Ear
When bending the head to the left, sensation of swelling in the posterior part of the ear, and when pressing on this spot, drawing pain in the eye, as if it was pulled inward, with drawing in the ear corresponding to the part pressed on (second day).
Sensation of stoppage of the ears, and fullness of the head, as from rush of blood there (sixth day). Sharp sticking in the right ear. Violent sticking pain within the right ear.
Sticking tearing in the left ear, as if in the bone. Stitches in the right ear.
Nose
Frequent sneezing. Nose pointed (sixth day). She brings pure blood from her nose, of a deep-red color, every time she blows it, since yesterday evening; this clears her head (third day).
She continually blows blood from the nose; it seems to her that she does not blow it all out, and that there is a deposit deep in the nose (fourth day). Nose somewhat stopped (third day).
Dull pain in the root of the; nose, extending to the occiput (second day). Pressure on the back of the nose, as if caused by a weight. The breath feels burning hot, and the odor she perceives seems to her to come from the interior of the head or the root of the nose; she feels as if there was a sore place there, which causes a gnawing sensation (after five days).
Alteration of smell; the prover believes she smells spoiled eau de Cologne, or a suppurating spot, or bad oil burning (after five days).
Face
Face pale, with an expression of anguish and suffering. Pallor and blue circles round the eyes (fifth day). Cheeks yellowish (sixth day). Face yellowish, on rising, in the morning (seventh day). Face very red and tumid. Face livid, sunken. Face sunken (sixth day). Tearing in the right zygoma. Tearing in the right malar bone.
Mouth
Teeth. Tearing in the molars. Toothache in a hollow tooth; the mouth is filled with water in consequence of the pains (first day). In the lower jaw, sensation as if the two middle incisors were enlarged and were starting from the gums (third day). Two lower incisor teeth become loose; the gum ulcerates (third day). Toothache; an abscess on the gums and another in a hollow tooth; the decayed teeth become loose, and the front teeth in the lower jaw shake; the lower gums are all black (fifth day). The two lower incisor teeth are loose, with ulcerated violet-colored gums (sixth day). Toothache; the teeth prick and burn (sixth day). Toothache; excoriating dull and gnawing pains in the teeth and in the gums; the teeth feel as if made of papier mache (seventh day). Gums. The lower gum black in front of the incisors, pale behind, with little vesicles (after five days). The lower gum is inflamed and ulcerated; the teeth are loose (fourth day). Pain in the gums; it seems to her that they separate from the teeth (fifth day).
Tongue. Tongue extremely white, even on the edges (after five days). Tongue pale reddish-blue, with deep fissure in the center; pale-red points on the margins (sixth day). Heat at the root of the tongue. Frequent burning in the forepart of the tongue. Taste. Pasty taste. Taste bad. Taste bitter. Taste of pepper.
Throat
Constant secretion of mucus in the throat, as in catarrh, with a slight cough (fourth day). Contraction of the throat (third day).
Dry feeling in the throat (third day). It seems as if everything swallowed is dry (third day). Pain in the throat; sensation of swelling in the top of the oesophagus; sensation as if a particle of tobacco had stuck in the oesophagus, owing to quite a small, almost imperceptible, pimple behind the posterior nares (second day). Every evening pain in the throat, which increases daily; it seems as if the throat was all alive when the air reaches it; very sharp pain in the tonsils and uvula, behind the nasal fossae, and all along the oesophagus, as if they were alive; cramps in the neck; the nerves of the neck behind the ear are very painful; it seems to her as if there were viscid mucus at the bottom of the throat, which she could not cough up; coughing does not seem to reach it, but the breathing appears to loosen it, although the cough makes it more adherent (sixth day). Sore throat, on waking, every day; she coughs and expectorates; expectoration greenish and salty. Scrapping in the throat, without being relieved thereby; expectoration of much white mucus, as in catarrhal fever, while in bed, at night.
Tickling in the posterior portion of the throat, as if in the larynx, not aggravated by talking or swallowing (sixth day).
Constant slight burning in the throat, like a hot iron. Tonsils.
