Drawing pain in the occipital bones every day. Bruised pain in the occiput, at the insertion of cervical muscles. Digging boring in the right side of the occiput. Profuse falling of the hair.
Painful elevations on the scalp, with touched. Feeling of coldness on the scalp. The scalp is painful to touch, as if sore, or as from pulling the hair. Dull pain in the scalp. Burning pain on the right side of the scalp. A burning stitch on the head.
Itching on the scalp.
Eye.
Objective. Glassy look in both eyes, with almost involuntary motion of the eyeball, mostly when staring straight ahead. Eyes weak, glassy. Eyes lusterless. Staring look. Inflammation of the eyes, and a stye on the upper lid. Eyes sunken, weak. Blue rings around the eyes. Swelling of the lower integuments of the eye and beneath the lids. Subjective. Burning in the eyes, with burning lachrymation. Sudden burning in the left eye. Burning and pressure in the eyes; she cannot look at the light, in the evening. Burning in the integuments of eye all day, and burning itching in the inner canthus. Biting burning in the eyes, especially in the evening, by the light. Pressure in the eyes, as if they were too large, with immobility, as if he had not slept enough, with dulness in the head. Pressure in both eyes, extending backward. Sensation as if the eyes were being pressed out, causing frequent blinking. Constant pressure upon the eyes after looking too long at an object, obliging him to close the eyes. Sudden pain in the left eye, as from a grain of sand, or as from a pimple. The eyes are painful, in the morning, on opening them; she cannot keep them open long. Violent headache above the eyes, so that she could not open them. Stitches above the left eye, extending up into the head. Itching and pressing in the eye.
Itching of the eye. Orbit and Lid. Dull pressive pain above the orbits, with stitches behind the ears, in the afternoon. Sharp sticking in the thin bony wall of the orbit, towards the root of the nose. Pressive pinching in the upper margin of the left orbit. Swelling and redness of the lower lid. Agglutination of the eyes. Dry matter on the lids, in the morning, with smarting, on cleaning the eyes. Twitching of the lower lid, towards the inner canthus (after nine hours). The eyelids are heavy, as if they would close. Perceptible coldness of the inner margin of the lids, on closing the eyes. Burning on the inner canthus, as from too much air and light, mostly in the afternoon, relieved by pressing the lids together. Burning beneath the upper lid.
Pressure beneath the left lower lid, aggravated by pressing upon it, and then immediately disappearing. Pressure and a sensation of heaviness in the right eyelid. Pressure in the left lower lid.
Drawing stitches through the lids, from one canthus to the other, with sharp stitches in the canthi and around the orbits. Sudden stitches, as if electric, beneath the right lid, so that he was obliged to press the eyes together. Lachrymal Apparatus. Biting water runs from the eyes (after a few hours). Lachrymation of both eyes. Ball. A yellow spot in the white of the eye, towards the inner canthus, though still more towards the cornea, together with dimness of vision, that disappears on dilating the pupil, by holding the hand before it. Pain, as if the eyeballs would be forcibly pressed together and into the head. Dull pain, at one time sticking, at another burning, piercing the right eyeball at the external canthus, followed by sensation as of a broad surface of snow before the eyes on which fiery points were falling, afterwards as if a fiery surface were before the eye, on which glistening white points were falling. Pupil. Excessive dilatation of the right pupil, increasing on exerting vision, and even after seven days it was four times as large as the left (immediately).
Pupils greatly dilated (after eight hours and a half). Pupils dilated for six hours (after three hours). Pupils dilated (after one hour). Pupils at first dilated, then contracted, for sixteen hours (after one hour ). Pupils contracted for several days (after half an hour). Contraction of the pupils, without effect upon vision (after three-quarters of an hour). Vision. Sees better at a distance (curative action in one short- sighted).
