General Symptoms
Objective. Oxygenated Muriatic acid restores the irritability of the muscle fibres that have been destroyed by alcohol or opium. General emaciation (after six weeks). Increased activity. The first impression was so great as almost to excite general spasms. Indolence, with stretching, in the forenoon. Relaxed and indolent, although not wearied by walking. Weariness, especially of the lower extremities, in the morning. Just able to walk with support (after one hour). Very much reduced in strength, and unable to stand without assistance. Weakness while walking and standing, so that he fell asleep while sitting. Great weakness immediately after eating, that became distressing towards evening. Much exhausted (after three-quarters of an hour). Prostration (after nine hours). Great prostration and weakness, in the evening, after walking. General prostration, weakness, and sleepiness, with dimness of vision; she fell asleep at the table. Fainted almost immediately, and three hours afterwards could give no information of what had occurred. Restlessness. Subjective. General comfortable sensation. He is unwilling or unable to move; it is irksome to do anything, so he wishes only to sit still the whole time. Feeling of weakness in the whole body. Feeling of weakness, and difficulty in collecting the ideas, at night, in bed. Pain in the periosteum of all the bones, as in intermittent fever. Relapse on the forty-fourth day; temperature and pulse rose, with bloody vomiting; the patient complained of stitches in the back, especially on the right side below the twelfth rib, almost three inches external to the spinous process; abdomen sunken, doughy; left hypochondrium more distended than the right; dulness across the whole upper portion of the abdomen; pulse weak in relation to impulse of the heart; rubbing sound in the lower margin of the diaphragm, in the region of the apex of the heart, extending as far up as the axilla, synchronous with respiration; urine albuminous; sp. gr. 1021; violent pains in the lower portion of the back, followed by death in a week.
Skin
Objective. Small spots on the face, lips, and throat. A sore place on each side of the mouth; these marks, narrow, curving up towards the cheek from each labial commissure, and forming, when the mouth was closed, a sort of crescent with the horns turned upward, looked exactly as if made by the edge of a drinking-glass (second day). Eruptions, Dry. Nodes, like peas, or larger, on the forearm and elbows, with violent itching and burning. Eruption on the hand, that itches very much on becoming warm in bed. Eruption of pimples about the lips, that within a day and night ran together into a scab. Pimples itching violently, just behind and below the left tragus, that in spite of rubbing continued to itch violently, with smarting pain. Papular eruption on the forehead, that within a day and night became confluent and covered with a scab. Papular eruption on the concha, that within a day and night ran together into a scab. Papular eruption on the back of the hands and fingers, that within a day and night ran together into a scab. Red, tensive pimples on the right side of the neck. Eruptions, Moist. A vesicle on the right side of the lower jaw, with pain when touched. A vesicle on the left side of the upper lip. Two yellow, burning blisters, as large as peas, on the left side of the lower lip. Round, raw, itching tetter on the inner portion of the thighs. Eruptions, Pustular. Pustules on the forehead and temples, without sensation. Pustules in the red of the lower lip. Pustules on the upper lip, close to the corner of the mouth, with pain, as from suppuration, when touched, and tension on moving the lips. A boil on the right temple. Small boils on the back, with sticking pain when touched. Many painful ulcers in the skin, that troubles him while sitting and lying. The ulcers are very offensive, though covered with a scab. The employees in the salt works suffer from unhealthy ulcers on the legs, and become dropsical and cachectic. Subjective. Itching and biting on the back, shoulders, also over the whole body, mostly in the evening after lying down; not relieved by scratching. Sticking itching here and there in the body, disappearing on scratching, in the evening. Tickling, fine sticking itching over the body, only transiently relieved by rubbing. Feeling of deadness, and falling asleep of the forehead. Burning more about the ulcer than in it; after walking there is throbbing in it, like a pulse. Sticking here and there in the skin, at times with burning (on the right scapula). Sticking pain, as from needles, in the skin of the lower portion of the abdomen. An itching stitch in the ball of the right great toe during rest. A persistent itching stitch in the right gluteal muscles, that continued to itch violently after rubbing. Constant itching stitch on the back of the left foot; worse during rest. Crawling in the fingers of the right hand, as if asleep. Tickling in the ball of the left heel, disappearing on rubbing. Itching on the scrotum, that greatly provokes scratching; not relieved thereby. Itching on the sole of the left foot while walking and during rest. Much itching about the scrotum. Much itching of the thighs. Much itching on the calves. Violent itching on the tip of the nose, that returns after scratching. Voluptuous itching and sticking tickling in the palms of the hands, obliging scratching. Burning itching in the knees, malleoli, and toes on falling asleep. Burning, voluptuous itching on the perineum, close to the anus, with desire to scratch, not immediately relieved thereby.
