Stomach
Appetite. Appetite poor (twelfth day); could eat no breakfast; had some appetite for supper (fifteenth day); appetite good (seventh day after recommencing taking). Appetite not good; could eat, but had no relish for the food (eleventh day); had an appetite for breakfast (twelfth day); no appetite for either breakfast or dinner, but ate some supper (fourteenth day); no appetite for breakfast or dinner, but felt hungry for supper (fifteenth day); appetite good (twentieth, twenty-fourth, and twenty-sixth days). Could eat but little breakfast (ninth day); since leaving off medicine, some days since, appetite not so good, with some tenderness in epigastric region (fourteenth day). For several days, have had an aversion to an accustomed cigar, and after smoking the symptoms grew worse (twenty-sixth day). Appetite good (twenty-sixth day); no appetite except juicy food or fruits (fortieth day). Appetite increased (seventh and eighth days); appetite not nearly so good as when taking the drug (twenty-fourth day). Appetite greatly increased, and digestion good (twelfth day); no appetite for breakfast (thirteenth day); hungry, at 11 A.M. (forty-first day); no desire for food (forty- ninth day); entire loss of appetite. Have eaten nothing for sixteen hours. At noon had no appetite, but took some food and a cup of coffee, which seemed to relieve my head for a time. Had a desire for pickles at supper, which I rarely eat. It gave me a relish for bread and butter, of which I ate freely, and by 8 P.M. felt much better (fiftieth day). Appetite decreasing (twenty- first day); poor appetite (twenty second day); appetite very good (forty-first day); am losing appetite; have eaten but little for four days past. Have eaten less each day (forty-fifth day); somewhat hungry, but feel worse after eating (forty-sixth day); appetite has improved rapidly the past few days, with tendency to eat more than is proper (fifty-third day); during last few days, appetite has increased wonderfully. Eat too much almost every day, cannot help it. Still seem to digest all that is eaten (fifty-eighth day). Not the usual relish for tobacco (fifty-fifth day). Thirst. Have been thirsty till 10 A.M., all the past week (seventeenth day) thirsty on going out of bed (nineteenth day). Thirsty all day. Wanted water often, but little at a time (forty- third day); very thirsty, but feel worse after drinking (forty- sixth day). Considerable thirst all night (eighth day); great thirst, the water tasting natural and refreshing (fourteenth day). Very thirsty all day (third day); thirst continues (fourth day); considerable thirst, but not so much as during the previous two days (fifth day); less thirst (sixth day). Entire absence of thirst (fiftieth day). Eructations. Breakfast became acid in stomach, producing very disagreeable eructations. Am not subject to turns of acidity of stomach. Do not recollect of having such a turn before (thirteenth day). Belching and sour eructation for two or three hours after eating (fiftieth day). Pyrosis felt below thyroid cartilage, in afternoon (fifth day). Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea, pain, and urging to stool (fifteenth day). Supped principally on fruits. During night some nausea, followed by chills on back (thirty ninth day); slight nausea at stomach all the time, at 8 A.M. (fourth day). Nausea, but no vomiting (second day); nausea soon after taking the medicine, lasting all day; would like to vomit, but cannot (seventh day). Nausea, almost resulting in emesis, after a drink of cold water (second day); went to bed sick at stomach (forty-ninth day); very sick, and felt like vomiting, but did not. Nausea passed off with a flash of heat and a feeling of moisture on skin, which before was very dry (fiftieth day). Qualmishness, alternating with the pain in stomach and bowels (twenty-first day); stomach feels qualmish. Felt sick after dinner, with qualmishness of stomach. Immediate relief by a glass of soda water, without syrup (twenty second and forty-seventh days); ate no breakfast, except a few peaches, and the stomach causes no inconvenience (twenty- third day); sick at stomach, without nausea, at 1.40 P.M. Sickness of stomach continues, at 9.45 P.M. Nausea not sufficient to cause vomiting (forty-second day). Empty retching (fifteenth day); qualmish, sickish feeling all the time (seventh day after recommencing