Colic (after 1 drop). Transient, very violent colic (fifth day).
Colic, lasting half an hour, with desire for stool, relieved by a soft evacuation, followed by weariness, with yawning (after 4 drops). Some colic, followed by a diarrhoea-like stool in the morning (after 6 drops the previous night). Drawing colic. Colic as from taking cold. Colic consisting of simple pain, as if bruised (after two hours). Colic, as after a purge (after half an hour). Colic before and after a stool. Slight colic (second day).
Slight, persistent colic (first day). Violent griping in the abdomen (ninth day). Griping in the upper abdomen. Griping in the abdomen, with constipation. Griping in the abdomen the whole afternoon. Griping in the abdomen (third day). Sometimes gripings and a strong contraction of the intestines (after 2 or 3 grains).
Gripings, lasting the remainder of the day (after two hours), (in two cases). Griping and pinching in the abdomen, followed by the emission of an enormous quantity of odorless flatus through the night, and also eructations of gas (first day). A tumblerful of warm milk, drank directly after it came from the cow, took the gripings away instantaneously. Cutting in the abdomen (after 2 drops). Throbbing in the abdomen. Abdomen heavy (second morning after 2 drops). Disagreeable feeling of fullness and tension in the abdomen, without any emission of flatus (first day). Feeling of tension and fullness in the whole abdomen, especially in the upper portion (fifth day). Tension and a feeling of fullness in the abdomen, as though the clothes were too tight, continuing for some three weeks after the proving. Tension in the abdomen.
Abdomen tense and painful. Sensation of distension of the abdomen, and especially of the stomach.Tensive and pressive pain in the abdomen (after twenty- four hours). Pressure and heaviness in the abdomen, as from a stone. Pressure and pressive distension of the abdomen, even to bursting; better on moving about; on sitting the pressure returns (after two hours). Pressure in the abdomen (third day). Dull pressive pain in the abdomen (sixth day). Pressive pain in the abdomen. Pressive pain in the abdomen, as if the intestines would be cut to pieces. Pain in the abdomen (after one hour). The intestines seemed paralyzed. (* Original revised by Hughes. *) It renders the intestinal canal so exceedingly sluggish that the most active purgatives lose their power. Tension in the hypogastric region, that is extremely painful to touch (after twenty-four hours).
Rectum and Anus.
Pressive pain in the rectum as from hemorrhoidal congestion, aggravated by touching the anus. Sensation as if the passage through the rectum were closed on making exertion at stool.
Sensation as though the anus were suddenly and spasmodically constricted; not relieved by making an effort, as in urging to stool; external touch caused the most acute burning pain; this sensation lasted about ten minutes, disappeared gradually, but was renewed upon every touch (first day). Excessive pressing distending pain in the rectum (after four, and six hours). Anus spasmodically closed during the colics, with very difficult emission of flatus (ninth day). Spasmodic closure of the anus (eighth and previous days). Persistent tickling in the anus, ending with itching (second day). Increased ineffectual efforts to evacuate the bowels (after 1 drop). Dulness or difficulty of evacuation. (* Ibid. *) Two or three evacuations of the bowels, with unusual desire following the first dose (1 drop); after 2 drops the bowel seemed indolent and as if it could not evacuate its contents; in the evening there was an evacuation, not hard.
Stool
Diarrhoea. Persistent diarrhoea; the discharge are not frequent, four or five times in twenty-four hours, whitish, pasty, and causing excessive burning in the anus, that frequently lasts a quarter of an hour after the movement (after twelve to twenty- four hours). Diarrhoea comes on, relieved only by fresh indulgence, and dysentery sometimes supervenes. Bilious diarrhoea, attended with severe pain extending from the right hypochondrium to the umbilicus (third day). Diarrhoea for two days (after sixteen days). Watery diarrhoea. (* As soon as she took Opium for toothache.-HAHNEMANN. *) Opium causes diarrhoea at times (secondary action). Evacuations passed involuntarily.
Involuntary evacuation of stool and urine. Slight diarrhoea (third day). Occasional diarrhoea. Bowels slightly relaxed. The bowels, which are usually costive, became freer, continuing so for may days. Diarrhoea-like stool, preceded by colic (after eighteen hours). Diarrhoea-like stool in the afternoon (after 6 drops taken in the morning). Diarrhoea-like evacuation of the bowels, preceded by colic (after 12 drops). The first part of the stool hard and difficult, the last part diarrhoea-like (after about a week); two days after he was awakened about 5 A.M. by necessity to go to stool, followed by a copious, pasty, dark- colored, almost odorless evacuation, without pain. Stool in the morning, followed by a second after eating, and again after an hour (third day); in the evening (fifth day); followed by constipation. Thin stool. Stool thin, frothy, profuse, followed by great relief (second morning). Three this stools, with some dragging and burning in the anus, in the evening (fourth day).
