Cutting in the eyes on exerting them by reading. Throbbing pain in the right eye. Biting and heat in the eyes. Biting in the eyes, as from smoke. Biting in the eyes. Itching sticking and burning in the eye. Itching and sticking in the eyes. The eyes often feel as though they would be distorted. Painful sensitiveness of the eyes to daylight; he was obliged to keep them covered. Brow and Orbit. Sticking and beating in the eyebrows. Slight tenderness to touch of under surface of right supraorbital ridge (in bone), near inner canthus; not affected by position; this was noticed slightly last evening (10 A.M., second day). Pain in same spot of supraorbital ridge when head was bent down (11.20 A.M., second day). Tenderness of orbit less; when repeatedly pressing it, it is most tender to the first pressure (4.10 P.M., second day). Supraorbital ridge less tender; on stooping, pain over right eye (in same spot as before), and tenderness of bone there to pressure (7.45 A.M., third day). Pain in ridge, worse on stooping and walking (10 A.M., third day).
Pain in ridge felt when stooping only, especially directly after stooping; some tenderness still (1 P.M., third day). Pain in same place in orbit on beginning to walk in open air, soon going off on continuing to walk (between 12 M. and 1 P.M., third day).
Tenderness less; pain in ridge only felt directly after stooping, going off soon even if I continued the stooping posture, and less severe; pain in same spot for a minute when beginning to walk in open air, going off on continuing to walk, and less severe than before (after 1 P.M., third day). No pain in ridge (even on stooping), on rising from bed, and little tenderness; soon the tenderness increased, with pain, worse on stooping; much better in afternoon (fourth day). Scarcely any tenderness, and what existed was first felt at 8 A.M. (fifth day). A little more tenderness and pain in ridge, in morning (sixth day). Some pain, but very little tenderness, at the same part of ridge, in morning (eighth day). Tenderness of bone to touch at under surface of right supraorbital ridge (inner end), whether stooping or not; sometimes pain over ridge when not stooping, during morning (forty-ninth day). Lids. An inflamed swelling, as large as a pigeon’s egg, in the inner canthus, like an incipient lachrymal fistula, together with dryness of the right side of the nose, lasting several days. Trembling and twitching of the lids.
Twitching of the right lid. Burning and pressure in the inner canthus. Violent biting on the eyelids (after two hours). Itching and dryness of the lower lids (after twelve days). Lachrymation.
Lachrymation for five days (after six days). Lachrymation in the open, not cold, air. Frequent lachrymation, even in the house (after sixteen days). Much water presses out of both canthi.
Conjunctiva and Pupil. Conjunctivitis and blepharadenitis (after three weeks). Pupils greatly dilated for several days; with the left eye he cannot distinguish letters at a short distance; at a greater distance they are distinct, but smaller. Greatly contracted pupils, insensible to light (after half an hour).
Pupils contracted insensible. Vision. Far-sighted. Double vision with both eyes. The visual power is weak, the eyes misty (after five and six days). Disturbance of vision (after two hours). Eyes frequently obscured, with at times double vision of some objects (after fourteen days). Sparks of fire before the eyes. Black spots before the eyes, that prevent reading. Flickering and fluttering before the eyes; objects seem to have a fine motion. Twitching before the eyes; in the evening (after ten days). Flickering and black figures before the eyes (after eighteenth days). At times something seems to float and twitch before the eyes, though she sees all clearly and distinctly if she fixes the eye upon them.
Ear.
Yellowish bloody discharge from both ears, without odor, thin, more copious from the left than from the right (after two weeks).
Redness, rawness, soreness, and moisture behind the ears. Inflamed and painful swelling of the meatus auditorius. The meatus auditorius is swollen. Pressure in the ears, with heat (after five days). The ear is painful externally (from the vapor of the drug). Cramp like drawing in the right ear (after seven days).
