Mouth
Teeth. Looseness of the teeth. Sensation as if cold air were coming out of the right upper carious teeth, after diner (first day). Toothache, with swelling of the gums, and violent fever; for three days (after second day). Burrowing toothache, immediately after a breakfast of bread and butter; the right cheek was swollen, and if he touched it, especially if he pressed upon the upper jaw, the pain was very much aggravated; smelling saturated solution of camphor afforded no marked relief (twenty- eight day). Burrowing and boring in a hollow tooth, ceasing only on falling asleep (twelfth day). A violent boring burrowing toothache in a hollow tooth woke him at 4 A.M. aggravated by touch of the tongue, ceasing after half an hour, when he fell asleep; it returned after breakfast, when he ate honey, also after eating sweets at dinner, and lasting very violent till 4 P.M., and then less till 7 P.M.; during this time he was in the open air, in cold, rainy weather; the pain ceased during supper; mesmerizing and smoking tobacco afforded no relief (twenty-sixth day). Drawing boring in the hollow teeth. Dull boring pressure pains in a hollow tooth, after taking cold (eight day). Toothache, as if the teeth would be pulled out, day and night, somewhat relieved by warmth; with bleeding of the gums on slightest touch; this is associated with coldness of the body, lasting all day, together with thirst, and lasting two weeks, only gradually diminishing (after sixteen days). Pressive pain in a tooth while half asleep, and on waking. Pressive toothache after lying down, for several evenings. Dull pressure and boring in a hollow tooth, in the afternoon (fourth day). Dull sticking in a hollow tooth after dinner, disappearing on smoking; on eating pears the toothache returns; also in the evening a burrowing toothache while walking, that after supper becomes pulsating, and only ceases on falling asleep (eighteenth day). Sudden stitch in a sound tooth (twenty-third day). Tearing toothache only at night, after 9 P.M., not during the day. Toothache (tearing?), lasting all night, followed by swelling of the lower lip and cessation of the pain (after fourteen hours). Tearing in the tips of the left lower teeth, afterwards under the chin, and afterwards again in a lower tooth, at 11 A.M. (first day). Jerking tearing in the left lower teeth, in the evening (fourth day). Sensitiveness of the teeth, as if scorbutic, and as from bog water (moorwasser), (after three days). Extreme sensitiveness of the lower teeth, for two days (after twenty-four hours). Jerkings in the teeth while eating. Frequent jerking in the right lower teeth, and great sensitiveness of tips of the teeth, in the afternoon (first day). Tearing and jerking in the left eye-tooth, in the evening, disappearing after lying down (eleventh day). Looseness of a left upper back tooth, without pain, in the evening; after two days it became tight again (after six days). A fine transient boring in the left lower anterior molars, at 10 A.M. (first day). Tearing in the left upper back teeth, lasting half an hour (third day). Some tearings in the right lower anterior molars and in their gum, in the forenoon (first day). Tearing and jerking in the last left lower molars, as if coming out of the teeth, day and night, especially after dinner (twenty fifth day). Transient tearing in the left lower anterior molars, on walking in the open air, at 10 A.M. (nineteenth day). Painful tearing in the last left upper molars, in the afternoon (fourth day). Jerking tearing in the right lower back teeth, in the forenoon (twenty-first day). Cold crawling ran through the right upper back teeth, momentarily, at noon (third day). Gums. Gums loose (after twenty-three days). The gum on the inner side of the anterior lower teeth seems, to the touch of the tongue, as rough as a file, at 3 P.M. (second day). Bleeding of the gum (after a few hours). The lower gum of the left side is painful, as if ulcerated, for two days (after twenty-four days). Tongue. Tongue pale. Pimples on the tip of the tongue (after a few hours). Small pimples on the left side of the tongue, with sticking pain. A papular eruption beneath the tongue, painful to touch. A tensive blister on the right margin of the tongue, of short duration, at 5.30 P.M. (first day). A pustule near the frenum linguae. Biting on the tip of the tongue, as from salt water. Burning about the whole tip of the tongue, as if it were full of cracks, at 2 P.M. (second day). Sore pain in the tip of the tongue when touched with the teeth. General Mouth. Musty odor from the mouth. A large blister on the inner side of the left cheek, that after pressure exudes water, and disappears after twenty-four hours (after nineteen days). Several superficial ulcerated spots in the mouth, with burning pain when touched. Dryness of the mouth and tongue, that calls for drink. Constant dryness of the mouth and lips, which she was constantly obliged to lick, as if caused by the heat of the breath (after seven days). Heat and dryness of the mouth, with great thirst, for some hours every morning after rising. Painful, sore sensation on the inner side of the cheek, when chewing. Saliva. Profuse accumulation of tasteless, watery saliva (nearly the whole three days). Gluey saliva, for several days. Saliva salty, with