Introduction
The element, Phosphorus. Preparation: Triturations.
Mind
Emotional. Violent delirium, at first alternating with intervals of consciousness, afterwards interrupted; this delirium, which preceded death, was erotic, with indications of great excitement of the sexual system, followed by stertorous respiration and death. About 6 P.M., violent delirium supervened; the patient became restless, wished to get out of bed, and at last had to be tied (fourth night); towards morning, delirium gave place to coma, and he died after a short agony, at 7 a.m. (fifth day). Sudden delirium, followed by a comatose state, interrupted by occasional screams (ninth night); delirium (tenth day). Delirium, with fear of death, carphologia, and shrill cries, with at times stiff bending of the body backward. Violent delirium (with intense icteric color of the skin), (fifth day); this lasted till after the seventh day; the patient forgot to pass water, respiration was very difficult, the pulse very small, skin dry, tongue brown. Violent delirium (fourth day). Mania (after five days). Delirium, in which the patient got out of bed and was found lying on the floor, screaming frightfully and tossing about. Delirium, with constant attempts to escape; it was necessary to confine the patient to the bed; this was followed after some hours by complete unconsciousness, with sunken face.
Delirium, with loud screaming, followed by death (fourth day).
Delirium, with fearful cries, striking and biting about him, so that four or five persons were required to restrain him. Delirium (fourth day); dozed off frequently, but only to lapse into a semi-delirious state (sixth day); a peculiar phase developed itself in his delirium; wherever he turned his eyes he saw faces; they swarmed by him in long panoramic succession; they leered at him over the foot board of the bed; they squinted at him through the windows, or came trooping in when the doors were left ajar; he would watch these apparitions for hours, complaining that they would not let him sleep (eighth day); the haunting faces of the previous hallucination had disappear, and he fancied he was some one else, or that he was in several pieces and could not get the fragments properly adjusted (tenth and eleventh days). Delirium, followed by coma and death. Delirium; the patient tried to get out of the room and out of the house (second and third nights).
Slight delirium just before death (eighth day). In some cases, evidence of delirium and coma. Delirium, with restlessness, on the last day. Died delirious, with symptoms of paralysis.
Delirium at times (third day). Delirium (ninth day); (after ten to twelve days); (ninth day). Slight loquacious delirium (fifth day). Loquacious delirium (fifth day). Exhilaration of the spirits. Foolish, disconnected talking, followed by quiet delirium, with lucid intervals. Attempts to jump out of bed, symptoms of excitement alternating with sopor (tenth day). The patient became very much confused in mind, sang, cried aloud, passed urine and faeces in voluntarily (fifth day). Succession of piercing screams and strong clinching of the hands (fourth day).
Constant frightful screaming and biting, and tearing the pillow with the teeth. Involuntary starting on some one’s opening the door; noise very troublesome to me (after second dose, second day). Extreme excitement, with very great heat, great thirst (seventh day). Great excitement; she sang, laughed, and afterwards fell asleep; on the next morning woke with great anxiety (after half an hour. Great emotional excitement (fourth day); (second day). Great emotional excitement, without any cause. Excited by every trifle. Excited and passionate, almost without cause. Excited mood (first day). General excitement, followed by delirium, and afterwards by somnolency, afterwards again by delirium (third day). Told those about him repeatedly that he could not possibly recover, and gave some disjointed directions about his business affairs. Reveries, with preoccupation of mind (fifth day). As the darkness of night began to in-close the earth, my peace was disturbed by the most frightful visions and thoughts; constant fear of death, with an almost uncontrollable desire to commit suicide (after twenty-four hours). Delirious fantasies, while slumbering and waking, as if she were on a distant island; had a great deal of business, was a noble lady, etc. Very vivid fancies, caused by reading a foolish story, so that I was obliged to make earnest exertion to do my work. Such vivid fantasies usually in the evening, that the presence of disagreeable things caused shuddering. Passionate, at times. Shamelessness; she uncovers herself and wishes to go naked, as if insane. Imagines he has