Cramp like pain in the right ear (after sixteen days). Painful drawing and jerking in the right ear (after five days). Jerking pain in the left ear (after thirteen days). Tearing in the right ear. Sticking in the ear (after eight days). At first, tickling and sticking in the ear, followed by stiffness in the articulation of the jaw, as if it would crack and creak, on moving it. Cutting in the left ear. Bubbling in the ears. Itching within the left ear, with a bloody discharge (after forty-eight hours). Hearing. Diminished hearing (after five days). Loss of hearing in the right ear, within which is a painful drawing, extending from the eye (after thirty-eight days). Something seemed to come before the ear on eructating, so that he could not hear, immediately. Noises in the ears, at one time as from a clock, at another as from a waterfall (after eight days). Roaring in the left ear, like a rushing of water, with at times cracking in it, for three evenings (after twenty-one days). Roaring, as of a wind, in the ears and diminished hearing. Roaring and pain in the ears. Singing an roaring in the ears during the menses.
Ringing in the ears (after eight days). Singing in the ears.
Cracking in the ear form time to time (after twenty-eight days).
Nose.
Ulcerated nostrils. A pimple in the nose. Bleeding of the nose (after a few hours). Bloody mucus is blown from the nose, in the morning. A scab in the fold of the left wing of the nose, without pain. Slight hemorrhage from the nose, relieving the headache (third day). Very violent coryza nearly the whole day (second day). Coryza, with stoppage of the nose (first day). Violent catarrh (after thirteen days). Coryza, lasting till noon (third day). Chronic catarrhs. Sneezing, with catarrh in the throat, that provokes cough. Much sneezing, with sleepiness, towards evening. Sneezing daily and very frequently. Stoppage of the mucus in the nose; he was obliged forcible to blow out at night small masses. Stopped catarrh and ulcerated nostrils. A tensive pain in the root of the nose, extending across one eyebrow to the other, and an ulcerative pain when touched. Burning on and near the nose (after a few hours).
Face
Face distorted (after two hours). Face bluish-red. Great persistent paleness of the face. Face sunken, pale; forehead covered with cold sweat, with sunken eyes (second day). Pale (after half an hour); (in chronic cases). Lips cracked. Lips bluish-red. Swelling of both lower jaws; painful on stooping and on pressure. The right articulation of the jaws easily becomes dislocated, with great pain, in the morning, in bed. Drawing and tension on the jaw, beneath the ear.
Mouth
Gum. Swelling of the gum, with sticking pain when touched. A blister on the gum. A black hollow blister by a lower molar, sensitive to water and cold air; the tooth is painful even on opening the mouth. The gum between the lower incisors seems inflamed, with sticking an burning pains. A pustule on the gum, above a hollow tooth, like a dental fistula. The gum is painfully sore when chewing. Teeth. The teeth are constantly unclean. All the lower, and part of upper, teeth are elongated and painful, as if ulcerating. Drawing pain in the upper incisors, with a feeling of coldness (after ten days). Cutting and constrictive pain in the teeth. Pain in the teeth, as if ulcerating, with throbbing pressure in the right lower jaw, extending to the ear and posterior cervical muscles. Pressive pain in the right back teeth. Boring toothache. Drawing toothache. Sticking toothache, as with a knife, in both jaws, most violent at night; she was unable to remain in bed. Toothache, with a thickly swollen cheek; she cannot lie upon it at night on account of the pain; is obliged to rise up in bed. Toothache after breakfast. Tearing in a hollow tooth, from evening till midnight, with a sore painful gum. Stick like jerk in the teeth every evening till 11.30. Pain in the teeth if the open air enters them. A stitch in hollow incisor. Feeling of numbness of the teeth, and pain on biting upon them. Both canine teeth seem too long, in the morning.
Tongue. Tongue coated (after four days). Tongue foul (in chronic cases). The tongue is covered with yellowish spots. Tongue coated in spite all efforts to clean it. Tongue coated white in the centre, with a dark streak along he edges (third day). Tongue white. Tongue dry, coated (second day). The tongue and right side of the palate, towards the cervical muscles, are raw and sensitive, so that he does not dare to eat or move anything hard in the mouth; acid and salt things cause smarting, as if the tongue were sore. General Mouth. Ulcers from on the inner surface of the cheek. Bad odor from the mouth; even the saliva has an offensive odor. Bad odor from the mouth, noticed by others. Mouth offensive at times like garlic, at others foul. Mouth very pasty for twenty days. Mouth slimy, with no desire for food or drink.
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.