chill in the evening tossed him up in bed (together with twitching in the tendo Achillis and flexor communis digitorum pedis). Chilliness and alternations of heat in the head and face. Chilliness in the abdomen. Chilliness over the back, with heat in the lobules of both ears. Chilliness in all the limbs, like a violent catarrhal fever; was obliged to lie down. Violent chill extending from the nose and eyes to the occiput, with tearing pain externally, before midnight, while lying in bed. Constant cold hands and feet. Coldness of both thighs. Cold feet in the evening, in bed, after lying down. A sensation in the soles of the feet as if they were put in cold water, simultaneously with a sensation of burning in them. Icy cold hands. Heat. All parts of the body seem to him very warm in the cold raw air, for four days (immediately). He became affected by a slight effort, and became hot, with great ebullition of the blood (fifth day). Paroxysms of heat, with great anxiety, as from compression in the chest, without thirst, alternating with a sensation of coldness over the whole body, and great prostration. Alternating sensation of heat and chilliness; not perceptible to external touch. Constant mingling of heat and chilliness; chilliness when not in bed, heat in bed, with excessive thirst for milk at night (he drank three quarts of milk in one night). Febrile attacks, especially at night. Frequent paroxysms of fever consisting of general flushes of heat and frequent recurring chilliness and shivering (especially over the face, back, chest, and arms). Fever; at first heat and redness of the face, and a sensation of heat over the whole body, especially in the palms of the hands, without externally perceptible warmth, them alternations of internal chilliness, which obliged him to lie down; a shaking chill even lasting into the night, and even with this shaking chill a sensation of heat in the palms, with coldness of the tips of the fingers. Heat of the head and face from time to time. Heat and a sensation of heat in the face, with paleness. At one time heat of the face, at another shivering. If he sits for some time he is attacked with heat of the cheeks and head, with redness of the face, without thirst. Heat and redness of the left cheek, with perspiration on the palms of the hands, after midnight; subsequently diarrhoea and aversion to food. (Burning in the soles of the feet in the evening). Sweat. Very much inclined to perspire day and night, though more at night. Perspiration during the day, with nausea. Perspiration every evening an hour and a half after lying down. Perspiration on every motion. Perspiration while walking. Profuse perspiration all night, from evening till morning. Profuse perspiration while walking. Unusually profuse perspiration that has a sour and offensive odor, and makes the fingers look softened, spongy, and wrinkled, like a washerwoman’s. Excessive perspiration at night. Very profuse fatty and oily perspiration at night, that makes the linen stiff or starched, and yellowish. Offensive perspiration several nights in succession. Profuse offensive perspiration, soaking through the bedclothes. Sour offensive perspiration, and if she puts a limb out of bed, there immediately results a most violent tearing. Peculiar sour-smelling sweat; her fingers became all shrivelled, and a cold damp bedewed he feet (after five to six days). The linen was stained saffron yellow by the imperceptible exhalations from the body; a yellow that could not be removed by washing. Partial perspiration; he perspires at night in various places while other parts are dry; the perspiring spots are not over six inches but the perspiration is very profuse; the head and the whole face are dry. Perspiration on the face and chest. Perspiration on the palms and soles. At night he woke and perspired only on the legs, from the knees to the ankles, not on the thighs or soles of the feet; if he uncovered the feet the perspiration immediately stopped. Profuse perspiration on the genitals and neighboring parts, while walking. Profuse cold perspiration on the face, though the rest of the body is dry. Cold anxious sweat of the face, with extreme discomfort, for a quarter of an hour, followed by a diarrhoea- like stool. Cold sweaty feet towards morning.
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.