Hematemesis, or raising of blood from the stomach (after one hour). Stomach in General. Distension of the pit of the stomach, that is painful to touch. The epigastric region is very sensitive to external pressure; could not allow the hand to lie upon the stomach without causing nausea. Constant pain in the stomach.
Complained of violent pains about the stomach and chest (after ten minutes). Stomach painful; on the second day attended with colic like pains in the bowels. Pain and a sense of weight and heat in the stomach (after a quarter of an hour). Pains in the epigastric region. (Chronic pain in the stomach and upper abdomen.) Constrictive pinching pain in the stomach. Pain in the stomach, as if beaten, shortly before eating, disappearing on eating. Woke about 2 A.M. (after three hours and a half), with constant pains at stomach-pit, sometimes cutting; fell asleep, woke again about 5 A.M., with the same pains, which went lower after a time; bowels felt sore; stomach and abdomen tender to touch; at 8 A.M., took Seidlitz powder; at 8.30 A.M., pain in small of back, off and on; occasional pain-like twinges (as after a strong mercurial pill) in region of liver, and to a less extent in region of spleen; at 9.45, bowels feel easier from the pain and cutting if he lies on right side; not so easy when lying on left side or back; still feel sore; a hot-water tin applies to stomach relieved the pains; lay in bed till noon; when dressing, felt very sore at pit of stomach, extending a little way up chest; also pain in small of back, also little twinges) in both sides; about 12.30 P.M., after sitting down, after having risen from bed, pain felt around abdomen and small of back, but soon decreased; 1 P.M., only slight pains in abdomen, now and then, with slight soreness; now and then, slight cutting pains in bowels; all this soon went off. Seidlitz powders never cause these symptoms in him. Cramp in the stomach, clawing in the stomach, after midnight, towards morning, as from a purge, changing to a burning in the pit of the stomach. Tension in the stomach. Tension above the stomach. Tension transversely across the epigastric region, above the stomach, about 3 P.M., followed by a pain as if everything in it were raw and sore. Pressure in the pit of the stomach, with distension, after eating, Spasmodic pressive pain from the pharynx to the pit of the stomach, in the morning. Pressure as from a stone, in the upper abdomen (epigastrium), in the morning, aggravated by walking, relieved while sitting (after fourteen hours). Pressure in the stomach, after eating a little, in the morning. Pressure in the (pit of the) stomach. Pressure in the stomach after eating, and a metallic and herby taste returns. Pressure a few inches below the pit of the stomach causing eructations. Pressure, as from a stone in the stomach. Pressive pain in the epigastric region, as from overloading the stomach, immediately after eating (after five hours). Pressure in the pit of the stomach, in the morning, followed by cutting in the abdomen, and constant nausea (after twenty-four hours). Pressure below the pit of the stomach, especially after walking in the open air, that is not relieved after sitting, for a quarter of an hour. Tightness of breath, causing pressure in the pit of the stomach, with distension in the abdomen, immediately after drinking (after two hours).
Fluttering, sinking feel at epigastrium, with palpitation (after several days). Disagreeable sensation in the pit of the stomach, ascending up to the throat, choking him, and stopping his breath.
Disagreeable sensation in the stomach and abdomen, as from emptiness, associated with hunger, an hour before dinner. A sick feeling in the pit of the stomach like nausea, towards evening.
Violent gastric symptoms. Milk seems to cause acidity (after fifteen hours). Scraped sensation in the pit of the stomach.
Sensation as if something in the epigastric region were twisted about. Sensation as of throbbing in the epigastric region, after supper, mostly noticed on laying on the hand (after twenty-four hours). Throbbing in the epigastric region. Sensation of burning in the pit of the stomach, going up from below. A kind of cooling burning (as from saltpetre on the tongue) rises from the pit of the stomach to the pharynx, especially at night. Burning pain in the pit of the stomach, and farther downward, with anxiety, soon after supper. Burning in the orifice of the stomach. (Coarse stitches in the pit of the stomach, in the evening, and for some time after lying down). Tearing pain in the stomach.
