Urine pale. Urine scanty and limpid. Urine alkaline but not albuminous. Urine plentiful, pale. Urine usually acid, contained much lithates during the first few days under observation; the specific gravity ranged from 1015 to 1025; no albumen was ever detected. In two cases the urine was alkaline, and contained phosphates in considerable quantity; becoming, however, faintly acid in a day or two, and remaining so throughout. Lead in the urine. Urine alkaline, not albuminous.
Urine contains a little sugar and mucus, no albumen. Urine free from albumen, sugar, or lead, and is generally natural, but occasionally loaded with a dark-brown sediment. Urine natural, but watery in color.
Sexual Organs
Male. Peculiar weakness of the genitals. (H. and T.).
Slight jerking in the spermatic cord, in the morning; in the afternoon, stitches in the place were it leaves the abdomen (first day). The pains return by paroxysms, during which they are quite severe, extending all along the spermatic cord into the left testicle, which then appears retracted; between the paroxysms the colic is slight or, in general, altogether absent. Frequent erections, with spasmodic retraction of the testicles, and even with emissions during the colic. Erections in the morning. Flaccidity of the penis.
The penis is as painful as the abdomen. The patient experiences a sensation as if the penis were tied at its root or along its course with a cord. Biting on the frenum preputii, and emission of semen (H. and Y.). Violent inflammatory swelling of the scrotum and penis, with violent inflammatory dysuria, constipation, delirium, and on the ninth day, gangrene of all these parts, followed by death on the tenth day. Constriction of the scrotum, so that at times the testicles were drawn up into the inguinal canal, with the most fearful pains in the small of the back, scrotum, and intestines. Constriction of the scrotum, and intestines. Constriction of the scrotum. Soreness of the skin of the scrotum an thigh wherever they touched, after the perspiration. Great swelling of the testicles. Swelling of the testicles. Retraction of the testicles at times. During the paroxysms both testicles were forcibly retracted. During the paroxysms the right testicle only rose toward the inguinal ring. Constriction of the testicles. Tension in the testicles. The pain in the testicles was somewhat relieved by suspending them with the hands. Great pain in the testicles and spermatic cord, and also painful drawing in these organs, and contraction of the scrotum. Pain in the testicles, relieved by compression. Shooting pains through testicles of such severity as almost to produce fainting. Retching pain in the left testicle, that at times seems to extend into the spermatic cord (fourth day). Pains in left testicle. Emission of semen during sleep, quite unconsciously, after drinking wine, and next morning, violent erections on every slight provocation; several nights in succession.
Emissions (H. and T.). Emissions, during the morning sleep, with voluptuous dreams (sixth day). Very scanty emission of semen during coition (fifth day). Involuntary seminal emissions, there or four times a week, causing great debility. Great inclination to coition. (H. and T.). Diminution of sexual desire. Diminished sexual desire. Loss of sexual desire. Anaphrodisia, of the same duration as the lead line on the gums an the urinary symptoms. Seminal weakness. Impotency.
Complete impotency (secondary action?). (H. and T.). Sterility in a man. From one hundred and forty-one pregnancies by fathers laboring under the effects of lead poisoning, there were eighty-two abortions, four premature births, and five still-born infants. Of the fifty children born alive, twenty died in a year and a half, fifteen in a year an three months, fourteen survived longer, but of these only by exceeded three years of age, a period of life when children may be regarded as having escaped this fatal influence. Among seven who had nothing to do with lead whatever, but whose husbands were subjected to its influence, there were thirty-two pregnancies, resulting as follows: eleven abortions, one still- born child, eight full-term children, which died in their first year, four that died in their second year, five that died in their third year, an two only that are nor alive, one of them being only twenty-one months old. Female. Vaginismus. Four women had fifteen pregnancies, distributed as follows, viz., ten abortions, occurring between third and sixth month; two premature births, the children dying soon after birth; one child still- born; one delivery occurring at the full period, but the chile died the same day; out of these fifteen cases only one chile was born alive that did not show any symptom of lead diathesis. Five women had given birth to nine children before they were subject to the influence of lead poisoning; the children were healthy and alive; neither did the mother suffer from any menstrual irregularity; but after going into the type cleaning works, they had together thirty-six pregnancies, distributed as pregnancy; one premature birth, the child dying soon after; two children still-born; seven at full term, of whom four died in their first year, and one in his second, and only two still alive, one of whom is very delicate and anaemic. A woman after having five abortions, left the type- polishing works, and after recovering from the effects of lead poisoning, gave birth to a healthy child, still living. A woman left the works for a time and then went back; during the time she was under the influence of lead poisoning, she frequently aborted, but during the interval she was absent from the works she gave birth to a healthy child. Previous to her present employment, she had been delivered of three healthy children at full term, still alive; but since her employment as a type polisher, she had suffered much from ill-health, an attack of painter’s colic three months after beginning this work, and again four years later; shortly after second attack she became pregnant, and was delivered of a dead child; three years elapsed and she had a miscarriage at the fifth month of her pregnancy; she had become pregnant eight other times, and each time after a short suppression of the menses, and delay of two or three months, she miscarried, characterized by an abundant menorrhagia, and accompanied by colicky pains at the time. Miscarriage in the second month of pregnancy, and in the third month of the next pregnancy; in the following pregnancy she suffered from alternating constipation and diarrhoea, did not miscarry, but the child was emaciated, and was pitiful object, and lived only one month; she passed through the next pregnancy, but the child was very slight, weighed only 2600 grams; at this delivery she suffered from inertia of the uterus and postpartum hemorrhage, which was arrested by compression of the aorta, removal of the clots, and by ergot; having now left her occupation of painting (she had a bad habit of holding the brush between her lips), she passed through her subsequent pregnancy with a more robust child than before, weighing 3200 grams.
without hemorrhage; this infant lived. About the third week in October, began to experience a “tired, “heavy feeling of pain in the lower limbs, particularly her knees; the same pain was soon felt about the navel and in the groin, giving the sensation of a cord pulling down, and extending to the very lower part of the bowels; soon a similar pain was felt in the shoulders, back, arm, hands, fingers, feet, an toes, particularly over the tops of the feet and hands. She suffered the characteristic nausea of pregnancy for the first two months, none afterwards, until December 31st, when she was seized with vomiting, with an increase of all the symptoms just named, until it closed with abortion, January 9th. From twenty-seven pregnancies, occurring in five women, there resulted twenty- two abortions, four st ill-born, and only one living child. From forty-three pregnancies occurring after lead poisoning, thirty- two miscarriages, three born dead, two living but puny children. One women who had had five miscarriages left the occupation, and gave birth to a fine baby. According as women left off or resumed the business, their children would be born alive or dead. Miscarriage and death. Miscarried four times. Miscarriage at seven months of dead foetus, followed by death. Frequent miscarriages in women, almost habitual. Miscarriage. Miscarriage in the third or fourth month of pregnancy, with persisted hemorrhage for five weeks. Of twenty-nine pregnancies among women who gave but slight evidence of lead poisoning, there were eight abortions, one premature birth, twelve at full term, which died in the first year of their life, eight children still living. Premature delivery. Has had two children, of whom one survives, but is feeble. Within thirteen months has had a miscarriage, followed by peritonitis. Abortions occurring between the third and sixth months of pregnancy. The menses, which had caused for two days, returned (after one hour); (after four hours). Upon each occasion the normal menstrual flow was ceased, although when otherwise employed, it has came on regularly enough; has not menstruated for there months. Before this time she menstruated quite regularly, but so long as she followed this occupation the menstrual flow ceased. Upon giving it up, which she was compelled to do on several occasions, it returned.
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.