Increased short-sightedness. Eyes weak, sunken. Weakness of the eyes, more in the forenoon than in the afternoon; distant objects seem enveloped in mist, and become distinct only on exerting vision; every near somewhat bright object blinds him, and causes pressure in the eyes; the same thing also happens if he comes suddenly into the dark. Everything farther than six paces seems enveloped in a fog. Dimness of the eyes, with flickering and pressure in the inner canthus, if she looks long at one spot; after rubbing, tears come, and the dimness disappears. While sewing, reading, and writing, it seems as though a mist were before the eyes; she cannot distinguish letters, but at a distance everything is bright and clear; if she looks away from her work a moment, then she is able to see near objects better, though the dimness of vision immediately returns on reading; without pain in the eyes. Flickering before the eyes while reading by the light. Black stripes before the eyes; wiping does not relieve; it seems as though he must look under the forehead with the head bent over. In the evening, while sitting, large ciphers seem to come before the eyes, wherewith the head feels very dull and bad, and at last very dull and bad, at last very hot.
Ear.
Swelling and heat, with burning and itching in both ears.
Jerking, at times only a simple tearing, in the cartilage of the left ear. Fine jerking in the lobule of the right ear. Sticking itching in the lobule of the right ear (after two hours). Tearing in the external and middle ear. Drawing in the right external and middle ear. Spasmodic drawing pain in the ear. Spasmodic drawing pain in the right ear. Stitches in the ear, with drawing pain in the jaws and teeth. An almost painful stitch in the left ear, that disappears on putting the finger into the ear (after six hours and a half). Stitches in the ears, only on every musical sound or stroke of the bell, also during her own singing.
Stitches in the ears, with drawing pain in the left cheek. Long- continued fine stitch, deep in the right ear. Burning stitches in the ears. Itching stitches within the right ear, persistent while moving the lower jaw (after twenty-seven hours). Hearing. The watch which he usually hears at twenty paces can only be heard at ten. He cannot hear a watch at a moderate distance; three paces from the ear it is distinct, but close to the ear he does not hear the ticking, only a hissing. Roaring in the ears, every day.
Roaring in the ears, from evening on, though not while lying in bed, but returning in the morning. Roaring in the ears, especially in the right (after fifteen hours). Roaring in the ears, with difficult hearing. Ringing, as of bells, in the ears.
Ringing in the left ear, at night. Loud re-echoing of every sound in the ear. Constant singing in the ears, worse while lying down.
Screaming in the ear, on blowing the nose. He is intolerant of musical sounds for a long time. Sound in the bedroom, at right, as though a bird or bat were flapping about, endeavoring to escape. Illusion of sense, as if he herd the stroke of a bell, or heard things move that were lying high up near him out of sight.
Nose.
Swelling on the back of the nose, with also red spots on the sides, that now appear, and now disappear, with a tense sensation. Violent coryza. Violent coryza, with red margins of the nostrils. Discharge of matter from the nose. Bleeding of the nose, and frequent blowing of blood from it. Nose dry. Swelling and sore sensation in the choanae. Bitter mucus frequently passes from the choanae into the fauces and mouth. Accumulation of mucus in the nose. Crawling and burning in the nose. Smell. Smell extremely acute. Odors take away his breath.
Face.
Paleness of the face. Paleness of the face, in the morning, immediately after rising, with inclination to stare. Face frequently dark red, for a moment, with flushes of heat in the face. Tension of the skin of the face, as if albumen had dried on it, with extremely perceptible heat. Cheek and Lip. Fine, very transient drawing through the left cheek into the ear. Burning pain in small spot on the left cheek. The lower lip is cracked in the middle. Burning pain in the left side of the lower lip.
Violent burning pain in the lower lip, persistent even on moving it. Dull sticking and crawling on one point on the red of the lip. Jaw. The lower jaw, in front of the ear, is painful, as if it would be torn from the articulation, aggravated by chewing(.
Pain, like a broad pressive stitch, in the glands beneath the left corner of the lower jaw, when touched, associated with sore throat internally. Dull pressive-drawing pain in the right angle of the lower jaw.
Mouth
Teeth. Profuse bleeding of a hollow tooth. Violent toothache in a hollow tooth, on getting food into it, disappearing on picking it out. Burning pain in the from teeth, at night. Teeth set on edge, as from a corrosive acid. Pain in a wisdom tooth. Jerk like tearing in the right upper back teeth, not affected by chewing.
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.