Eye
Objective. Eyes staring, very glistening, quite prominent, with loss of senses, so that he could not answer questions, although he heard everything. Stiffness of the eyes (after four minutes). Eyes stiff, protruding from their orbits. Subjective. Pressure in both eyes, as from sand. An irritation in both external canthi, relieved by rubbing (after sixteen hours). Biting in the eyes, as from smoke, with lachrymation (immediately, from the odor). Itching in the eyes, so that she was obliged to rub them (after half an hour). Brow and Orbit. Stupefying pressure on the left eyebrow. A sensation above the margin of the orbits, as if a dull instrument were pressed into the brain. Lids. The upper lids seem swollen, with a pressive sensation in them (after thirteen hours). Lachrymal Apparatus. Lachrymation of the left eye, as if she were weeping. Profuse lachrymation of the left eye, with pressure. Ball. Distortion of both eyes, outward. Vision. Eyes dim, with a pressive pain in the inner canthus (after twenty-two hours). Eyes dim; pupils dilated (after ten minutes). Dimness before the eyes. Sudden dimness before the eyes, so that she thought she would become blind. A dizzy unsteadiness before the eyes on the least motion of the head, as if something moved rapidly up and down (immediately, even from the odor). Black points a few times before the eyes. Loss of vision, with contracted pupils (after nine minutes).
Ear
External. Discharge of much wax from the left ear (second day). As many as three drops of wax flowed from the right ear, only at night (fourth day). Pressive pain in the left concha, as if the ear had been pressed against the head, during the first twenty- four hours). Middle. Fluttering in the left ear, as if a flea were in it (after five hours). Sudden, very transient rushing into the ear, as from the fluttering of a large bird, now in the right, now in the left side (after sixty hours). Rushing in both ears, as in faintness (after three hours). Sensation as though a gentle wind were blowing, in the left ear (after two hours). Violent rushing in both ears, as from a violent wind. Hearing. Difficult hearing; one was obliged to speak loud to make him understand. Crackling in the right ear, with a disagreeable sensation, for which she has no expression (after twenty-three hours). Rustling in the left ear and a sensation as though a flea were in it. A frightful sound in the right ear, like the firing of a cannon; some drops of blood came from the ear.
Nose
Objective. Severe fits of sneezing. Sneezing always on triturating Moschus, together with a pressive pain in the middle of the nasal bones, during the first five minutes. Sneezing several times every day, with tickling in the nose, followed by burning (after eight hours). Violent sneezing; the nose previously stopped by dry catarrh became suddenly free after a copious clearing out. Frequent very violent sneezing, always with discharge of a few drops of blood (after twenty-four hours). Very profuse fluent coryza, with a peculiar burning, alternately in the right and left nostril. Bleeding from the nose. Momentary nosebleed (from the odor). Subjective. Sensation as of the crawling of an insect in the tip of the nose, which he frequently tried to wipe away without effect, until it disappeared of itself (after twenty-eight hours). Violent tickling in the nose, which changed to burning.
Face
Objective. Redness of the face, without perspiration (after two days). Paleness of the face (after four minutes); with perspiration. Face earthy pale (after two hours). The facial muscles became very much drawn, so that he could not be recognized. Subjective. Tension in the facial muscles, as though too short. Redness of the right cheek, without heat, and paleness of the left cheek, with a sensation of heat in it (after thirty hours). Cheeks. Transient cooling burning on the right zygoma (after twenty- eight hours). Transient pressure on the left zygoma, frequently recurring. Lips, Upper lip swollen. China Moving the lower jaw, as though chewing.
Mouth
Bad odor from the mouth from whatever he ate, only milk had a tolerable taste (after second day). Dryness of the mouth and throat. Mouth dry, with little thirst. The mouth became very dry. Great dryness of the mouth. Saliva. Mouth half open, from which white mucus ran profusely. Taste. Flat taste in mouth, lasting some time (after five minutes). Bitter taste, in the morning on waking (after four days). Nasty bitter taste. Food has very little taste (after three hours). Complete loss of taste, milk had no taste.
Throat
Dryness in the throat (second day). A scraping sensation rising into the throat, like heartburn, with some nausea, as in water brash. Burning in the pharynx, as from a coal of fire. Dryness of the oesophagus; without thirst.
