Movement of bowels, as if an evacuation would occur (after one hour and one-third). In the night woke with a pain all over the abdomen; it was excessively painful (tenth day). Pain wandering over the belly (tenth day). Sensation in the bowels as if diarrhoea would ensue, with aching pain in the rectum (one hour after second dose). Sensation in the bowels and rectum as if diarrhoea would ensue; continued two or three hours (twenty-two hours after fifth dose). Sensation in the bowels as if diarrhoea would ensue, with aching in the rectum (fourth day). During the day a burning pain in the abdomen and stomach (fourth day). A cutting pain in the abdomen, in the evening, followed by a diarrhoeic stool (seventh day). Sharp pain in the abdomen followed the symptoms of fever, and was increased by deep inspiration, but entirely subsided on rising (second morning).
Sharp pain and rumbling in the abdomen, in the evening, followed by dull headache (twenty-fourth day). Sharp pain in the lower part of the abdomen, in the morning before rising, followed by two diarrhoeic stools, and a dull pain in the abdomen, which lasted two or three hours (sixth day).
Rectum
On retiring at night, first became aware of the protrusion of a small hemorrhoidal tumor (eleventh day); troubled much all day, in all postures, by hemorrhoids; sensation of heat and irritation about the anus, with sensation as of a foreign body there (twelfth day); hemorrhoidal tumor still exists, but is slight; itching of anus (fourteenth day); great itching of anus (seventeenth day). Aching in the rectum, with the sensation as if diarrhoea would ensue (fourth day). A feeling in the rectum as if a rough stick was forced up, painful on walking, Itching in the anus.
Stool
Diarrhoea. Copious diarrhoeic stool, with colic pains just above the hypogastrium, and a very disagreeable rumbling in the bowels, together with nausea and loss of appetite. These sensations continued nearly throughout the day, with some four or five evacuations, which poured away in a stream, as if a large quantity would be discharged; nevertheless, each discharge was suddenly arrested, and the inclination passed away entirely for a short time; but on rising the urgency returned, and on returning to the cabinet a new stream of liquid faeces poured forth as before. At short intervals there occurred, throughout the day, inclination to go to stool, with much rumbling of the bowels, but the urgency to stool was not so pressing that it could not be well resisted (fifth day). In the morning looseness of bowels, with colic some time before their movement; stool of brown color (third day). At the usual hour a very loose diarrhoeic discharge from the bowels occurred (fourth morning). Movement of the bowels, in the morning, watery and brown (tenth day). At 4 P.M. bad a slight liquid motion from bowels, the desire therefore being very urgent, and waking him from sleep (fifteenth day). Motion of the intestines, with emission of wind. Faeces black (eleventh day); normally yellow (twelfth day). Scanty faeces (thirteenth day). Dry and hard stool (thirteenth day). Constipation. Previous to the taking of this medicine the bowels were regular, but during the proving of it they were more or less constipated. Constipation (eighth day); third day of constipation (eleventh day). Costiveness for three days (sixth day). Constipation for three days, followed by a natural stool (ninth day). Constipation for three days, followed by a small dry and hard stool (sixteenth day). Constipation for three days, followed by a dry and hard stool (twenty-fourth day).
Urinary Organs
Constant inclination to urinate (sixth day). Frequent desire to urinate during the day (seventh day). Inclination to urinate not as frequent to-day as yesterday, but an unusual urgency with the desire to urinate; must speedily evacuate the bladder, or there is a sensation as if the urine could not be retained (eighth day); during the day noticed an urgency as soon as there is an inclination to urinate (nineteenth day); same urgency; sensation as if the urine must be immediately voided as soon as the inclination takes place, as if it would be impossible to retain it long; the sensation is apparently located at the neck of the bladder (twentieth day); urgency as soon as there is an inclination to urinate, which is rather too often (twenty-seventh day); urging to urinate (twenty-eighth day).
During the day observed a frequent inclination to urinate, attended with a sensation as if the urine could not long be retained (fourth day). Copious discharge of colorless urine (after eight hours, second day). In afternoon urine less copious than usual, red and turbid, with a flocculent deposit and oily surface (eighth day); brick dust sediment in urine very marked and heavy (ninth day).
Sexual Organs
Tendency to phimosis (twelfth day). During evening had feeling of soreness and excoriation, with redness of end of prepuce (ninth day); still soreness, with increased redness and itching (tenth day). Redness and soreness of prepuce, worse in evening and early morning (eleventh day); itching of prepuce (twelfth day). Itching of prepuce (twelfth and fifteenth days).