Sleep and Dreams
Sleepiness. Sleepiness, with yawning, in the morning (second day). Very sleepy in the afternoon (fourth day). Great desire to sleep all day. Sleep oppresses him while at work; he closes his eyes. While sitting, the eyes close from weakness; while standing and moving about, she is wide awake. Sleeplessness. He does not get readily to sleep, and his sleep is light, yet he does not wake up easily (after three hours). Restless night; without any particular cause she cannot get to sleep, and in the morning is sleepy (after two hours). Restless night; she woke every quarter of an hour with pain, sometimes in one spot, sometimes in another (fourth day). Restless night; she is kept awake by headache in the vertex and left temple. Sleepless at night, on account of great orgasm of blood and heat and sweat. Sleep restless, frequently interrupted by vivid, anxious dreams; with copious perspiration all over, except on the hand, l during sleep. Sleepless before midnight. Sleepless after midnight. Frequent waking at night. Frequent waking, with tossing about in bed. He woke before midnight very wide awake, and was unable to fall asleep afterwards (fourth day). He always woke at 4 A.M., and could not fall asleep again. Starting up after falling asleep on account of uneasiness of the body, mostly in the extremities; dreams that cause anxiety, sorrow, or joy. On waking at night, he always finds himself lying on the back. He slides down in bed, and groans and moans in sleep. Dreams. Unremembered dreams. Happy dreams of home. Voluptuous dreams (first three days). Anxious dreams at night. Anxious, vivid dreams. Restless, vivid dreams, full of solicitude and frights; with erections, without emissions. Anxious, frightful, vivid dreams. Dream that she had lice, which made her very much ashamed (seventh day). Dream of the death of her mother (fourth night). She talks loud in sleep (before midnight); but cannot be understood, and knows nothing of it in the morning. She tosses about before midnight; often talks aloud in sleep, in a joyous tone, but frequently groans. She raves in her sleep as soon as she has been asleep a little while.
Fever
Chilliness. Skin cold (after three-quarters of an hour). Chilliness in the morning in bed after rising, so that he was obliged to remain by the stove all the forenoon. Chilliness in the evening, with burning in the face and dryness of the mouth. Chilliness in the evening, with thirst; perspiration after lying down; she was even obliged to rise at night to drink (eighth day). Chilliness from 6 to 7 P.M., with icy coldness of the back, so that it was difficult to get warm (seventh day). Chilliness over the whole body at 8 P.M., with external warmth lasting three-quarters of an hour, without subsequent heat. Woke before midnight on account of chilliness, and could not get warm; the parts on which he was lying were less chilly; afterwards he became very warm and perspired (third night). Chilliness, with gooseflesh, without shaking or thirst. Chilliness, with thirst (fourth day). Chilliness, with thirst, without subsequent heat. Coldness. Coldness, even perceptible externally, so that he could not get warm all day, even on walking. Coldness at night, so that she could not get warm; tossed about the bed. He shivered if the room were not very warm. Febrile shivering over the whole body, with hot cheeks and cold hands, without thirst. Febrile shivering over the whole body, with shaking chill, yawning, and stretching of the limbs, without thirst or subsequent heat. Febrile shivering over the whole body (with slight fluent coryza); yawning, cold, dead tips of the fingers, blue nails, and weak, slow pulse, without thirst or subsequent heat. Extremities rather cold (after one hour). Extremities quite cold. Complained of extreme cold in her lower extremities, which to the touch were quite warm. Heat. Sensation of the heat and actual heat of the body, especially of the palms and soles, without redness of the face, perspiration, thirst, or dryness of the mouth, with some inclination to uncover himself. Burning in the soles of the feet while sitting, aggravated by putting the feet to the ground. Burning heat of the whole head, and of the hands, with cold feet, without thirst, previous to which he could scarcely keep awake (on account of great sleepiness during the day). Slow fever (after six weeks). Sweat. Skin clammy (second day). Night-sweat. Perspiration in the evening on falling asleep, and not afterwards. Perspiration before midnight, in dreams full of difficulties, followed by good sleep till morning without perspiration. Perspiration before midnight, with dry cough. Slight sweat over the whole body in the morning. Profuse sweat on the head and back, every second or fourth evening, lasting three- quarters of an hour. After lying in bed for one to two hours in the evening, there is first cold perspiration of the feet before they become warm.
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.