Stomach
Appetite. Aversion to all food; when food is set before him, he is attacked with nausea, and if it is not taken away he actually vomits. Thirst. Much thirst for beer, which usually she seldom drank. Longing for brandy, which at other times he never drank. No thirst, either during the shivering or afterwards. Eructation. Eructations. Eructations, with hot saliva in the mouth. Frequent eructations. Violent eructations, with nausea (after three- quarters of an hour). Eructations of air, associated with uprisings of tasteless fluid into the mouth. Repeated, violent, audible eructation of air. Many eructations, all smelling of Moschus. Violent eructations, tasting of Moschus (after half an hour). Eructations, leaving a taste as of garlic, during the first five minutes. Nausea and Vomiting. A kind of nausea, for six days in succession. She was obliged to lie down in bed two afternoons, on account of nausea and headache. Nausea seemed to come into the pit of the stomach; wherewith the navel was drawn inward with a cramp like sensation. Nausea without vomiting; she desired to vomit, but could not. Qualmishness, all day (after half an hour). Qualmishness in the morning (after twenty-two hours), and in the evening (after nine hours). Qualmish always after eating (after three hours and three quarters). Great but ineffectual efforts to vomit, on rising in the morning (after thirty-two hours). He was obliged to vomit in the forenoon, for several days, whether he had eaten anything or not. Vomiting, with constant pressure in the stomach and distension of the epigastric region (third day). Vomiting, with a burning pain in the whole sternum, extending from below upward (after two hours and three-quarters). Vomiting, with a tensive pain across the whole chest, somewhat better on pressing together (after twenty- eight hours). Vomiting, with heaviness upon the chest, just as though a weight were lying upon it, though respiration was free (after one hour and three-quarters). Violent vomiting (after three minutes). Vomiting in the morning immediately on rising; he vomits everything that he had eaten (first day). Nausea, immediately, with vomiting of food that had just been taken, with violent eructations (after thirty-one hours). Vomiting of mucus, three times in succession. Stomach. A painful sensation, as if something hard were lying in the stomach, greatly increased by drinking Feeling of fullness in the epigastric region, aggravated even by a moderate meal h(after three hours). Tensive sensation in the epigastric region, as though he had eaten too much. Everything about the pit of the stomach seemed too tight, with a biting, burning, sore sensation; always after dinner, three days in succession. Aching in an above the pit of the stomach (in the chest), especially on inspiration, associated with anxiety in the chest (after six hours). Pressure in the epigastric region, followed by eructations. Pressure in the epigastric region, with some qualmishness, increasing for an hour; pressing not forward but backward towards the spine. Pressure in the pit of the stomach. Pressure, with cramp like pain in the pit of the stomach. Some pressure in the stomach, followed by eructations of a strong odor. Some pressure near the left side of the pit of the stomach. Tensive pressure in the epigastric region, with some painfulness in the abdomen; the tensive pressure involved the whole abdomen after half an hour (after one hour and a half). Pressive pain in the pit of the stomach, somewhat relieved by stooping. A kind of oppression above the stomach, not a pressure. A kind of throbbing in the epigastric region (after two hours).
Abdomen
Hypochondria. Swollen tension and jerking in both hypochondria (after a quarter of an hour). Very violent stitches in the region of the liver, aggravated by every inspiration. Itching, fine stitch in the right side of the abdomen, beneath the short ribs; the itching continued even after the sticking, and obliged rubbing. Umbilical and Sides. Violent constrictive pain in the umbilical region, so that it formed a deep fossa (after three hours). Jerk like clawing above the umbilicus, that took away her breath. A pressive sensation in the umbilicus, and a burning on the chest (after five minutes). Some violent stitches in the umbilical region, deep internally, especially on inspiration (after half an hour). Simple aching in the right side of the abdomen, below the umbilicus. Forcing downward in the left side of the abdomen, with constipation (after six hours). General Abdomen. Distension of the abdomen, with urgent but ineffectual desire for stool. Trembling of the whole abdomen, with excessive clammy perspiration all over. Rumbling in the abdomen, with emission of flatus, having the same odor as the eructations. Loud, incessant rumbling in the abdomen, without flatulent symptoms; it disappeared after eating, and indeed while eating. Emission of much flatus of a horrible odor, like a kind of garlic. The abdomen seemed too tight, without pain; with anxiety, so that she could not undertake any work, nor remain in any place, but was obliged to run about; she ran to several of her acquaintances, but remained only a few minutes anywhere (immediately). Griping in the abdomen, so that he cried out; somewhat relieved by crouching together (after two hours and a half). Griping pain in the abdomen, with dragging pressure upon the bladder; relieved by pressing the fist upon it (after thirty- six hours). Violent dragging in the abdomen obliges him to go to stool, but he can accomplish nothing (after four days). Pressure in the abdomen, as before menstruation (after three quarters of an hour). Pressive pain in the abdomen, as if everything would burst out (after five hours). Fine stitches, with rumbling, in the abdomen, and anxiety through the whole body (after twenty- four hours).
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.