Abdomen
Hypochondria. Constrictive pain in the hypochondria (after six, and twelve hours). Throbbing pain in and below the hepatic region, as if an ulcer would form. Jaundice, with aversion to food, and short attacks of faintness; after which he felt sick and weak. Fine sticking pain in the hepatic region (after a few hours). Umbilicus and Sides. Pain just below the umbilicus, as from a stone, that always takes away the breath, so that he could breathe only with difficulty, immediately after dinner (after seventy, and ninety hours). Sensation of pulling and kneading, as if something drawn from the limbs were being collected into a ball in the umbilical region. Violent stitches in the umbilical region (after a quarter of an hour). A pinching-pressive pain in the side of the abdomen. During the menses a pressing-outward pain in the side of the abdomen (after ten hours). Cramp like pain in the left side of the abdomen, associated with qualmishness, that is felt especially in the pit of the stomach.
Bruised pain in the side of the abdomen and in the loins, when touched. Drawing pain in the left side above the navel. Sticking in the left side of the abdomen on deep breathing. Sticking in the right side of the abdomen, that takes away the breath, and is relieved by pressure with the hand, in the forenoon. Griping drawing a few times in the side of the abdomen, extending upward in the abdominal ring (after a quarter of an hour). Stitches in the side of the abdomen on moving. Sensation of internal swelling in the sides of the abdomen, below the short ribs. Bubbling in the side of the abdomen, with anxiety. Abdomen in General. Loud rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen, in the morning. Loud rumbling in the abdomen, with internal motions, as if a stool would follow; wherewith she became weak and was obliged to lie down. Rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen, in the morning in bed; spasmodic and griping flatulent colic, with heat in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet (after twenty hours).
Rumbling in the abdomen, in the afternoon. Croaking in the abdomen, as from frogs. Flatulent distension of the abdomen after eating (after twelve hours). Flatulent distension, immediately after drinking. Fullness in the upper abdomen, after eating a little, and even on beginning to eat. Pressive distension, of the abdomen. Colic, as if diarrhoea from taking cold would come on (after five hours). Cutting colic, with qualmishness. Colic, in the open air, as from taking cold. Colic, with a sensation of dryness in the lips, and heat in the face. Colic, as from taking cold, during the morning sweat, on the slightest uncovering.
Colic, rather more cutting than griping, that causes nausea.
Flatulent colic, in the upper abdomen, in the evening, after lying down (after five, ten, and thirteen hours). Flatulent colic after a stool, as if the intestines, here and there, were pressed hard by stones (after four hours). A kind of flatulent colic low down in the lower abdomen; a sharp pressure, as with a cutting or sticking instrument in the bladder, neck of the bladder, commencement of the urethra, perineum, rectum and anus, as if flatulence, with cutting pain, were forcing out all these parts; it was intolerable on every step (he was obliged to walk bent over because it so drew him together); speedily disappearing during rest, while sitting and lying. Flatulence rises from the abdomen and becomes incarcerated under the short ribs (after twenty hours). Pain in the abdomen, as from incarcerated flatus.
Flatulence, here and there, in the abdomen, causing pressure and anxiety. Flatulence seems to mount up into the chest, to tighten it, and cause sticking pressure, here and there (immediately).
Everything that he eats seems to cause flatulence, which rises up and causes anxiety. Violent pain in the abdomen. Intolerable pains in the abdomen (after one hour). The abdomen is painful to touch. Griping-tearing pain in the abdomen, extending to the chest (after one hour). Pain as if the intestines were beaten, even in the loins, with a kind of nausea, in the morning, in bed.
Constrictive pain in the abdomen. Pain in a small spot in the abdomen, when touched or from the pressure of the clothes, together with pain like fine needle- like stitches; after walking a long distance. Pain in the upper abdomen, as if the clothes were too tight. Pain in the abdominal ring, in the morning, in bed, as if a hernia would become incarcerated. Drawing-tearing pain in the abdomen, that comes from both sides above the ossa innominata. Drawing-tensive pain in the abdomen. Tearing pain in the abdomen, in the afternoon, after 4 o’clock (after one hour).
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.