Ear
Tickling in the left external meatus auditorius, changing into a pain on boring with the finger, for hours. Violent pain in the right outer ear, commencing in the morning, an continuing nearly all day (second day). Pain in the right ear, as if the ear were being pressed asunder (after nine hours). Periodical boring or drawing pain in and around the ear (first days).
Darting pain in the left ear and in the left temporal region (seventh day). Tearing sensation in and about the right ear (after two hours). Stitches in the right ear, slow and pressing, from within outwards. Transient stitches in the left ear (thirteenth day). Beating sensation in the left ear (thirteenth day). Sensation in the left ear, as if a worm were creeping in it (second day). Hearing. Buzzing in the left ear, all the forenoon, which is most distinct when whistling.
Constant buzzing in the ears, and a sensation as if water were rushing into them; loud sounds re-echo for a long time (fourth and sixth days). Humming and ringing before the ears (soon after taking the drug, and on the second evening while lying in bed).
Nose
Continued violent sneezing, with heat in the face, early in the morning when rising (ninth and tenth days). Several times sneezing, and an increased discharge of thin mucus from the nose, in the forenoon (first day). Moderate bleeding from the left nostril (after half an hour). Violent fluent coryza, with headache and roughness of the throat (eighth and ninth days). Fluent coryza, with diminution of smell and taste (eighth day); continuing for a fortnight. Fluent coryza, alternating with obstruction of one nostril (fourth day).
Increased secretion of mucus in the nose, as if a catarrh would set in (first day). Increased secretion of mucus in the nose in the open air (first days). Increase of nasal mucus while one or the other nostril was stopped near the root of the nose (third and fourth days). Dry coryza, with frequent sneezing (eighth day). Stoppage of the nose, early in the morning (first days). Stoppage of the left half of the nose, near the root, worse in the morning before rising; during the day the stoppage of the left nostril alternates with that of the right, but the nose was never stopped entirely; less in the open air; continued (immediately). Stoppage of the left nostril. Stoppage of the left nostril, early in the morning; several mornings in succession. The left nostril was stopped near the root, with sore pain, accompanied with a sensation of accumulation of mucus, in the open air. Troublesome dryness of the nose (after eight hours). Itching and creeping in the nose. Smell. The smell and taste are altered; all things smell and taste alike (sixth day).
Face
Drawing from the left half of the face into the left eye, leaving a pressure behind in the eye (after half an hour).
Prickling biting in the cheek, for several days, coming suddenly and passing off soon. Considerable dryness of the lips (after half an hour). Dry and burning lips.
Mouth
Teeth. Toothache; the approach of thunderstorm or of cloudy windy weather, is always preceded by a pain, which partakes of the character of drawing aching (and cutting); the thunderstorm set in one or two the cloudy and rainy weather several hours after the toothache; the pain commenced in the ear, at least was in connection with a pain in the ear. The whole night he had a pain in the left lower jaw and teeth, accompanied with otalgia; the right side of the head was affected in a similar manner, but less violently; pressure seemed now to relieve, not to increase the pain; the warmth of the bed had no influence of the pain. Occasional grumbling and tearing in the four first anterior molar teeth, for a short time; now in the upper, now in the lower jaw; now on the right, now on the left side.
Violent drawing pain in the teeth of the right lower jaw, disappearing by eating (fourth day). Drawing in the left molar teeth, recurring (first day and afterwards several times).
Drawing and pricking pain in one of the left molar teeth; it does nor bear touch (second day). A (tearing) sharp aching pain in the upper molar teeth, increased by warm food, and by staying in a warm room, towards evening (first day). Tearing in a hollow tooth. Transient pain in single teeth, recurring especially in damp weather, and before a storm. Dull stitching in the hollow tooth of the left upper jaw. Prickling and biting in the front teeth. Gum. Aching pain, as if swollen and sore, between the gums of the right lower jaw an the cheeks (second day). Continuous, not very troublesome itching of the gums, obliging one to rub them frequently (third and fourth days). Tongue. The tongue has a greenish coating, with bitter taste in the mouth. One one side of the root of the tongue and gums, he has a painful, somewhat swollen spot. Burning on the tongue during an inspiration. Prickling sensation on the tongue (after half an hour). General Mouth. Small vesicles on the inner surface of the lower lip, and the lower surface of the tongue, occasioning a biting pain when eating (third day).
