Evacuation of the bowels semisolid, with considerable gripping before stool (twelfth day). It produced only two motions and those very gentle. It is remarkable that though Sanguinaria does not seems to be capable of purging, or even of proving directly laxative, yet when taken in large quantities in itself, and for a considerable length of time, it will, for the most part, obviate habitual costiveness, and even when conjoined with Opium, it will not infrequently prevent any constipating effect from the article. Whenever, it was employed with Opium, the faeces became of bright-yellow color, and a free state of the bowels took place. Bowels constipated (sixth day). Bowels constipated; faeces natural in color, but in hard lumps, in the morning (eighth day); constipation continued (ninth day). Bowels remain constipated (thirteenth, fourteenth, and eighteenth days).
Urinary Organs
Pain from the kidneys seems to penetrate into the right iliac fossa, and then to shoot through to the sigmoid flexure of the colon, then extending down to the rectum (after hours, second day). Dull heavy pain across the kidneys (third morning). Pain in the bladder (sixteenth and fourteenth days). Some difficulty in discharging urine, having somewhat of an ardor urinae. Increased desire to urinate, voiding only a little at a time, but as often as every hour during the day (eighth and ninth days). Constant desire to urinate, but there is not any increase in the amount of the urine voided (twelfth day). Frequent micturition, even at night. Frequent micturition at night, always of much watery urine. Urinate often, quantity natural, color dark-yellow (thirteenth day). In the evening, the urine is a little more copious than during the day, very high colored, and throws down a reddish sediment on standing (third day). Increase in the quantity of urine (ninth and tenth days). The urine increases in quantity about one-half and was voided often (first day).
Increase in the quantity of urine (ninth and eleventh days).
Urine higher-colored, and not quite as easily voided (third morning). Urine scanty, red, and high-colored, in morning (eighth and ninth days).
Sexual Organs
Male. Burning sensation in the glans penis (twelfth day); the pain continues (thirteenth day). Emissions two nights in succession, after which he felt very well. Female. Menses appeared a week too early, with black blood. Sometimes it excites the catamenial secretion, and it has occasionally been known to produce uterine hemorrhage. Menses much too profuse than usual, with less pain and weakness in the small of the back than usual; but with headache in the right side of the forehead and side of the head, worse in the right eye (second day). Catamenia at the right time; very offensive putrid smell, bright red; the blood deposits clot in the vessels like lumps of flesh; towards the end of the blood became darker, and the offensive odor abated; the first four days the flow was very copious, and the catamenia lasted ten days (seventh day). Cessation of the menses (fifteenth day).
Respiratory Organs
Voice. Aphonia, with swelling in the throat. Cough and Expectoration. A dry cough, awakening him from sleep, which did not cease until he sat upright in bed, and flatus was discharged both upwards and downwards. Dry cough, with considerable tickling in throat-pit, and a crawling sensation, extending down beneath the sternum; cough becoming very severe, causing considerable pain beneath the upper part of the sternum, with no expectoration; lasted about two hours (second day). Dry, cough, and some pain in the chest, in the morning (third day). Dry cough, caused by incessant tickling in the stomach, with shortness of breath, for fifteen minutes (fifth day). Teasing, dry, hacking cough, with dryness in the throat, in the afternoon (second day). The dry hacking cough was persistent after the proving. Frequent hacking cough, especially while eating, for several days. Hacking cough caused by tickling in the throat, several evenings after lying down. Hacking cough. Paroxysms of coughing, which lasted about ten minutes, in the morning (eleventh day). Slight cough. Tickling cough with very dry throat (after three hours, second day). Slight cough, caused by a tickling sensation in the larynx, with expectoration of a thick tenacious mucus (second day). It sometimes promotes the excretion of mucus, or muco-purulent matter from the bronchial membrane, and sometimes it restrains these discharge, according to the different circumstance of the case. Respiration. Painful sighing respiration, and considerable dyspnoea with the troublesome dreams and restless tossing (second day). Respiration hurried (after three hours, second day). Severe dyspnoea, sighing respiration (third morning). The desire to take deep inspiration still continues, connected with the tearing pain in the right breast (fourth day). The dyspnoea and inclination to take deep inspirations were persistent after the proving.
Chest
Constant pressure and heaviness in the whole of the upper part of the chest, with difficulty of breathing. Pressive pain in the chest and back. Severe pain in the chest under the fifth rib (thirteenth day). The pains in the chest were rather peculiar; while they were deep they were not as sharp I had supposed pleuritic pains to be; nor was there any soreness in the pectoral muscles; the pains were as severe on one side as the other, but never on both sides at once. Slight pain in the chest (after nine days). A simple pain in the thorax. Soreness in the chest felt during inspiration (ninth day). Pain under the shoulder-blade with chill. Front and Sides. The pain beneath and sternum and in the right breast continued very persistent during the whole proving, and for several days after. A slowly sticking pain beneath and sternum (after fifteen minutes). Intense burning pain between the breast, most severe on the right side, in the afternoon (second day). Burning sensation under the sternum soon (eleventh day). A sickening sensation from the right breast downward to the stomach, causing qualmishness, as from Tart.
emet., in the afternoon (second day. Pain in the right side of chest and hypochondriac region is very severe (second day); almost as severe (third day). Sharp piercing pain, midway between the sternum and right nipple, myalgic in character, and in the surface feels tender an pressure (after forty-five minutes). Hot burning streaming in the right side of the chest, commencing below the right arm and clavicle, and extending down to the hepatic region, at 4 P.M. (third day). Acute stitches in the right side of the chest, near the nipple. Sharp stitches in the right side of the chest. Rheumatic pains in the left side, in the region of the short ribs (nineteenth day). Pains from the left breast to the shoulder. Pain in the chest, immediately under the left nipple (second day); slightly aggravated (third day); increased by deep inspiration (fourth and fifth days); quite severe (seventh day). Pain under the left clavicle on waking, with as tired a feeling as when I retired (eighth morning). Pain in the left side of the chest, in the morning (twelfth day). The pain in the chest has changed to the left side (fourteenth day).
Slowly sticking pain in the left side of the chest near the axilla (after twenty minutes). Slowly sticking pain in the left side of the chest near the last ribs (after twenty minutes).
Stitches in the left lower portion of the chest, extending to the shoulders. Stitches in the left chest, in the region of the short ribs. Stitches in the left side, in the region of he short ribs, on moving and turning the body. In the forenoon, a stitch in the left side, under the short ribs (spleen), of short duration, but less violent than before; better at 3 P.M. (ninth day). Violent stitches in the left side, under the short ribs, exactly where the spleen is located (second day). Mamme. The nipples are sore and painful. Violent sore pain beneath the right nipple, worse during and after touch. Sensation of constriction across both breasts, with inclination to take deep inspirations, which very much increase the constriction, and cause a tearing pain through the breasts, particularly in the right (after forty minutes).
Severe pain in the breast, extending up to the right shoulder (third day). Stitching pain in the breasts (third morning).
Tearing-burning pain through the breasts beneath the sternum, during the fever (third day). Pain in breast (third morning).
Pain in right breast, very permanent, and increasing, extending to the stomach, causing a sickening sensation, not unlike Tart.
emet. (after three hours); very persistent, all night (first night). Sharp piercing pain in right breast, just beneath the nipple; very difficult to take a deep inspiration, with some dyspnoea, in the afternoon (second day). The pain in the right breast extends to the shoulder, and is so severe that it is with difficulty the hand can be placed on the top of the head, in the afternoon (second day). Severe pain in left breast, but not so severe as in right, in the afternoon (second day). Stitches in both breasts.
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.