taking). He gags when the mucus (which is tenacious and difficult to dislodge from its position posterior to the soft palate) is brought down into the pharynx (twenty-second day). Feeling of nausea; vomited a large quantity of sour water. As long as he lay quiet he felt better. Odor of food pleasant to him, but on attempting to eat, the first bite caused vomiting of very sour fluid, at 5 P.M. (second day). Stomach. Stomach sour; food does not digest (twelfth and fifteenth days). Since the headache has passed away a feeling prostration and sinking in the epigastrium, without pain, comes on about the same time the headache came, and lasts about an hour at a time, and is accompanied by yawning. He had been so daily, except one day, since the headache left. At the same time there is a dull feeling in supraorbital and frontal regions, which passes off with the sinking sensation (twenty- eighth day). Could not sleep till late, because of the uncomfortable feeling in the stomach (eighth day). Can feel stomach (twenty-first day); can feel stomach all the time, especially after eating. It is a sickening feeling, but is not nausea (forty-fifth day); stomach gives me an immense amount of unpleasantness. Feel it all the time (forty-sixth day). Ate a moderate dinner, which seemed to lay heavily on the stomach (fifty-first day). Feeling fullness in stomach and bowels, after moderate eating (twenty-fourth day). Tight feeling in stomach (second day); uncomfortable feeling of fullness and pain in stomach, at 9.45 A.M. (ninth day). Cramp in stomach and chest, at 1.30 A.M. (second day); slight cramp in stomach, all forenoon (sixth day). Ate no breakfast, at 11 A.M. had a darting-sticking pain in great cul-de-sac, lasting till dinner (12.30 P.M.), (twenty-sixth day). Epigastric region sore on pressure (eleventh day). Feeling in epigastric region as if some irritating or burning substance had been taken into the stomach (eleventh day). Tenderness in entire epigastric region, most marked immediately below the ensiform (eighth and ninth days); tender on pressure, in epigastric region for some days past (twelfth day); quite tender, on pressure, in epigastric region, in the morning; less so in afternoon, but still distinctly felt on pressing the part (twenty-fifth day). A little tenderness in epigastrium (twentieth day); slight tenderness on pressure in epigastric region (twenty- second day); slight tenderness still, on deep pressure, in epigastric and umbilical regions (twenty-sixth day). Quite a tender feeling in epigastric region felt all the time, but worse on pressing over the part (fourth day); feel quite well, but soreness on pressing over epigastrium, extending to upper part of ensiform (sixth day); tender to touch in epigastric region (seventh and eighth days); moderately tender in epigastric region on pressure (eleventh day).
Abdomen
Hypochondria. Shooting pain from short ribs down across left hypochondriac region, in afternoon (thirty-ninth day). Shooting pains over liver frequent, but not severe, in morning (thirty- eighth day). Sharp shooting pain in left hypochondriac region just before stool (fortieth day). Occasional stitches in spleen (third day). Umbilical and Sides. Occasional pains through umbilical region, through the morning with frequent passages of flatulence (third day); occasional pains through bowels, with discharges of flatulence (fourth day); occasional pains through abdomen (seventh day). Some pain in umbilical region from distension with gas, at 9 P.M. (forty-second day). Dull pain in umbilical region before the stools. A dull pain in umbilical region which disappeared after a free discharge of gas, in morning (forty-first day). Borborygmus in left side of abdomen, between the cartilages of the ribs and the anterior part of the crest of the ilium, felt frequently and accompanied by sharp pain (ninth day). General Abdomen. Rumbling in bowels, as if diarrhoea would come on, in morning (second day). Some rumbling and pain in abdomen (twenty-second day). Uncomfortable pain in abdomen (second day). Feeling of distress, commencing in epigastrium, and in a few minutes extending through the entire abdomen. Pain not severe enough to prevent sleep, but felt on stirring about room (third day). Pains in abdomen, with urging to stool (eighth day); pains through bowels (twelfth day); the pain in abdomen seems to be caused by gas, as much of