Looseness of the lower incisors; she cannot bite upon them. The teeth are loose, with from time to time a painful crawling in them, as in a limb asleep. The front teeth became loose and were painful from cold and warm drinks. Visible looseness of the two first back teeth, of both canines, and of the right lower incisors, with crawling pain in the gum, even when not chewing. Toothache in the lower back teeth, a sharp pressure and a dull pin, with a sensation of a mouldy smell in the mouth.
Toothache (drawing) in a sound tooth, soon after dinner (after thirty hours). Toothache (in the evening), first in a hollow tooth, which became elongated and loose, then also in the other teeth, in which the pain was partly sticking and partly crawling. Toothache in the right upper teeth, as if they were drawn into their sockets by the roots. Jerking toothache at night (about 10 P.M.); the jerking extended into the head; relieved by the application of the cold hand. Jerking from below upward in a dental nerve, relieved by the application of a cold hand, which was only palliative. Jerking pain in the nerves of the hollow teeth. Slowly sticking and at the same time jerking pain in the canine teeth, in the evening. Dull pressure in the lower back teeth, and on the left shoulder by the clavicle. The teeth are painful only when biting and chewing, as if too long and loose, yet they do not pain when touched and are not loose. Pain in the front teeth when touched with the tongue. Tearing pain in the teeth, relieved by hot applications (after two doses). On touching left upper canine tooth a shooting from where left ala nasi joins face to left forehead, left temple, and left shoulder. Cutting and a sore pain in the teeth. Painful crawling like a digging with a needle in a tooth; a fine sticking digging. Sensation as if a tenacious substance were between the teeth of the right side. Gums.
Pressure on the outer portion of the gum of the lower back teeth, and at the same there on the inner gum of the front teeth, and in the periosteum of the teeth. An intolerably sore pain in the gum, associated with burning, extending into the roots of the back teeth, at two o’clock A.M., obliging him to sit up in bed, with a sensation of heat of the body, and especially of the head, with perspiration on the forehead.
Tongue. Blisters on the tongue. Tongue coated at the root yellowish-white. Coated tongue. Tongue thickly coated. Tongue still coated (fourth day). Brown mucus on the tongue, except the edges, in the morning on rising (eighteenth day).
Transient reddish-brown coat on the tongue, except near the edges, on rising, in the morning (twentieth day). Sore sensation, with redness at the apex of the tongue, remained at least two days (thirty-second day). Tongue on one morning had a dark- brown mucus on it, on another is coated yellow. Tongue dry on waking late, about 8 A. m. (twenty-fourth day). The tongue was not coated, but very dry, which provoked drinking. Sensation of dryness on the tip of the tongue (without visible dryness), to which he attributes his thirst. Burning and smarting of the tongue (after six minutes), with increase of saliva (after seven minutes). General Mouth. She slept with open mouth. An intense inflammation and vesicular eruption of the mucous membrane, so far as the acrid juices of the plant are applied. Fetid breath (after eighteenth hours). Soreness in the upper and back part of the palate. Soreness in the corners of the mouth (after thirty-six hours). Great heat in the mouth, and gullet suddenly manifested itself (after twenty-five days). Apparent dryness of the mouth; sensation of dryness, with great thirst.
Coldness in the mouth, that was closed, as from a draft of wind, with roaring in the left ear. A cutting-throbbing pain as from an ulcer, on the plate posteriorly, where the teeth terminate; when touched a sticking pain as in an ulcer. Saliva.
Water accumulates in the mouth, as frequently obliged to spit.
Accumulation of saliva in the mouth, after the customary smoke. Much saliva accumulated in the mouth. Accumulation of saliva. Saliva runs from the mouth during the afternoon nap. The mouth fills with salt water, in the morning, in bed. Accumulation of saliva in the mouth, in the morning, with qualmishness almost to vomiting, though with hunger. He was obliged to spit out saliva and mucus all day, therewith something that taste sour rises from the stomach into the mouth. Much mucus in the mouth, without an unnatural taste. Grayish mucus in the mouth, in the morning (second day). Frequent spitting of very tenacious mucus. Internal inclination to spit, as if there were much saliva in the mouth. Taste. A fatty taste in the mouth; though food has a natural taste. There is a taste of bad meat in the mouth, in the forenoon, as if he stomach had been disordered by bad meat; food, however, has a natural and good taste; (after eating the bad taste did not return). Flat taste in the mouth.