Great dryness of the whole buccal cavity (after half an hour). Dryness of the mouth. Burning and a feeling of head in the posterior part of the mouth, as if catarrh would set in (after thirty hours). Contractive sensation along the left Stenonian duct (second days). Saliva. Accumulation of saliva in the mouth (after two hours). The saliva is somewhat increased, and has a sourish taste, early in the morning (first days). Much saliva in the mouth. Taste. Altered taste; all things taste alike (first days). Continually sourish, saltish taste in the mouth; he experiences nausea when swallowing the saliva, early in the morning (first and second days). Flat bitter taste (after one hour). Putrid bitter taste on the posterior part of the tongue (after twenty-four hours). Putrid taste in the mouth, early in the morning (after twenty-four hours). Taste of straw in the mouth, all day. Sourish taste in the mouth.
Throat
Roughness in his throat, early in the morning. Scraping sensation in the throat; sensation as if tenacious mucus were adhering to the trachea, which he is unable to cough up, during a walk.
Burning in the throat and palate, after eating bread, in the forenoon (first an third days). Simple pain in the posterior surface of the throat, during the deglutition of food, in the evening (first day). Tickling in the throat excites a cough. Uvula and Fauces. Stitches in the uvula (after one hour).
It contracts the fauces and has a burning taste. Scraping and scratching sensation in the fauces; sensation as if those parts were lined with mucus. Burning in the fauces, with constrictive feeling in those parts. Burning and constriction of the fauces, etc. External Throat. Drawing stitches, they seem to extend from the left submaxillary gland towards the cheek (third day).
Stomach
Appetite and Thirst. The appetite was good, but speedily satisfied (second, third, and fourth days). He is easily satisfied, and feels very weak after satiety. Loss of appetite. Thirst, etc. The thirst is somewhat increased.
Troublesome thirst. Eructations. Tasteless eructations. Some eructations (after a few minutes). Rising of oppressive wind, after dinner, causing a burning through the whole chest, which extended as far as the dorsal vertebrae. Uprising of a rancid fluid, occasioning a scratching sensation in the throat. Uprising of a small quantity of a bitter-tasting liquid.
Empty eructations. Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea.
Considerable continuous nausea, with inclination to vomit (soon). Nausea, as if one had taken an emetic, with indication for stool. It occasions nausea and slight vomiting. Nausea, accumulation of water in the mouth, and inclination to vomit.
Nausea when stooping, diminished by an eructation (soon). Nausea, with pressure in the pit and region of the stomach (after twenty-four hours). Nausea, with accumulation of water in the mouth (after half an hour). Vomiting of a green bitter substance. Vomiting after taking anything fluid, especially cold water, which weakens the effects of the drug. Vomiting from large doses. Stomach. Superficial pains, here and there, in the pit of the stomach and the region of the short ribs, especially on the left side; the pain is now a fine, now a dull stitching, accompanied with pressure (third and fourth days). Continuous aching pain deep in the pit of the stomach, accompanied with alternate drawing and dull stitching along the union of the short ribs, frequently increasing to oppression of breathing, anxiety and heat in the face, especially in the afternoon, when standing (third, fourth, and fifth days). Aching pain in the pit of the stomach, when stooping and when pressing inward. Continual aching pain in the pit of the stomach, before, during, and after dinner (after one hour). Aching pain in the pit of the stomach, at night in bed (first night). Aching-clawing pain in the pit of the stomach, sometimes spreading into both hypochondria and impending respiration (second day). Paroxysmal drawing-aching pain in the epigastrium, with nausea (third day). An unusual gnawing sensation (sensation of hunger) in the region of the stomach, before a meal (first day). Slight pressure in the pit of the stomach (first day). Troublesome pressure in the region of the pit of the stomach (first days). Sharp pressure in the pit of the stomach, an hour after dinner (first days).
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.