Stool
Diarrhoea, etc. Diarrhoea, lasting from five to fourteen days, very exhausting. Very offensive diarrhoea. Pernicious diarrhoea.
Diarrhoea; frequent, brown, and slimy discharges from the bowels (first day); diarrhoea continued, discharges, from the bowels very fetid, and dark-colored (second day). Diarrhoea; the stools were of a dark-gray color, looked as though meal had been stirred through them, and had a peculiar sickly indescribable odor. Sharp diarrhoea (after four hours); this yielded to repeated hot baths; but for two weeks there was constant tendency to diarrhoea. Three or four hours after the chill, spontaneous diarrhoea commenced, continuing five or six hours. Thin involuntary discharges form the bowels. Stool thin, olive green, for the second time in the forenoon, without colic, followed by persistent burning extending, high up in the rectum, itching in the anus, making him almost beside himself (second day). Stool at first mucus, afterwards bilious or sanguinolent. Discharge from the bowels of a great quantity of disorganize mucous membrane, resembling that thrown of in dysentery (eighth day); movement from the bowels of watery feculent matter (eleventh day). Hemorrhage form the bowels (ninth day). Hemorrhage form the bowels (tenth day); hemorrhage; the blood does not clot, and is very thin and almost black (eleventh day). Evacuation of worms; in children. Motion of the bowels for the first time since taking the Secale (fourth day).
Constipation.
Urinary Organs
Great sensitiveness of the bladder and ovarian region (sixth day). Paralysis of bladder (tenth day). Spasm of meatus urinarius (ninth day). Cutting pain and smarting in the urethra, as if a knife were drawn through the parts, when attempting to urinate (fifth day). Burning in the urethra during micturition. Frequent desire to urinate. Obliged to urinate at night, contrary to habit, also no desire to urinate, in the morning, yet a large quantity of clear urine was vigorously passed during stool.
Copious micturition. Involuntary micturition. Micturition difficult, with constant desire in the bladder. Micturition seldom, dribbling and without relief. Retention of urine.
Inability to pass water. Increased discharge of urine. Frequent and pretty copious discharges of urine (after second dose). Urine somewhat increased (after two hours). Urine scanty and dark- colored (first day); urinary discharges of a dark wine, or “prune-juice” color (second day); suppressed; on introducing the catheter, about a gill of dark prune-colored urine passed, which appeared to be full of gritty sediment, and emitted a very disagreeable odor (third day); suppressed, but on using the catheter, about a teaspoonful escaped, which was very dark and fetid; a few drops falling on the linen stained dark brown; only a few drops passed during the day (fourth day); suppressed, passed three tablespoonfuls of urine by means of catheter, of a lighter color than formerly (fifth day); procured a tablespoonful of urine by the use of the catheter, at 9 A.M.; passed a tablespoonful containing a albumen, at 8 P.M. (sixth day); scanty discharges form the bladder, of a yellow color, and very fetid; contained a large amount of albumen (seventh day); thought we detected casts of the uriniferous tubes in the ounce of albuminous urine obtained by means of the catheter (eighth day); albuminous, but of better color and larger quantity than at any time since the suppression commenced, containing mucus and albumen (ninth day).; kidneys more active; urine more copious, but albuminous, fetid (tenth day); passed involuntarily for the first time in her sickness, more copious and containing blood and albumen (eleventh day). The urine has a white sediment like cheese. Profuse thick red sediment to the urine, that colors the vessel. Urine scanty, watery, clear. Urine as clear as spring water, at times turbid. Urine clear, like water. Urine pale.
Sexual Organs
Male. Numerous erections, even after coition. Strong dragging in the spermatic cord, so that the testicles seemed drawn up to the inguinal ring; this lasted for half an hour (after three-quarters of an hour). Female. Abortion, period about two months, mass perfectly black. Abortion. A six months’ foetus was born; the discharge of the placenta was immediately followed by profuse, vomiting, violent jactitation, precordial pain, pallor, coldness of the surface, the uterine contractions recurring at irregular intervals; this continued for half an hour, until unconsciousness and strabismus ushered in death. Death of the foetus.
Miscarriage, followed by tearing pain in the extremities.