The mucus on the tongue, in the morning, is salt. Bad taste in the mouth, though without a bad odor, in the morning after waking and after eating. Coppery taste in the mouth and a scraping feeling low down in the throat. Slimy taste in the mouth; the mouth seems coated with mucus. Bad, slimy taste in the mouth, she was obliged to spit much. A disgusting bitter taste, with a sensation of dryness in the mouth, frequently woke her at night. Bread has a bitter, rough taste. (Acid things taste bitter). (Bread taste bitter). (Bitterness in the mouth all day, even food has a bitter taste). Bitterness in the mouth, in the morning, disappearing after eating. Sour taste in the mouth after taking milk. An acrid, bitter, sour taste in the mouth.
Mouth taste sour. A bloody taste in both the nose and mouth, followed by a bilious bitter taste. When coughing she has a taste of blood in the mouth, though she raises no blood.
Throat
A hot vapor comes from the throat (from the lungs). She was obliged to clear the throat much, in the morning, and the more she rinsed out the mouth the worse the mucus in the throat became. Profuse hawking of mucus, in the morning. Mucus in the throat and posterior nares (after eight minutes). Tenacious mucus in the throat, disappearing after hawking a little, but leaving a kind of roughness. Dryness in the throat, after getting in the bed. Sensation of dryness in the throat. Sensation of swelling in the throat, associated with a bruised pain, when talking and when not; but on swallowing, a pressive swollen pain with sticking, as if something sharp were penetrating (after three hours). A pressure in the throat when swallowing, less on swallowing food than on empty swallowing.
Sore throat, deglutition difficult, with stitching pains, throat much swollen externally, as the maxillary and parotid glands were greatly enlarged (second day); throat symptoms much improved (third day). Soreness of throat, with intense burning extending to the stomach. Roughness in the throat and trachea, as if the chest were raw and sore. Roughness in the throat, that provokes a hacking cough (after three hours). A sensation in the pit of the throat, as if stopped and constricted in the trachea, relieved for a short time only by eating and drinking. Whenever the throat is dry, there is a sticking when swallowing, but when moist there is a pressure in it. When swallowing and yawning, a stitch in the throat, as violent as if she had swallowed a needle. Violent stitches, that commence dull and end sharp and pointed, in the throat, in the region of the epiglottis, when not swallowing, and always removed by swallowing. Sensation of rawness and soreness in the left tonsil, when swallowing (after six hours). Strong burning sensation in the throat and chest in the region of the oesophagus, with decided and slightly burning pain in the back, about noon (twenty-first day). Burning in the throat (after four minutes). Sensation of coldness in the throat on expiration, as if a cold breath were exhaled. Pricking in the throat like needles, low down in the sternum. Burning in the oesophagus, in the forenoon (third and fourth days). Difficulty of swallowing, from soreness and apparent smallness of throat.
She is unable to drink; on every swallow the drink chokes her, as if the pharynx were inactive or paralyzed; associated with a sensation of dryness in the throat posteriorly. Swelling of the submaxillary glands, with sticking pain on swallowing. Parotid and submaxillary glands hard and swollen. Throbbing pain in the throat posteriorly.
Stomach
Appetite and Thirst. Appetite greater than usual (after four days). A kind of ravenous hunger, yet the mouth seemed soapy; everything tastes like straw and causes eructations; after taking the slightest amount of food the appetite entirely disappears and he feels full. Ravenous hunger and emptiness in the stomach, with loss of appetite in the palate and throat, that disappear after sitting awhile. Natural hunger in the morning, indifference to food at non, yet he ate with relish. He was hungry, in the morning; but on going to the table he was indifferent to food, and it was all the same whether he ate or not. Frequent sudden appetite of dainties. Strong desire of cheese, sometimes for hearty food. Food is relished (in the evening), except bread, that seems rough, dry, and scrapy.
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.