Chilliness in the back, at noon (seventeenth day). Shivering in the back (immediately). Pinching chill in the feet and between the shoulders; a quarter of an hour afterwards, much external heat with burning pain in the left arm and on the left side of the upper part of the body, with redness of the cheeks.
Chilliness in the back and head, heat on the anterior part of the body. Sensation of internal coldness in the limbs (as from deadness in one finger, or as if the limb would full asleep, or like a distressing sensation of coldness in the limbs internally, at the onset of a paroxysm of ague), though there was no trace of external coldness. Extremely cold hands and feet, all day.
Coldness of the forearms. Coldness on the left tibia. Chilliness of the feet and between the scapulae, soon followed by heat on the left side and left arm (immediately). Cold feet and legs (twelfth day). Cold feet alternating with pains in the legs; hollow of the feet ache with the cold (twenty-fourth day). Heat.
Fever; at first weary with sleep, and yawning in the forenoon; feeling like falling asleep while walking, with anxiety; afterwards a stool with cutting pain; then excessive heat over the whole body (about 10 A.M.), without thirst; it seems as though he were dashed with warm water (mingled with shivering), or as if the blood circulated hot through the vessels, and too violently through the head, and as if the head were pressed down to stooping, with throbbing headache; about 7 P.M. a chill, it seemed as though he were dashed with cold water, or as if the blood ran cold through the vessels; after lying down and covering up he immediately became hot; through the night a kind of drawing in the spine between the shoulders and in the limbs, as if he constantly wanted to stretch them; on the morning sweat. Fever; towards noon he was attacked by febrile coldness in all the limbs, with violent headache and vertigo (somewhat relieved by walking); towards evening again chill, he was obliged to lie down; at night he was unable to sleep, he lay with constant vertigo and continued perspiration (after forty- eight hours). Fever; about 5 P.M., stretching of the limbs shivering over the whole body, with much thirst, cold hands, heat and redness of the face; also again in the evening in bed, shivering; in the morning, perspiration over the whole body, with pressure in the temples. Fever; about 6 P.M., warmth of the body, with internal and external heat of the head and shivering over the body, without thirst; at the same time stretching, drawing weakness in the limbs, and headache like a dulness and compression in the side of the occiput; together with violent cough, with very short breath, and pain in the throat, as if the tonsils were swollen; slight perspiration over the whole body, towards morning. Evening, fever with diarrhoea; at 8 P.M., a chill; afterwards in bed, dry heat for several hours with much thirst, with cutting pains as with knives in the abdomen, and diarrhoea with the heat, for several hours; followed by sleep; in the morning again diarrhoea (after twenty-four hours). A second paroxysm came on with evening fever and diarrhoea; in the evening, after 6 o’clock, chill in all the limbs for an hour (without thirst); afterwards at first dry heat, then violent heat with profuse perspiration, lasting three hours, with thirst; the diarrhoea consisted only of mucus with violent colic, followed by tenesmus, and accompanied by headache; a pressure from both temples towards the middle, and rush of blood and heat in the head (after forty-eight hours).
Double tertian fever with jaundice. Fever associated with twitching. High fever. A high state of fever attended the erysipelas (after a few hours). Fever and languor compel me to go to bed, at 2 P.M. (after eighteen hours). Fever. Fever of a remittent type and sometimes with brain symptoms. The action seems to predispose to pernicious intermittent fever.
Considerable fever. Slight general febrile action. She was too hot internally, while externally she was chilly, and yet was naturally warm to touch, without special thirst; coffee aggravated the internal heat, all day. Heat with great thirst. He became warm while walking in the cold open air, and broke into a cold perspiration all over. Heat and perspiration over the whole body, on entering the hands after walking in the open air.
Unnatural heat, especially of the hands, in the evening, with dull headache. (When sitting he gets into a heat. The febrile action was great; skin hot; pulse full and rapid. Hot skin and anxiety (after eighteen hours). Heat of surface great (third and fourth days); fever abated (sixth day). Distressing sensation of heat over the whole body through the night, without thirst. Sensation of heat and externally perceptible heat, with distended veins, with weakness, so that she must lean back while sitting, with violent thirst, also frequent thirst at night; the next day shivering in the upper part of the body, especially in the arms. Heat in the had, extending into the throat, without redness of the face. Heat in the head and hands, with chilliness of the rest of the body and qualmishness, followed by chilliness of the whole body with qualmishness. An internal heat in the forehead and whole head, in the evening, scarcely noticed on external touch. Heat on the left side and coldness on the right side of the body, without chilliness. Hot flushed face and relaxation of eyelids with puffiness of lids (after seventeen hours). The face looked very red and she felt a burning heat in the skin, and yet it was only moderately warm to the touch. Warmth of the face and fingers, with shivering chilliness in the scapulae, without thirst.