it is passed at stool. Waked at 3 A.M., by sharp cutting pain in abdomen, relieved by passing off flatus (fourteenth day); slight pains in abdomen, made him sick (fifteenth day); slight pains in bowels (third day after commencing to take the drug again in large doses). Slight pain through abdomen; passing off by escape of flatus (nineteenth day). Slight pain through bowels, with some urging to stool (third day). Moderate pain through the bowels previous to each stool, and entirely relieved by the evacuation (eleventh day). Considerable pain through abdomen during most of morning, accompanied by relaxation of bowels. The returns of pain in abdomen farther apart and less severe each time, till 1 P.M. (eighteenth day). Slept well, but woke early, with great pain in the bowels, and a dreadful headache (forty-ninth day). More or less pain through small intestines, nearly always before escape of gas (tenth day). Pinching-burning pains in abdomen, at 10 A.M. (seventh day). Feeling of repletion. Bowels feel full, and compel opening of pants and drawers for relief (nineteenth day); slight fullness in abdomen (twentieth day). Abdomen painful and swollen; passage of gas afforded some relief, but straining pressure on waking produced sharp pain (third day); painful feeling of distension of abdomen from gas, which passed off, at 11.20 A.M. (fifth day); severe pain in Bowels, which are very much distended. Relieved by small stool and the passing of a large quantity of gas and sour urine, at 5.10 P.M. (eleventh day). Occasional griping pains in abdomen (fifty-first day). Some cramp like pains in abdomen, at 10.30 P.M. (fourth day). Crampy pains of short duration through small intestines, several times through the day (eleventh day). Dull pain in bowels (twelfth day); dull pain in bowels, relieved by stool of a diarrhoeic character, at 4 P.M. (fortieth day). Dull pain across upper part of abdomen in region of transverse colon, caused by flatus (twenty-sixth day). Dull pains in umbilical and hypogastric regions, with frequent discharges of flatulence (third and eighth days). Dull pain and over distension in umbilical and hypogastric regions, at 4.40 P.M. (fourth day); pain in hypogastric and umbilical regions from over distension, produced by great accumulation of gas, a quantity of which was discharged an hour since, at 11.55 A.M. (fortieth day). Dull shifting pains through the abdomen felt at times through day, commencing on getting out of bed, in morning (thirteenth day). Fine shooting pain from left groin up across navel to cartilage of ribs on right side, lasting about half a minute, and occurring but once (nineteenth day). Slight colic and burning in abdomen, relieved by loose stool, in afternoon (second day). Colicky pains preceding natural stool. Pain relieved by passing off flatus (second day). Slight colicky pain in abdomen (third day). A little soreness and some pinching in abdomen (thirteenth day). Tender on pressure, in epigastrium and through abdomen (twelfth day). Pressure suddenly made over abdomen has for some time past caused pain to start through abdomen, and continue till gas is passed off from bowels (twentieth day); deep pressure still starts some pain through abdomen (twenty-second day); pressure over abdomen still starts the gas, but not the rumbling or pain noticed some time before. All bowel symptoms worse during the day. Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions. Occasional pain in hypogastric region, in morning (second day). Wakened with cutting pain in hypogastric region, soon followed by a large stool, at 1.30 A.M. (second day). Pain in lower part of abdomen, as if from a colic coming on, in afternoon (thirty-ninth day). Sharp pain in ileum after rising, at 3.55 P.M. (third day). Pain in groins, for half an hour after going to bed (seventh day). Pain in left inguinal region. A dull cutting pain, lasting about five minutes at a time, and coming on about once in each half hour, was felt along and about the length of Poupart’s ligament, coming on both sides at same time (eighteenth day); wakened three times by the pain during the night. It did not come so often as during the day, but was just as severe and lasted as long. This pain continued at intervals of about an hour, and of the same degree of severity as yesterday, till 4 P.M. (nineteenth day).
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.