hydrothorax. Patient, apathetic, delirious at times (fourth day). The patient was apathetic and sluggish (third and fourth days); on the fifth day became agitated, continuing through the sixth day, when he became delirious, screamed without answering, always complained of pains, but did not designate the locality. Great apathy, so that the patient was almost unwilling to talk. Patient lies apathetic, screams out now and then, so loud that it aroused all in the house; at other times she is unconscious, gives no answer when called, though there are free intervals during which she recognizes those about her (ninth day); on the next day consciousness fails entirely; on the eleventh day she regains consciousness, which she does not again lose. Apathetic; he answers very slowly, moves very sluggishly. Patient apathetic; at times tossing about the bed and moaning (sixth day). The mind that had been clear to the tenth day became confused, the patient became apathetic, followed by death. Apathy (fourth day); (after five days). Joyfulness. Was obliged to laugh against her will while she was sad. Spasmodic laughing and weeping. Freedom of mind, good humor, with agreeable warmth of the whole body, especially of the hands, that are quite red from rush of blood; everything seems brighter to her (second day). Very good-humored, especially in the afternoon. Lively, good-humored; she sings and hums to herself. Hypochondriac. Morose, very much affected by every object, especially by people or noises. Morose and indolent. Inconsolable grief, with weeping and crying, in the morning (after five days). Moaning and groaning. Cried loudly in bursts (sixth day). Moody, melancholy, and violent weeping, towards morning, on waking from a dream, that caused depression of spirits; he could not stop weeping or get quiet, but continued to moan for more than a quarter of an hour. Melancholy. Sadness and melancholy, as if some misfortune had happened (after fourteen days). Sadness in the twilight, for several evenings in succession, at the same hour. Filled with gloomy forebodings (sixth day). Great sadness. Weary of life. Sad and ill-humored, though not weeping. Sad mood and very susceptible to emotional disturbances, especially to apprehension, through the whole proving. Sad, apprehensive, despondent. Sad, silent, reflective.
Sad and despondent for a long time. Sad, depressed. Mental depression, and a most uncommon fearfulness or timidity, with a great sense of fatigue (fourth day). Great depression. Great dejection (after five days). Depressed mood, despondent. Very much depressed in spirits, with disinclination to work, without cause (seventeenth day). Despondency (fourth day). My mind was greatly oppressed with melancholy; tears would start without cause; a feeling of dread, as if awaiting something terrible, yet unable to resist or move, overcame me; sometimes it seemed as if I was beginning to bloat, and then I could hear a multitude of voices saying in high glee. “Fill him up a little more and he will burst,” followed by demoniacal laughter, which made the cold chills run over me. I imagined myself an aurora borealis, and could distinctly hear voices shouting, “Beautiful! Oh, not that splendid?” as the pains became more severe and lasting; soon, however, the agony became so great that it threw off in a measure the stupor that clouded my senses (after five hours).
Anxious oppression. Dull and oppressed, ill-natured. When thinking of anything disagreeable, he falls into a kind of apprehension, the sensation of which is mostly in the pit of the stomach. Apprehensive, as if she were grieving about something, frequently recurring. Increasing anxiety and restlessness (after three days). Great anxiety. Internal anxiety. Anxiety; oppressed, as if I had heard unpleasant news. Anxiety and restlessness, with much sweat on the forehead and heat of the head. Great anxiety and irritability when alone. Great anxiety and restlessness, immediately, in bed, in the evening. She woke every morning with anxiety. Attack of anxiety, as if below the left breast, that was so painful that her whole body trembled, at times with bitter eructations and palpitation. She is made anxious by a disagreeable event, mingled with fear and vexation, and is inclined to weep. Anxiety all night, without heat, as if he had murdered some one, with constant tossing about. Much anxiety, in the evening (after eight days). Anxiety, as if he would die, at times, in the evening (first day). Anxiety, as from impending misfortune. Anxiety and heat. Anxiety. Anxiety and internal restlessness, without grounds therefore. Anxiously solicitous concerning the unfortunate termination to her illness.
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.