Sleep and Dreams
Sleepiness. Yawning (third day). Yawning, with lively mood; inclined to joke (third day). Yawning and stretching (after a quarter of an hour). Yawning and frequent vomiting (after five minutes). Yawning and sleepiness. Yawning for an hour an a half), with internal chilliness, with which she was quite pale, in the afternoon (thirty-second day). Frequent yawning, etc. Frequent yawning and empty eructations, in morning, ceasing towards noon (seventh day). Frequent yawning, always relieving the headache. Frequent yawning, in quick succession, while riding in a carriage, followed by hiccough, at 6 P.M. Frequent successive yawnings, which cause constriction in the right side of the throat, whence the pain extends to the nape of the neck, which thereby becomes stiff (third day). Very frequent yawning (eleventh day). Very frequent yawning; the first time, constriction in the right side of the neck, with pain extending into the nape, which thereby becomes stiff. He yawns eight times in quick succession (after five minutes). Yawning every minute, which at last became violent and even spasmodic (better after drinking wine). Excessive spasmodic yawning, after sound sleep. Inclination to lie down, sleepy, and inability to think, after dinner, (after six hours). Frequent inclination to sleep, during the day. Great inclination to sleep. Great inclination to sleep, in the afternoon. Great desire to sleep and great uneasiness, during the day. Sleepiness (second day). Sleepiness during the day, with yawning, she fell asleep before she knew it. Sleepiness after 5 P.M., so that she could not hold herself up; she fell asleep while sitting; after a half hour’s sleep she felt well (eleventh day). Sleepiness, after dinner. Sleepiness, with frequent yawning. Great sleepiness, in the afternoon (fifth day). Great sleepiness, in the afternoon, with sound sleep and vivid dreams (sixth day). Great sleepiness, before eating. Great sleepiness, after eating; was scarcely able to keep awake. Extraordinary sleepiness, in the afternoon, so that he could not sit down a moment without falling asleep (twenty-seventh day). Overpowering sleepiness; contrary to habit, I was unable to read later than 10 o’clock in the evening (first day). Sleepy, in the afternoon (twenty-second day). Sleepy, after dinner, though the sleep was only a light nap (ninth day). He was sleepy early, and slept long and soundly (fifteenth day). Sleepy early, in the evening; went to sleep about 8.30 P.M., and woke about 6.30 (thirteenth night). Very sleepy during the day; she was obliged to make the greatest effort to rise from bed, in the morning, for several weeks (after ten days). He became very sleepy at 9 P.M., and at 6.30 A.M. could not rouse himself (twelfth night). Falls asleep early and wakes late (fourteenth day). Falling asleep while reading (after four hours). Night quiet (thirty-first day). Good sleep, after midnight (thirty-first day). Sleep sound, with vivid dreams (fourth day). Her sleep, that was usually interrupted by vivid dreams, became quiet and sound, especially the first three days. Sleep very sound (fifth day). Very unusual and sound sleep, on a sofa, after dinner (eleventh day). Deep sleep, full of dreams, after midnight (second day). Anxious sleep, with perspiration, at night. Sleeplessness. (He was not sleepy at the usual time, in the evening), (third day). Difficult falling asleep, and many dreams, at night (after five grains of crude). Fee asleep late and woke early. Unable to fall asleep for a long time, in the evening; on falling asleep, twitching in the limbs and electric shocks through the whole body; once it seemed as though the heart and knees were knocked together, in the even- ing (thirty-first day). He goes to bed late, and is then unable to fall asleep (ninth day). Nights restless (twenty-sixth, twenty-eighth, and twenty- ninth days). Nights restless, full of dreams, sometimes quiet sleepless. Nights restless, with vivid dreams. Night restless, disturbed by vivid dreams, with dulness of the head and heaviness on waking. Night very restless (seventeenth day). Very restless night, with frequent waking and difficult falling asleep again. Night very restless, full of vivid, exciting dreams, with much tossing about the bed (third day). Restless dreamy nights for a long time after the proving. Restless dreamy nights, with falling asleep late in the evening, and waking early in the morning (1st trit). No quiet sleep. Uneasy sleep (after the crude). Uneasy sleep, with frequent waking (after 15th dil.). Uneasy sleep, with many dreams, frequent waking, tossing about, and stretching (nineteenth day). Uneasiness during sleep, with many unremembered dreams, and frequent waking (twenty-seventh day). Restlessness; frequently interrupted sleep, full of dreams; at times complete loss of sleep. Restless, sleep, at night. Restless sleep (ninth and third days); (twelfth day); (thirteenth day). Restless dreamy sleep (second day). Restless sleep; tossing about with vivid dreams. Sleep restless, with vivid dreams. Sleep restless, with vivid, anxious dreams, frequent waking, and constant tossing about (after 21st dil.). Restless sleep, with many dreams, either voluptuous or visionary. She went to bed early, but her sleep was restless; she woke at 11 P.M. with vertigo, nausea, weakness, and trembling of the limbs, and giving away of all the nerves; at midnight she had to get out of bed; on rising she had vertigo, even to falling down, and qualmishness, and she went back to bed; after a few minutes vertigo, even to loss of consciousness, and vomiting of food three times; the ejecta tasted of red wine; after vomiting, chilliness over the whole body; she first fell asleep about 2 A.M., then dreamed much, and in her dream quarrelled and disputed (sixteenth day). Sleep very restless, with many dreams, though sleepy in the evening. Sleep very restless, disturbed by frequent waking and vivid dreams. Sleep very restless, unrefreshing, disturbed by many very vivid unpleasant dreams. Restless, anxious sleep; frequent waking from fright that she cannot express (seventh day). Sleep disturbed