Sensation of heat in the feet. Sweat. Sweat all over when coughing. Sweat all over the body, without odor, and not exhausting, during sleep, about 3 to 4 A. M. Perspiration over the whole body, except on the face, which, however, was hot (in the afternoon). Sweat all over, even on the face (after a quarter of an hour). Slight perspiration over the whole body, not on the head, in the morning in bed. Sweats from warm drinks. Profuse, sweat, in the morning. Sweat, every morning. Sour-smelling sweat, in the morning, with cold sweaty cheeks. The skin is most and the hair of the head is wet. Sweat before midnight.
Night sweat, especially about the neck. Perspiration of a strong odor, at night, without being wet. Slight sweat through the whole night. Sweat on both thighs, in the morning. (Sweat of the feet).
Aggravation
(Morning), Low-spirited, crying; dizziness; headache; eyes red and agglutinated; on rising from bed, flow of nasal mucus; accumulation of saliva in mouth; mucus on tongue salt; bitterness in mouth disappearing after eating; hawking of mucus; after rising, nausea; cough; in bed, pain in chest; in bed, pain in limbs on which he is not lying; in bed, inclination to stretch out leg and foot; on rising, pain in feet; on first standing, pain in heels; sweat. (Forenoon), Headache; after intellectual labor, pain over right eye. (Afternoon), Anxiety at heart; headache in occiput; crawling in spot on occiput; during nap, accumulation of saliva; towards evening, paralysis of whole body; 6 P.M., sufferings; towards evening, chilliness.
(Evening), Pain in eyes; lids dry; lachrymation; pain in canine teeth; on lying down, nausea; pain in vagina; tickling cough; stitch from right side of chest to left; while sitting, stitches above precordial region; on stooping, stinging in back; itching. (Night), Anxiety; apprehension; throbbing in ear; jerking toothache; bitter taste; thirst; midnight, after lying down, pain in kidney; erections; cough; short breath; tension across chest; sensation in left arm; midnight, while lying in bed, cramp in calves; pain in tibia; uneasiness; itching and burning; pain; biting pain in ulcer; sweat. (Cold air), Singing in heat; the symptoms. (Open air), Fretfulness; pain in joints. (Bending head forward), Pressure in cervical muscles.
(Bending forward), Pain in dorsal muscles. (Bending part), Sprained sensation in left wrist. (When in bed), Pain in biceps muscles of both arms. (When biting and chewing), Teeth painful. (On deep breathing), Sticking in left side. (Cold), Pain between scapulae. (When coughing), Pain in stomach; stitches in left side of chest; sweat all over. (After eating), Vertigo; headache; pressure in stomach; distension of abdomen; apprehensiveness in abdomen; shivering. (After eating and drinking), Eructations; nausea; griping in upper abdomen.
(Exerting vision), Aching in eyes. (During expiration), Cutting to left of navel. (After drinking beer), Headache. (After drinking cold water), Prickings in neck and back; prickings in skin; sufferings. (After drinking ice-water), Pain at head of left fibula. (On falling asleep), Pressure in stomach. (On going down-stairs), Stiffness. (On going to stool), Shortness of breath. (Grasping anything), Pain in wrist. (On hawking and clearing throat), Nosebleed. (In the house), Melancholy; ill- humor, etc. (During inspiration), Pain in left flank; stitch at left of sternum. (When laying hand down), Twitching inward of thumbs. (On lying down), Vertigo. (While lying down), Drawing in limbs; stitches in a small spot on limb; pain in arm; stitches in the shoulders. (After lying down), Sticking in tendo Achillis. (Lying on affected side), Shooting and throbbing in left side. (After a moderate meal), Fullness. (During micturition), Eructations; pain in rectum; burning pain at root of urethra; pain in anterior portion of urethra. (After taking milk), Sour taste. (Motion), Headache; pain in small of back; pain in bones of left forearm; sensation in right forearm; violent stitches in hamstrings. (On moving about), Pressure in stomach. (On moving in bed), Pain in inguinal glands.
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.