Miscarriage between the seventh and eighth months. Uterus and right ovary much congested and very sensitive to the touch; sphincter vaginae and vagina very much relaxed (eighth day). On examination per vaginae found the os tinca open so as to admit the first phalanx of the index finger, very sensitive to the touch, hot and engorged, with profuse flowing (first day). Os uteri wide open, thick, soft (before delivery). The uterus, that had previously been in a normal condition, descended;so that it almost protruded form the labia, was hot and painful; the os was open as large as the middle finger; the patient complained of excessive desire to urinate, and of labor, pains, only relieved by wet bandages or by pressure upon the abdomen; this lasted three days. She did not miscarry, though the os remained open during this period; afterwards the uterus gradually ascended, the pains diminished, and after five or six days the os again contracted. The woman went on to the eighth month, when she miscarried. Retention of the placenta due to hour-glass contraction of the uterus and subsequent sterility. Uterine hemorrhage. Hemorrhage form the uterus, and apparent death of the newborn child. Incessant metrorrhagia. Gangrene of the whole vaginal mucous membrane; on holding apart the labia this membrane was found of a dark slate-color, emitting the characteristic odor. Vagina hot. Discharges form the vagina almost black, fluid, and very fetid (second day). Vaginal and urinary discharges of a dark wine or “prune-juice” color (second day). Cessation of the lochia, with fever, inflammation of the uterus; subsequently an abscess that opened through the vagina. Pains in ovaries and uterus (tenth day). Pains of an expulsive character in the uterus (first day). The drug causes, not regular intermittent, but irregular stormy contractions of the uterus. Violent labor pains.
Tenderness of the vulva (fifth day). Great tenderness of the vulva (tenth day). Pain in the vulva (sixth and tenth days).
Pain, soreness, and throbbing heat in the vulva (seventh day).
The menses are too profuse; congestion of blood to the uterus; metrorrhagia; excessive uterine contractions, so that the uterus seemed ready to burst; all the symptoms are worse previous to the menses. Suppression of the menses.
Respiratory Organs
Voice. The voice became weak, unintelligible, stammering. The voice is weak and unintelligible, stammering. Cough and Expectoration. Loose cough, with easy expectoration of much tenacious mucus. Blood was sometimes expectorated during violent efforts to breathe. Respiration. Respiration costal (first day).
Respirations 15. Respirations 21 (before experiment); 20 (after one hour). Respirations 19 (before experiment) 8, slow and small (after three hours). Respiration fell from 18 to 13. Difficulty of breathing caused by contractions of the diaphragm. Respiration difficult. Difficult respiration, as if a weight were lying on the chest, in consequence of which he was obliged to take deep and forced inspirations (after one hour). Laborious breathing.
Constant sighing (sixth day). The respirations decreased form 18 to 13 per minute. Anxious respiration. Anxious difficult respiration. Anxious breath, sighing, and hiccough. Most violent asthma appeared after the suppression of the itch, and ceased on the reappearance of the eruption. Dyspnoea. Great dyspnoea before death.
Chest
Oppression of the chest. Sharp pressure in the sternum. Pressure in the chest. Pain in thorax. The whole upper portion of the left side of the chest, with the sternum, was painful. Suppression of milk; this effect has been noticed in six nursing women. The milk will not flow from the bread of a nursing woman.
Heart and Pulse
Heart. Precordial tenderness, but no fullness. The sounds over the precordial region are perfectly normal, but convey an impression of slowness of time-taking action. Pressure in the precordial region. Painful sensation in the precordial region.
Great precordial anxiety. Precordial anxiety. Disagreeable sensation in the precordial region. Spasmodic throbbing of the heart. Violent palpitation, with contracted, frequently intermittent pulse, in an acute from of poisoning. Palpitation of the heart (after half an hour). Distressing palpitation. Her heart she described as having beat very rapidly for a long time, and her breathing as having been exceedingly laborious. After some hours the heart beat more quietly for a time, and then fell into inordinate activity as before; intermitting in this manner throughout the day, during the earlier part of which she lay perfectly motionless, but without pain, recovering gradually towards evening the suspended animal function. Pulse. Rapid pulse. Pulse rapid, small, hard. Pulse rather quick, but very small and feeble. Pulse very feverish. Rapid pulse. Accelerated pulse, followed by sleepiness. Pulse accelerated. Pulse quick.
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.