and interrupted. Sleep often interrupted by the need of allaying her thirst and desire to void urine. Starting up in sleep. Frequent starting from sleep (fifth night). On falling asleep in the evening, starting when one came into the room, so violent that it caused palpitation (fourth day). In a beginning of sleep he rose from bed, woke in the middle of the room, lay down in bed again, and fell asleep. He woke from fright at night, thought there were thieves in the house, and dared not go to bed again, with oppression of the chest and palpitation, lasting a quarter of an hour. Frequent waking at night (eighth day), (after the proving). Frequent waking at night, and difficult falling asleep (fifth day). Woke with uneasiness several times at night. She woke in anxiety every two or three hours all night. He woke every half hour at night. Unoccupied, he fell asleep while sitting, but woke every moment. Waking early in the morning (fifth day). No sleep after 2 A.M. (fourth and fifth days). Woke quiet wide awake at 5 A.M., with much thirst. Became completely awake, as though he had slept enough, at 4 A.M., contrary to habit, but afterwards he fell asleep and slept till 7 (after 8th dil.). Awoke about 3.30 A.M., and lay awake for an hour; after falling asleep again, troubled by anxious dreams (ninth day). Completely awake at 3 A.M. (very unusual); fell asleep again, and with difficulty woke at 7.30 (third day). Sleepless after midnight (sixth day); (thirty-fourth day). She could not sleep after 5 A.M.; she seemed anxious; if she fell asleep, she dreamed and immediately woke, together with internal heat of the head and pain in the abdomen, as before diarrhoea (fifteenth day). He passed two nights without sleep, but had no other symptoms (eleventh and twelfth days). Sleepless nights. Sleeplessness, on account of internal restlessness. He would have been glad to sleep, but could not; a kind of struggle between sleep and wakefulness. Complete sleeplessness at night, from simple wakefulness, without being sick. Talking in sleep and restless night. Screaming out in sleep. Twitching in sleep. Unrefreshed after sleep. Dreams. Sleep in the morning full of dreams, which, however, were not remembered (second day). Nights full of dreams, for several days. Vivid dreams; (first night and after twelve days); (twenty- third night). Vivid dreams at night, remembered in the morning (very unusual), (fifth day). Vivid dreams, disturbing sleep, especially after midnight. Night disturbed by vivid dreams and frequent waking. Frequently awakened at night by vivid dreams (second day). Vivid dreams at night, with sound sleep (first and third days). Constant vivid dreams (after twenty-days). Vivid, connected dreams, at night. Very vivid dreams (after 30th dil.). Very vivid dream, remembered in the morning (third day). Very vivid, connected dreams. Very vivid dreams, with frequent waking, at night. Much too vivid dreams; visions in sleep. Frequent visionary dreams during the first ten nights; he frequently woke, tossed about in bed, and was so weary the next day that he could not work. Dreams, about which she was busy for a long time after waking. Pleasant dreams, so vivid that he could remember them completely after waking (after tenth day). Confused, vivid dreams, at night (second day). Sleep disturbed by vivid unpleasant dreams and frequent waking. Many exciting dreams. Heavy dreams, at night (fifteenth day). Sleep, with many bad dreams (twentieth day). Troubles dreams, especially after mid- night, with interrupted sleep (first day). Constant waking from very vivid disagreeable dreams (thirtieth day). Sad dreams; he had the same dream after waking, and also another of the same kind on again falling asleep. Sad anxious dream, mostly with weeping; sleep only after midnight. Anxious dreams at night, so that he cried out, with frequent waking. Many anxious dreams, at night. He rose from an anxious dream at night, and walked about the room in a somnambulistic state. Many, even anxious dreams during the afternoon sleep. Very anxious dream. Very anxious dreams, with weeping in sleep. Frightful, anxious dreams, waking in profuse perspiration, and with a sense of great exhaustion, at night (after 10 grains). Frequent frightful dreams, at night (third day). Terrible dreams, which seemed to be real even after waking. Peevish dreams. Peevish and anxious dreams. Vexatious dreams, and frequent waking, at night. Anxious dreams, at night (twelfth day). Lascivious dreams (twenty-second night). Sleep at night disturbed by voluptuous dreams, emissions, and long- continued erections. Vivid dreams of people dear to him, two nights in succession (fourteenth day). Vivid dreams of long journey (fifteenth day). Very vivid dreams of burning thirst, which was not quenched by large quantities of beer; on waking the tongue was dry (eleventh day). Restless sleep, full of dreams; she dreamed that she herself had pulled out a very fine tooth (twenty-seventh day). Horrible, disgusting dreams. In a dream he reproached himself for past mistakes, full of restlessness and anxiety. After eating a little more supper than usual, many confused dreams of crimes, for which he is held to answer. Anxious dream, as if she would be beaten, so anxious that she perspired all over, and even remained anxious all day. He dreamed at night that he had been poisoned (fourth day). Dreams of conflagrations. Anxious dreams at night of fights and battles; on waking, she was in an anxious heat and sweat (second day). Anxious dream of death and battles; on waking, heat and anxious perspiration. Frightful dream of death, fire etc. Frightful dreams of scenes of murder, etc. (after 30th dil.). Weeping in a dream. Sobbing in sleep. When falling asleep, after closing the eyes, vivid images, with inclination to compose verses, which on waking seemed ludicrous. Sleep full of visions. A kind of night- mare, as if the abdomen were constricted, with anxiety; she tried to cry out, but could neither open the eyes nor move a limb; when able to cry out everything disappeared (seventh night).
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.