Sexual desire diminished through the proving. Complete loss of sexual desire for several days (sixth day).
Respiratory Organs
Larynx. Much tough mucus in the larynx, with a constant desire to hawk and raise it, but without relief; worse at night, but has been troublesome all day (third day). Secretion of mucus in the larynx, removed by hawking (within half an hour). Hawking up mucus from the larynx. Violent irritation to cough in the larynx while eating; observed at three meals (third day). Pain in the top of larynx. Pain in larynx (after one hour and one- third). Pain in the larynx, mostly on the left side. Voice. At 2 P.M., on these two consecutive days, the voice suddenly rose several notes in pitch, and so continued for about half an hour; voice sounded at 4 P.M. as though he had a cold in his head (fourth day). Obstruction of voice and some coryza (fifth day).
Voice changed at 11 A.M. into a nasal tone, for a short time only (second day). Hoarseness (tenth day). Cough. In three days he was attacked with a severe an durable cough, presenting a character entirely different from any he had ever experienced.
It was a dry spasmodic cough, assimilating an early stage of whooping-cough. It was dry at first, came on in paroxysms, preceded by a tickling sensation in the throat-pit, and attended with congestion and slight pain in the head and wrenching pains in the right side of the chest. The time of commencement of the most violent paroxysms was a few minutes after lying down at night, which was usually about 11 o’clock.
This paroxysm lasted ten or fifteen minutes; after this he slept all night. A less severe paroxysm occurred in bed, in the morning, after waking, and at various times through the day. This state continued about two weeks, when there was a commencement of expectoration of adhesive mucus in small quantities, detached with difficulty. The whole duration was about a month. Some medicines were taken in the latter stages, but without obvious effects. Hacking cough (after twelve minutes). Respiration. Sensation of breathlessness, as if the air did not penetrate the chest, or like what is felt when falling or passing very rapidly through the air.
Chest
He has had a dull aching pain in the anterior portion of both lungs, which has harassed him day and night, for the last five days; it was accompanied with some headache and pain in the stomach, also with belching of wind (thirty-fifth day). Aching pain in the anterior portion of the lungs, which disappeared and returned several times, in the afternoon (seventeenth day). At 3.30 P.M., while writing at the desk, experienced for a little time, five stitches in the substance of the left lung (sixth day). Fullness in the chest, with the feeling of languor (second day). Raw pain in the chest just under each clavicle, while hawking mucus out of the throat (seventh day).
Pain in chest (fifth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh days). Momentary shooting pains in various parts of the chest, during the evening (twenty-seventh day). A deep inspiration causes stitches around the wrist, at 7 A.M. (third day). Pain in chest, on both sides (fourth day). Front and Sides. At one time in the afternoon, while riding, a deep inspiration produced a very acute stitch along the left margin of the sternum (third day).
Sensation of dry heat in the middle of the chest, with the stinging-burning pain in the back (sixth day). Pain in right side; in the left side (sixth, seventh and eighth days). Severe pain in both sides, and felt as if in the lungs (third day).
Pain in right side of thoracic region when lying down; left side, with sense of depression in the thorax (first and second days). Pain in little below and anterior to the nipple, most frequently on the right side of the chest. Pain in the right side about the lower rib, being like a bruised sensation (after one hour and fifty minutes). Burning-tingling pain (similar to itching) below, and to the right of the left nipple (after six hours, second day). Momentary sharp pain in right side of chest (fifteenth day). Dull pain in the left side near the back, just above the last true rib, after lying down at night (eighth and ninth days). Observed a soreness for a few minutes in the whole of the left side of the chest, after turning to that side (second day). Pain in the left side of chest. Acute lancinating pain, a little to the left of the sternum and under the left breast (four hours and a half after second dose, sixth day). While at dinner, a momentary slight stitch in the left side, near lower edge of the ribs (seventh day). A sticking pain in the left thoracic region, in the morning before rising, followed by a dull pain in the lungs (fourth day). Raw stinging pain a little to the left of the longitudinal center of the sternum, which obstructs deep inspiration, at night (seventh day). Burning-stinging pain in the left side, near the heart, came on soon after lying down in bed; gradually moved up into the great pectoral muscle, about two inches above and to the left of the nipple, and continued for a long time; increased by a deep inspiration and by lying on the back or right side; relieved by lying on the left side (tenth day). Burning-stinging pain in the whole left side of the chest, suddenly, when taking a deep inspiration, while in the act of lying down in bed, at night (after fourteen hours, third 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.