Sleep and Dreams
Sleepiness. Yawning after dinner; he became sleepy and indolent, yet as soon as he applied himself to work everything went on brisk; yawning ceased and sleep vanished (third day). Yawning, lachrymation, and sleepiness; he was obliged to lie on the lounge, where he slept more than a quarter of an hour, but only a light sleep (tenth eleventh and twelfth days). Frequent yawnings in the evening (first day). Constant troublesome yawning, all the forenoon (eleventh day). Sleepiness during the day, with yawning. Sleepiness during the day, with yawning, while sitting and reading. Sleepy in the morning; he rose with difficulty, about 7 o’clock (first day). He became sleepy, in the forenoon, and lay down upon the lounge; after dinner however, when he usually took a nap, he was not sleepy, only dozed very briefly and lightly (second day). Very sleepy, with yawning; she could immediately fall asleep, from 1 to 3 P.M. (second day). Overpowering sleep, in the afternoon (after eleven days). Heavy deep, stupid sleep. Sleep was very sound the first day, but afterwards very restless, for several nights. He could scarcely wake from a partial slumber, in the morning. Sleeplessness. She could not fall asleep for several hours, in the evening in bed. He fell asleep with difficulty, in the evening, although he felt sleepy (first day). He falls asleep late, and with difficulty in the evening (first day). If he lay down in bed, in the evening, sleep vanished; yet he soon fell asleep (first six days). Restless sleep at night, with jerking and stretching of the limbs (after eighteen days). Restless nights, with frightful dreams. Very restless night she woke frequently, and could only with difficulty fall asleep again (after seven days). Sleeplessness at night, even without anxiety; yet also without being able to open the eyes (after ten days). Night quite restless; she could lie only on the left side. An extremely restless, uncomfortable night, tossing about twenty or thirty times (after thirteen days). She woke at 1 A.M., and could not sleep again, because she could not sleep again, because she could not find a comfortable position. He woke towards 2 or 3A.M., without any cause, and soon fell asleep again (first eight days). He awoke suddenly, about midnight; roused, as it seemed to him, by somebody pulling his nose (after four days). Frequently waking from sleep, as from sleep, as from alarm. Frequent starting up in fright from sleep. Jerking and starting up in fright from sleep. Jerking and starting up in fright from the midday nap. Beating and throwing about of the hands, at night; when awakened she knew nothing about it. Dreams. She lies in a dreamy condition, at night. Many dreams and chilliness, in sleep. Sleep full of dreams, at night. Many very vivid dreams (after ten days). Every night was full of vivid dreams, frequently about past events, but still oftener about things he had heard spoken of in the evening; the first twenty days he was conscious of the dreams immediately on waking, but afterwards was obliged to think for sometimes in bed before he could recall them. For the first twenty days the dreams were mostly agreeable and anxious; of marrying two women, of parties, walks, entertainments, and excursions on horsebacks; afterwards they were frequently anxious, of going astray, of murders, having his ears cut off; also vexatious dreams; he would take a journey and could not get away from the place, and when he had reached the first station was obliged to turn back, on account of something he had forgotten etc. Voluptuous dreams (thirteenth night). Voluptuous dreams all night, an which he had an emission, without waking; later he was awakened; by a storm, but was not quite aroused from sleep, only felt very great sexual desire, that almost induced onanism (first day). Confused, voluptuous dreams during a restless sleep, with violent erections and emissions. Restless dreams at night, and frequent waking. Many troubled dreams, at night. Anxious restless dreams, immediately after falling asleep, from which he woke in an hour, with distressed abdomen and dry tongue. Very anxious dreams, during the first sleep. Dream of a journey, though she could not take it, because something seemed to hold her back; a kind of nightmare (seventh day). Dream of a flood, and threatening danger (third night). Dream of robbers, thieves, etc., all night (after fourteen days). Anxious, vivid, frightful dreams of thieves, from which he started up with a loud cry, and when awake could scarcely realize that his fears were groundless (after six hours). Dream of a quarrel, in which he stabbed his antagonist in the chest with a large knife (fifth day). Very vivid dreams of the features of a corpse. Dream that she saw a corpse, at which she woke in fright, when it seemed as though a dead acquaintance stood before her, which made her scream aloud, afterwards she fell asleep again (third day). Illusions of fantasies, in the evening, while half asleep; she sees figures, visions of soldiers marching in the air; she frequently rouses herself, but the images immediately appear again, and only entirely disappear when she stands up and walks about (first day). A kind of nightmare, at night, at the full moon; he could not move on waking (after eighteen days). She talks aloud in sleep after midnight, without being conscious of it in the morning. (after four days).
