Great difficulty in urinating. The urine is passed only by drops an always with difficulty. Urine voided seldom, and in small quantities. Micturition less frequent than usual by seven or eight times. Discharge of urine very much diminished. At times she could not pass urine. Urine could be passed only during the remission of the abdominal pains. Paucity of secretion from the kidneys, and high- colored. For some time there has been incontinence of urine at intervals between the epileptic seizures.
Incontinence of urine. Micturition infrequent. Retention of urine. Secretion of urine completely suppressed. Suppression of urine. Repeated attacks of strangury. Retention of urine, with great distension of the bladder. Retention of urine (in one case lasting thirty-six hours, so that the bladder rose as far up as the navel, Retention of urine during the colic. Complete retention of urine; the catheter could not be introduced for three days. Dysuria. Violent dysuria. Ischuria. Ischuria, with inflammatory fever. Strangury; in five cases. Haematuria. A large quantity of urine, of sp. gr. 1008, half of which became solid on boiling and adding nitric acid; blood-discs were abundantly seen under the microscope, but no casts; when he began to recover the albumen gradually diminished in quantity (as I discovered less lead in the urine), and at last totally disappeared, but at last totally disappeared, but has occasionally a little, perhaps one-fiftieth part, albumen; later, albumen rapidly increased, and there was not an atom of urea in it, its sp. gr. being 1002. Voided a large quantity of urine, which afforded a sensible quantity of lead. Secretion of a large quantity of watery urine, on the surface of which a pellicle had been observed after standing (the same had been noticed about a year previous and occasionally since then); the pellicle was of pearly whiteness (it looked exactly like spermaceti), with a distinct metallic lustre; it left a greasy mark on paper in which it had been wrapped; i. e., fatty matter mixed with lead in some form; the color was natural; reaction acid, but not strongly so; sp. gr. 1022; no albumen; on standing for an hour, deposits a light flaky sediment (one- fourth), showing under the microscope only a few granules (mucous), and a solitary cell of renal epithelium, containing several fatty globules. Urine scanty, yellowish-brown, turbid, sp. gr. 1019, albuminous, sediment consisting of a large number of tubular crystals of uric acid, perfectly hyaline cylinders, to some of which adhered cells similar to white blood-corpuscles, to others fat drops; this was associated with epileptiform spasms, with complete loss of consciousness, during which the temperature was 40 (degree), pulse 140. In the first stage, when the poisoning is of recent date, and there are colics and vomiting, there is generally a very notable diminution of the urinary secretion; it falls sometimes to as little as 1/4 or 1/5 of the normal quantity; the density is augmented, but not proportionally to the diminution in quantity, as is the case in simple oliguria; there is, therefore, a diminution of the extractive matters, contained in the urine; the urine; the urea is from six to seven times less in quantity; the phosphoric acid, uric acid, and chlorides are less, but the coloring matters are ten to twenty times more abundant than normal. In the second period, in vomiting and colic have disappeared, and the lead is introduced into the various organs, and acts upon their functions; the quantity of urine still remains a little below the normal point; the extractive matters are still less in quantity, the urea being only half the normal quantity; the same may be said of phosphoric and uric acids; the quantity of coloring matter it still very great. In the third stage there is anaemia, and the intoxication is confirmed; there is a permanent alteration of the urine characterized by a less quantity and density, and notable diminution of the urea and phosphoric and uric acids; whether this diminution is dependent upon some disturbance of assimilation, or is connected with a certain degree of impermeability, is still a doubtful point; nevertheless, as we fine double the quantity of normal excrementitious matter present in the blood, we may rather ascribe their diminution in the urine to impermeability. Lastly, to anaemia, is coupled albuminuria; the quantity of urine secreted is very variable, sometimes approaching the normal; but the density is very low; the extractive matters are considerably diminished; and whether albuminuria