Great weakness (fourth day); (fourth day), etc. Patient so weak that he could scarcely raise his hands (seventeenth day). Patient complained only of weakness (first day). Extreme weakness, being unable to walk without support. Complaining of weakness (eleventh day). General weakness. The patient constantly became weaker from day to day. Great weakness of the whole body, especially of the affected parts, after eating. Weakness and prostration of the whole body, with heaviness of the feet, so that walking was difficult. Walking fatigues him very much. Feeling of weakness in the back, as if crushed, followed by weakness of the extremities and trembling after the least exertion. When admitted into the hospital, both the lower limbs were so feeble that the patient was only able to stagger for a moment or two with a trembling step; when attempting to stand, his knees shook and gave way; his hands and arms trembled when he attempted to use them; so feeble that the patient was neither able to raise himself nor to remain in a sitting posture; all efforts to help him were fruitless; he continued to live three or four years longer, although the paralysis went on increasingly. After urinating, in the morning, he is so weak that he has to lie down. Sensation of weakness and prostration, almost with tremulousness (fourth day). Weakness of the whole body. Weakness and prostration for several days. Weak and prostrated, with peevish, fretful mood (fourth day). Remarkably weak and depressed, without the slightest desire to attend to ordinary business. Great weakness, with frequent yawning (third day). Weakness so great that the patient could scarcely speak. The symptoms began to abate (after twenty-three hours); I was not able to assume an upright position while walking, or endure much fatigue for some time, nor did I become free from the effects for more than two months; I regained my strength very slowly. Dressed myself with difficulty and went to my office; I was as weak as one suffering from a long and severe fit of illness; I then took eight pellets of Camphor 3, this being the first I had taken, the attack being so sudden and prostrating I was not able to help myself to medicine or call assistance (after thirty-five hours). Not able to assume an upright position, while walking, for some time. Sudden general loss of power, with great heat in the face (after eleven days).
General great and sudden loss of power. Loss of all power.
Excessive exhaustion (third day); (second day). Utterly exhausted, after a walk of an hour (fourth day). General exhaustion, with attacks of faintness. General nervous exhaustion; inexpressible heaviness of the whole body, so that every motion was difficult and unpleasant; the patient desired to keep the bed, and dreaded motion. General exhaustion towards noon, less in the afternoon. Exhaustion, especially in the chest the chest, for several days. Exhaustion of mind and body, in the morning. Exhaustion (after two hours). Profound prostration, etc.
General prostration. Very great prostration (fifth day); (after eleven days). General prostration, relieved by stimulants. The exertion or attempt to move my arms, hands, or even turn myself, produced great prostration. Prostration of mind and body (second day). Prostration (second day); (after sixteen hours) Prostration, similar to that of typhus (fourth day). Faintness; (fifth day). Great restlessness (fourth day); (third day); (seventh and eighth days). Extremely restless, and appeared to suffer much pain, rolling about its head and moaning. Very restless (fifth day). Very great and general anxiety and restlessness. (third day). Constant restlessness, with continual crying and sleepiness, followed by death (ninth day). Patient restless, in bed (third day). Patient restless and delirious, with talking afterwards somnolent. General restlessness, also tossing from side to (sixth day). Restless and irritable (fifth day). Jactitation and restlessness (tenth day). Restlessness (fourth day); (second night). Great uneasiness (after two days).
Uneasiness. Uneasiness at night, caused by pressure in the stomach and nausea. Uneasiness during a storm. Some heaviness (immediately); general uneasiness ( malaise), (second day).
Agitation (second day). Frequent desire to change the position, while lying in bed. Must move about, not satisfied in any particular place. Violent starting of the whole body, whilst falling asleep (second night). Nervous symptoms, worse in afternoon and evening. Great excitement of the nervous system.
Collapse sudden, pupils dilated and insensible, extremities cold, pulse scarcely perceptible and intermittent, followed by death.
Collapse. Collapse and great restlessness (fourth day). Condition of complete collapse; limbs relaxed, patient unconscious, could scarcely be roused by loud cries into the ear. Elder, collapsed.
Collapse, with tightly closed jaws, followed by death. Collapse, with cold skin, feeble pulse, and some stupidity (sixth day).
Takes cold easily, in the open air, that causes griping in the abdomen, pain in the nape of the neck, stiffness of the arms, toothache, lachrymation, hiccough, cutting and sticking in and above the stomach, dulness of the head, or at last coldness and moist coldness of the feet and hands, with a hot cheek, etc.
Feeling of taking cold in the whole body, with chilliness and sleepiness. Sensitiveness to cold weather. Takes cold on rising, after a little night sweat, with toothache and slight jerking in the teeth. A kind of insensibility of the whole body. General malaise, with extreme exhaustion (second day). Decided malaise, with feeling of exhaustion (third day). Tremulous feeling in the whole body, like a pulsation. Paralyzed and sick feeling in the whole body. General sick feeling prevents sleep at night, till 2 o’clock. The whole right side feels paralyzed, with nausea.
Feeling of mental and physical paralysis, in the morning, after rising, lasting all day. Feeling as if paralyzed, after sitting, lasting several minutes. Sensation of paralysis, with a tremulous sensation over the whole body (first day). Feels paralyzed and bruised, in the morning, after rising (after six days). Great sense of fatigue, with mental depression, and a most uncommon fearfulness and timidity (fourth day). Great languor and disinclination to movement, but the sufferer still kept about his usual employments (third day). Languid, unwilling to exert themselves (second day). Great sense of fatigue (first day); the feebleness did not prevent her from walking about all day in the rain (second day). Great lassitude (second day). Extreme lassitude; the patient was scarcely able to turn or move in bed (second day). Felt indolent all day (second day). Feels stupefied, intoxicated, dizzy, and reeling, on waking, at night.
A certain light and comfortable feeling in the whole day. General sick feeling, prostration of all the limbs. Unpleasant sensation of sickness and discomfort in the whole body, especially in the stomach, even in the open air. Sick, prostrated, joyless, out of humor with everything. Sick feeling in the whole body, weakness and exhaustion in the joints, especially in the knees, on motion, and while sitting (after fourteen days). Anxiety and uneasiness in the blood, after eating a little. Tensive drawing in the glands, even on the neck. Very tired feeling, without having taken the usual exercise (after second dose, second day). Feeling of increased vigor (third day); of exhaustion (fourth day). At no time was I free from pain. General pains (fourth day). In intolerable pain (fifth day). The slight motion caused great pain. Pain in right side, with occasional stitches. She complained of pain in the whole body, especially in the bones of the limbs. Transient drawing and numb pains here and there in the body. Drawing pain in the bones of the left arm and in the lower jaw; also other pains, mostly transient, in various parts of the body, reminding him of rheumatism, from which he had never suffered. Tearing pains over the whole body. Darting cutting pains gave me much distress, starting from one point and flashing over the whole abdominal region, each one having a separate starting-point (after five hours). Slight fugitive pains during the night (first day). Distressing burning and boring pains in the bones, that at night became intolerable and almost prevented sleep; the pains were especially severe in the bones of the skull, palate, and nasal bones, and in the teeth (after two weeks). Burning in the whole right side of the body. The moment the bowels begin to move, the pains assume the form of cramps.
Soreness of the body all over. It seemed as if a flame of fire was passing through me. Heaviness of the upper part of the body, with a sensation as if everything about the chest were too tight, lasting all day. Pressive heaviness of the head, spine, and in all the limbs, with ill-humor, toward evening (first day).
Heaviness and a feeling of fulness of the whole body (first day).
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.