Fever
Chilliness. Chilliness in the evening (twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth days) Chilliness after eating, with internal heat, so that warmth is disagreeable to her; she however; becomes chilly if she goes into the cold air. Chilliness all day, and no stool (fifteenth day). Chilliness with thirst, through the day (ninth and tenth days). Chilliness without thirst, with burning in the abdomen, for a quarter of an hour at 10 P.M.; after lying down; this was followed by heat, when she fell asleep, about 3 A.M.; she woke in profuse sweat with thirst, which lasted till morning, and with which she could not endure to be uncovered (first day). Chilliness and shivering over the whole body, at 11 A.M., for a quarter of an hour (thirteenth day). Chilliness before the stool (after four days). During he menses, chilliness, with shivering, without subsequent heat, from 5 P.M. till after lying down in the evening, even lasting a quarter of an hour in bed. Constant chilliness, for several days. Constant chilliness in the morning after rising; he could not get warm (after twenty days). Shaking chill over the whole body all day, with cold hands and warm cheeks; but in the evening, icy cold hands, glowing red cheeks, and hot forehead, without thirst. Shivering in the morning after waking, that disappeared after rising (second day). Shivering, in the morning after rising, and subsequently also in the afternoon (seventh day). Shivering, all the forenoon and afternoon (first day). Shivering, at 5 P.M.; after lying down, some heat, with moderate thirst (seventh day). Shivering in the evening before lying down in bed, heat soon followed, during which she could not endure to be covered (third day) Febrile shivering over the whole body, from morning till evening, with hot hands, cold cheeks, and lukewarm forehead, without thirst. He could not get warm, in the morning and evening. Frequent sudden shaking chill, without subsequent heat, in the forenoon (seventh day) Feeling of coldness in the lower extremities, even during the day. Cold hands and feet (after five days). Cold hands and feet, with hot head. Very cold feet (after seventeenth day). Persistent icy coldness of the feet, especially in the morning, and evening, on going to sleep, mostly with heat of the face, violent beating of the heart, and the apprehensiveness. Shivering on the back, without subsequent heat, in the evening on lying down (first day). Heat Heat and perspiration over the whole body without thirst, with general exhaustion in all positions. Very transient heat, with weakness, in frequent attacks. Frequent flushing of heat, great ill-humor, sadness, anxiety; after which he was very much exhausted and weak, for half an hour. Something like a febrile paroxysm; pressive pain in both temples, dullness of the head, and pressure in the eyes; followed by inclination to vomit, with chilliness over the whole body, especially in the chest and arms; in bed with warm coverings he was somewhat better, though there continued yawning and stretching, and stiffness of the nape of the neck, and at one time he was chilly, at another flushed with heat, without subsequent persistent heat or thirst, continuing for some time (after half an hour). Orgasm over the whole body, at night, which made him so fearful of impending apoplexy that he was obliged to rise from bed several times. Sensation of internal warmth in the head and eyes, without external heat of the face, though with thirst, also at night. Heat of the whole head, with redness of the face, and a feeling of heaviness, worse after dinner, less in the evening, and disappearing in bed (third day). Heat in the right side of the forehead, extending to the occipital protuberances, with great sensitiveness in the anterior places to touch, lasting an hour, at 9 A.M. (first day). Heat and burning of the face, with redness of the cheeks, in the house, open air, in the cold, from 5 P.M. till after lying down (fourth day). Sudden heat frequently mounts into the head with redness of the face, but only for a short time (seventh day). Great heat of the head and face, with a sensation as if all the blood mounted into the head, on rising from sitting (ninth day). Creeping of heat from the nape of the neck down over the back, together with drawing pain (twenty-second day). Dry heat of the head, all the forenoon and afternoon (sixth day). Burning with redness of the face, especially of the right cheek, at 11A.M. (seventeenth day). Burning in the palms. Burning in the feet, especially the soles, while walking. Burning in the soles. Violent burning in the soles, in the evening, disappearing in bed (nineteenth day). Sweat. Very much inclined to perspire after coition. Sweat in the morning (also after nine days). Perspiration with thirst, in the morning before rising, till breakfast (third day). Perspiration towards morning, with thirst, for several days. Night sweat for several nights. Profuse perspiration (first night). Profuse perspiration, especially on the back, on walking or on ordinary exertion (twenty-fifth day) Excessive perspiration on motion, even in cool weather. Exhaust- ing sweat over the whole body, especially on the hands (after thirty-seven days). The perspiration burns, especially on the forehead, where the hat rests (twentieth day). Dryness of the skin (after three days). Distressing dryness of the skin at night, especially after midnight. Sweaty hands. Sweat of the feet, while walking (after a few hours). Profuse perspiration of the hands. The skin of the hands is dry without the usual suppleness (twenty-second day). Dry cold hands (after nine days).
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.