Very thin stool in the evening (third day). A thin liquid stool (after 20 drops of the tincture, after taking the drug for nearly two weeks); on the next day there were four diarrhoea-like stools, which seemed to end the proving. Two liquid stools, one at 9 and another at 12 P.M., always associated with some griping colic (subsequent to the proving). Thin liquid stool about midnight (after about two weeks); this followed by frequent thin stools, sometimes three daily, without pain and of a whitish color. This frothy stool, with itching burning in the anus and violent tenesmus. Pasty evacuation of the bowels (immediately, or within a quarter of an hour). Stool tenacious, gluey, yellowish- brown and of a mouldy odor, at 8 A.M., followed about 2.30 P.M.
by a second pasty evacuation of a similar color and odor, preceded by griping about the navel (fifth day). Faeces softer than usual (after 3 drops). Pasty evacuation (second day after 4 drops). Evacuation of a blackish substance with the stool (after twenty-four hours). Stool increased. Stool excessively offensive.
Constipation. Constipation, (second day), etc. Almost constant constipation Constant retention of stool and constipation. Almost unconquerable chronic constipation. Constipation for six or eight weeks, with loss of appetite; evacuation consisting of small, hard pieces, accomplished only by means of clyster Constipation, not more than one motion occurring in a week Constipation for several months Complete constipation for two days (after eleven days). Constipation for ten days, ending with death. Constipation for some days afterwards. Complete constipation (second day after 18 drops) Constipation during the afternoon; only about 10 P.M. was it possible to expel the hard evacuation (after 2 drops). No stool (first and second days). Has hardly one evacuation of the bowels in a week. No evacuation of the bowels, contrary to habit (first day). Evacuation of the bowels and micturition interrupted. Stool infrequent. Stool retained (after forty-eight hours). No stool in the morning (though he usually had two in the morning); in the evening there occurred an unsatisfactory, rather hard stool (second day.
Evacuation of the bowels retarded. Stool more difficult than usual. Stool indolent through the proving. The evacuations became more indolent and scanty (from the first few doses). Stool (usually regular) generally occurring in the morning, but was delayed till 6 P.M., when it was evacuated with great exertion, not hard, rather tenacious, dark-brown, and having an offensive mouldy smell (second days); sudden desire for a stool that was, however, soft (third day) pasty, unsatisfactory stool (fourth day). The stool, that was usually regular, was omitted (first, second, third, and fourth days); only accomplished with much pressure (sixth day). The evacuation of the bowels seemed rather harder than usual. Stool hard, preceded by griping in the abdomen and flatulence. Stool hard, gray (second day). Stool very hard (fourth day). Stool hard and crumbly, (ninth day). Stool hard, evacuated only with difficulty, for six days. Stool consisting of small hard nodules, with labor-like pains, as in childbirth.
Stool hard, dark-brown (third day). Stool hard, scanty, evacuated with effort. Stool unsatisfactory and hard. Stool very offensive (after twenty-hours).
Urinary organs
Kidneys and Bladder. Among affections of the kidneys Bright’s disease is not uncommon. A kind of tenesmus in the bladder;when beginning to urinate he was always obliged to wait a long time on account of twitching of the sphincter vesicae; this symptom always occurred on urinating. The bladder became distended but not having power to expel its contents, a catheter was introduced and gave great relief (second day); great pain and difficulty in expelling urine, and also pain in the bladder when it becomes distended (third day); passes a small quantity of urine at a time, with difficulty and pain (fifth day); micturition still painful, and accompanied by a sensation of bearing down (tenth day); pain and difficulty in voiding urine are increased, and from straining in the attempt has forced her womb down, which gives much additional pain (fourteenth day); had received a kick in hypogastric region some time ago, and had difficulty in passing urine at different times since. It weakens the expulsive power of the bladder. Urethra. Some spasm on urinating in the morning; on the two following days there was acute constriction of the urethra as far as the bladder; after urinating the pain in gradually disappeared; on the third day blood was passed with the urine; this continued three days, then gradually disappeared the spasmodic constriction of the urethra continued, after which it gradually disappeared. (* There was no visible alteration in the orifice of the urethra, except a very slight redness or irritation. Had never experienced such urinary symptoms before in my whole life.-BRESSLAUER. *) The patient complained of pain as from need to urinate without being able to accomplish it.
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.