exists or not observe any increase of the quantity of uric acid in the blood; nor is uric acid found in the serum of a blister. Diminished urine. Urine scanty, and easily discharged. Urine very scanty, and passed only once during the last twenty-four hours (tenth day). Urine passed a little at a time; frequent ineffectual desire to urinate. Urine scanty. Urine scanty, often retained for nineteen hours. Cerebral affections and amaurosis, with albuminuria; the amaurosis is supposed to depend upon the chronic nephritis, which is produced by lead; this view is supported by the circumstance, that in several cases, the amaurosis and the cerebral (usual epileptic) symptoms appeared and ceased coincidentally with the appearance and cessation of the albuminuria. Large quantity of albumen in her urine, the sp. gr. being only 1010; when she began to recover the albumen gradually diminished in quantity, as I discovered less lead in the urine, and at last totally disappeared. Albumen was present in the urine; the albuminuria was either merely temporary, ceasing by the tenth day, or it was continued up to and after the patient’s dismissal from the hospital. Lead was discovered several times in the urine. Four cases in which albuminuria existed during life, and nephritis was found after death; three of them were chronic, one comparatively recent. Urine heavily albuminous, without any oedema (in a several cases). Urine very heavily loaded with albumen, containing epithelial casts (and traces of lead). Urine albuminous, containing numerous cells from the kidneys. The urine contained a trace of albumen. Urine very albuminous. Urine albuminous, sp. gr. 1024, scanty, dark brown. The urine contained a large amount of albumen; 150, 000 grams of urine contained 12 grams of urea. Urine very albuminous, diminished in quantity to 1/2 litre in twenty-four hours, sp. gr. fell to 1009. Urine yellowish- brown, acid, clear, sp. gr. 1030, albuminous, containing numerous granular cylinders; after treatment, principally with Croton oil, the albumen gradually disappeared from the urine, though the sp. gr. remained high (no sugar). Later, the excretion of albumen in her urine has been gradually increasing, the sp. gr. being always under 1010, and often as low as 1002, with a very minute quantity of urea. Urine albuminous; sp. gr. 1010. Urine albuminous. Urine slightly alkaline, containing traces of albumen (and of lead, 1.95 grams to the litre). Secretion of kidneys scanty, and of a deep-red color. Urine red, soon decomposing, and becoming thick with flaky clouds. Urine (drawn by catheter) red and acid, Scanty red urine, easily discharged. Urine red and acid. Urine reddish, fiery. Urine looking like Malaga wine, and of neutral reaction; slight film of uric acid. Only one-third or one-quarter of the normal amount of urine passed. Scanty and high-colored urine. Urine dark-colored, brownish-red, turbid, with flocculent sediment, sp. gr. 1017, acid, albuminous; sediment consisting of a number of red blood-corpuscles, and a large number of short, rather thick, turbid cylinders, beset with red blood-corpuscles; the patient presented all the symptoms of acute, diffuse nephritis. Urine “hemapheique,” mahogany-colored; yielding, by M. Gubler’s process, a thin pellicle of uric acid. Urine high-colored, depositing much lithates on cooling. Urine very scanty, 4 to 6 ounces in a day, and high-colored. Urine scanty, high-colored, and sometimes voided with difficulty. Urine usually of a deep-yellow color, but clear. Now, out very turbid, but of a reddish-amber color, containing much albumen, and a large proportion of uric acid. Urine dark, Brownish-red. The urine was rather more colored than natural, but did not present that peculiar play of colors with nitric acid, said to be indicative of the presence of bile. Urine transparent, high-colored, not at all yellow. Urine brown-yellow. The urine becomes dull yellow. Urine orange-colored. High-colored urine.
Urine dark-colored. Urine dark-colored and scanty, evacuated by drops. Urine scanty and dark-colored. Urine dark- colored and turbid. Yellow, acid urine. Urine clear, of a pale lemon-color, and without sediment; alkaline, although heat and nitric acid showed no albumen. It turned red litmus-paper blue at once, but had no effect of tournesol-paper. Urine “hemapheique” in the first degree, i. e., merely amber-colored; copious deposit of minimum. Urine acid. Yellow, acid urine. Urine plentiful and limpid. Urine pale, bright, specific gravity 1015.
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.