Swelling, redness, and sensation of constriction in the tonsils, lasting three days. Pain in the left tonsil. In the pharynx, in the region of the tonsils, sensation obliging him to clear the throat, in order to relieve it of viscid mucus, which is almost always obstinately adherent, or else is detached in so small a quantity that it is impossible to expectorate it; the hawking causes an irritation, which excites a dry cough, returning quite often, and producing a painful shock in the head and in the sides of the chest (third day). Pharynx and Esophagus. Burning and stitches in the pharynx and tonsils, lasting twenty-four hours (after a few hours). Burning in the pharynx. Uneasiness in the oesophagus, high up; the air when inspired feels cold in the mouth, when expired, burning hot; wine and also vinegar increase the activity of the remedy (fourth day). External Throat. Right submaxillary gland hard, slightly swollen (sixth day).
Stomach
Appetite. Voracious appetite, and when she has eaten he finds herself smaller and less tight than before (seventh day). After eating very hearty, voracious appetite; after dinner, sensation of emptiness; hollow sensation in the stomach; her stays feel too large for her (sixth day). Constant appetite, with aversion to food, thirst (second day). A kind of appetite without hunger, at 4 A.M., in bed. Repletion; vomiturition, bitter rising, or rather acrid vapor which ascends into the oesophagus; sugar produces this symptom; she swallows everything with disgust, in the evening (fourth day). Loss of appetite (second day). Aversion to food and tobacco. Thirst.
Excessive thirst (third day). Violent thirst (second day).
Very violent thirst, Constant violent thirst, Some thirst. He drank much more than he urinated through he urinated considerable (sixth day). Eructations. Eructations having the odor of radishes, especially after drinking.
Frequent eructations, very offensive, almost putrid. Bilious eructations leaving a bitter taste (second day). Regurgitation of liquids (second day). Frequent regurgitation of water and mucus, sometimes mixed with blood, without efforts to vomit (second day). Discharge of gas, upward and downward, smelling of radishes (this condition is not noticed after eating larger quantities of radishes. Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea.
Constant nausea, so that she could not lie down; in spite of great weakness she was obliged to sit up. Nausea, with efforts to vomit. Attacks of nausea like faintness, for a moment. Nausea, every moment. Qualmishness in the region of the stomach. Nausea, with efforts to vomit (soon). Repeated vomiting. Vomiting of a large quantity of undigested radishes and while mucus, at 7 A.
M. (third day). Vomiting of the radish with mucus and bread.
Frequent efforts to vomit (second night). Efforts to vomit when coughing, with pressure mounting up into the chest an regurgitation of a very acrid colorless liquid. Efforts to vomit, while walking in the evening. Efforts to vomit, in the afternoon (third day). Stomach. Eau sucree gives her wind in the stomach (first day). Violent pressure in the epigastric region. Violent pain at the base of the stomach. Sticking pain in the pit of the stomach. Sticking in the stomach and in the region of the liver.
Cutting in the epigastric region. Cutting pain in the pit of the stomach. Sensation of throbbing at the epigastrium, and of swelling of the stomach; she can scarcely sit still (third day).
Abdomen
Hypochondria. Violent pain in the right lobe of the liver, like tightness, or like lancinations. Pressure in the region of the liver, as from an internal abscess. Sticking in the hepatic region. Stitches in the region of the liver. Umbilicus and Sides.
Violent colic about the umbilicus after the ordinary breakfast. Griping about the umbilicus. Constant griping about the umbilicus (third day). Burning above the umbilicus. Some sharp pains in the abdomen at the side of the umbilicus with pressure. Acute sticking three fingers’ breadth to the left of the umbilicus. Slight pinching to the left of the umbilicus, as before a soft stool. Lancinations like colic in the left side of the abdomen. General Abdomen. Distension of the abdomen, followed by griping, as if a stool would occur. Distension of the abdomen after eating a little, as after eating a large amount. The abdomen is much swollen, very hard, and painful to pressure, especially the hypogastrium, it seems to her that she will choke with the swelling, yet the breathing is easier than yesterday (fourth day). Great swelling of the abdomen, commencing at the stomach; the abdomen is hard, as if filled with air, without pain. She cannot bear any pressure on the stomach (after five days). Some trembling in the abdomen (sixth day). Frequent rumbling in the abdomen, at night. Frequent rumbling in the abdomen. A great deal of flatulence (second 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.