biting on the tip of the tongue (after five days). Profuse tasteless water collects in the mouth, for an hour, at 1 P.M. (twelfth day). Collection of sour tasting water in the mouth, in the forenoon (eleventh day). Insipid mucus in the mouth. Taste. Increased acuteness of taste (secondary action?). Flat, slimy taste on waking, with bitterness in the mouth, and white-coated tongue (fifth day). Very bad taste in the mouth, on waking in the morning, and a sensation as if burnt, that disappeared after eating soup (ninth day). He woke at 4 A.M. with a nauseous taste in the mouth, and violent erections (thirtieth day). Sweet taste in the mouth (eighth day). Bitter taste in the mouth, in the afternoon (after thirteen days). A bitter taste frequently comes low down in the throat, like a vapor. Sudden bitter taste in the mouth, and then uprisings of bitter water, so that he spat constantly (after half an hour). Bitter, flat taste in the mouth, in the morning (first day). Bitter, slimy taste in the mouth, in the morning, disappearing after rising and eating (ninth day). Rancid, bitter taste to all food, disappearing after eating. Sour taste in the mouth (after three days). Sour taste in the mouth, and thickly coated tongue. Sourish taste in the mouth, in the morning after waking (fifth day). Metallic taste in the mouth, in the afternoon (after fourteen days). Taste of blood in the mouth, on exhaling. Taste as of an old tobacco-pipe, at 4 P.M., after spitting a watery saliva; it lasted a long time, and afterwards seemed to cause a biting on the tongue (third day). Sudden purulent taste in the throat, as from an internal ulcer (tenth day). The dinner tastes bitter, though she eats with tolerable appetite (third day). Speech. Speech was irksome. Tongue not facile; speech difficult. Lisping with tongue, for several days.
Throat
Objective. Inflammation of the throat, with swelling of the right tonsil; sticking and retching on swallowing, as from a swelling, mostly on the left side, where the tonsil was not swollen, morning and night (eleventh day). A piece of mucus collects in the throat at night, and wakes him in the morning by tickling and irritation, but he easily raises it; after a short time a second piece collects, and also is easily raised; the rawness in the chest, however, remains, and gradually disappears, after rising from bed (twenty-second day). A piece of mucus sticks fast in the throat, and causes scraping, and is not loosened by hawking (twenty-second day). Easy hawking of mucus, in the morning (eighteenth day). Violent hawking up of thick mucus that constantly collects again (thirteenth day). Subjective. Dry throat; he hawks very much, without raising any mucus (twenty- seventh day). Dryness of the throat and tongue, with thirst, at night. On running rapidly, a sensation as if something were rising into the throat. Pain in the left side of the throat, on yawning (second day). Sticking in the throat while yawning and swallowing, at 6 P.M. (tenth day). Sticking in the throat, with much hemoptysis. Sticking and rawness in the throat, with dry cough (fifth day). Some sticking in the throat, as from mucus, when she attempts to raise by hawking, at 4 P.M. (tenth day). Some short stitches in the right side of the throat, in the afternoon, in the open air (twelfth day). Violent dull stitches in the left side of the throat, with redness, in the morning after waking; only on swallowing (ninth day). Sharp stitches in the throat, when swallowing and when not, lasting a quarter of an hour, in the afternoon (fourth day). A pressing kind of sore throat, after stooping; she swallows with difficulty, on account of the sore pain; for several days afterwards, a sensation as if something were sticking in the throat. Rawness in the throat (nearly the whole third day). Rawness and dryness in the throat, as if hoarse; was frequently obliged to hawk in order to relieve it (after one hour). Raw, scraped throat for several days, especially in the evening (twentieth day). Raw, scraping scratching in the throat, relieved by eating (twenty-first day). Scraping and rawness in the throat, for a long time, at 6 P.M. (fifth day). Disagreeable rancid feeling in the throat (the whole eleventh day). Tickling in the throat, with stitches, especially on swallowing, in the afternoon, lasting till evening (first day). A scraping dry sensation in the fauces, by the posterior nares, especially in the open air. Pressure in the oesophagus. Swallowing. On swallowing, the morsel descends only by pressing with the mouth. External Throat. Glandular swellings in the throat. Swelling of the submaxillary glands. The goitre increases. A swelling as large as a pea, constantly increasing in size, and very painful to touch, on the left side of the neck, wherewith she was hot; her voice gave out while speaking; the whole throat seemed raw as far down as into the chest; the scraping in the throat was aggravated by coughing; at the same time she had pressure on the vertex, so that she could not press upon it; for five days (after eleven days). Violent pressure in the goitre. Sticking pain in the parotid gland, which is also painful to touch. Very fine sticking at the thyroid gland, anteriorly and externally, in the forenoon (seventeenth 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.