Intro
“A resin brought the province of Saint Paul to Brazil.” Origin unknown.
Authority. Mure, Pathogenesie Bresilienne, p. 264.
Head
Vertigo, with tendency to fall to the right (first day). The head is heavy and falls forward (eighth day). Stunning pain in the head, worse when stopping (first day). Pressive pain in the forehead and on the eyes (second day). Lancination in the right side of the forehead (second day). Throbbing in the right temple; the pain extends to the ear and the articulation of the jaw (second day).
Eye
Winking of the eyes (eighth day). Heaviness of the eyes when walking (eighth day). Lancinating pain in the left orbit, terminating at the eyebrow (eighth day). [10.] Burning in the eyelids (eighth day). Black muscae volitantes, like pin-heads (eighth day.
Ear
Earache, from the least dampness, extending to the articulation of the jaw (first day). Paroxysm of pain from the ear to the teeth, less severe but lasting longer than the previous one (eighth day). Sudden report in the ear like a pistol-shot, with frightful pain extending to the teeth for two or three minutes; this attack recurs four times during the forenoon, at hourly intervals (seventh day). The detonating sensations in the ear recur as often as eight times in the course of the day, and are succeeded by profuse sweat (eight day).
Nose
Repeated sneezing (ninth day). Coryza (ninth day).
Mouth
Toothache aggravated by hold drinks (eighth day). Red tongue (twelfth day). The tongue feels thick, as if it filled the whole mouth, though really but little swollen (twelfth day).
Great difficulty in moving the tongue and in speaking (twelfth day).
Throat
Pain in the throat, with sensation as of a plug in the pharynx (twelfth day). Tonsillitis (twelfth day).
Stomach
Prolonged hiccoughing (second day). Nausea, aggravated by movement (second day).
Abdomen
Pain in the left hypochondrium when bending forward (second day). lancinating pain in the hepatic region, worse when walking or stooping (eighth day). Pain in the abdomen, from within outward (first day). Cold feeling in the hypogastrium, especially in the evening (first day). Pain in the posterior iliac spine when stretching the leg or rising, for several successive days (twelfth day).
Anus
Burning pain at the anus after sitting (eighth day).
Stool
Involuntary stools (sixth day). Profuse painless diarrhoea (seventh day). Copious yellow diarrhoeic stools (seventh day).
Light yellow stool, which cannot be retained after standing up (ninth day).
Sexual Organs
Burning heat, followed by violent itching of the vulva (ninth day).
Chest
Pain in the left breast, worse when walking (twelfth day). Great itching in the left breast and nipple, especially in the morning (twelfth day).
Neck
Pain like stiff neck on the left side (second day). [40.] Very stiff neck, so that he cannot raise or incline the head (fifth day). Pain at the nape of the neck, piercing to the forehead, and causing a numbness and heaviness which draws the head down (fifth day).
Inferior Extremities
Severe pain in the knee-joint (twelfth day). Heaviness in the legs, with lassitude, in the evening (ninth day). Numbness of the legs; on rising from a seat he cannot stand upright (fourth day).
Crampy pain from the calf to the heel (ninth day). Numbness at the ankle joint, when sitting still (first day). Numbness in the ankle joint, every time on rising (seventh day). Cramps of the left ankle joint (sixth day). Crampy pain in the tendo Achillis (ninth day).
Generalities
(50.) Air aggravation the pains (eighth day).
Skin
Violent itching near the sternal extremity of the right clavicle, followed by a moist herpes, which is dispersed in six hours (third day). Great itching on the right arm; it is covered with red pimples rounded like pins’ heads; the itching ceases before night, but the eruption lasts all day. Pimples break out on the left side of the neck; they are less inflamed but itch as much (fourth day). The pimples on the arm and neck gradually disperse (fifth day).
Sleep
Light, but unbroken, night’s sleep (second day).
Conditions. Aggravation
(Air), Pains. (Cold drinks), Toothache. (Bending forward), Pain in left hypochondrium. (Movement), Nausea. (On rising), Numbness in the ankle joints. (When sitting still), Numbness in ankle joints. (After sitting), Pain at anus. (Stooping). Pain in head; pain in hepatic region. (Walking), Heaviness of eyes; pain in hepatic region; pain in left breast.
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.