Vivid dreams of well-known past occurrences; long dreams of one and the same subject. Very vivid anxious dream of a great fire and ghosts. Anxious dreams at night. Dreams at night which he only indistinctly remembers. Voluptuous dream, with emission, without erection. Lascivious dreams, with emission (first night).
Fever
Chilliness. Chilliness every morning, after rising. Chilliness in the morning when rising, and at noon (five hours afterwards) heat, mostly on the trunk, though greater on the face, with redness, without special thirst, five days in succession at the same hours. Chilliness every morning after rising, coming and going for two hours. Shaking chill in the morning without thirst, with considerable lightness of the movements of the fingers and mental activity. Sudden creeping chills every morning, at one time only in the feet, at another only in the head and hands, at another on the back or chest and abdomen, at another over the whole body, without thirst (after seventy-two hours). Chilliness, immediately on going to bed in the evening, afterwards violent sweat, of a bad odor, so that he became wet all over. Chilliness of the whole body, without thirst, only in the morning (after two hours); several mornings in succession, recurring at intervals and extending from the feet upwards. Violent chill and coldness, immediately after dinner, on account of which he was obliged to lie in bed. Shivering and chill, towards evening, in open air, with tensive pain in the left side of the neck below the ear; the next morning glandular swelling in a small spot, hard and painful to touch, with sticking in the left side of the throat on swallowing, with swelling of the gum and difficulty in opening the jaws; the sticking pain on swallowing ceased when the swollen glands pressed inward, with sweat, two mornings in succession (after nine days). Very slight motion of the body causes chilliness. Alternations of chill and heat, chilliness especially on the back, heat, in the hands and face. In the afternoon, he was first attacked with a chill, then he became very hot and thirsty (for beer). On lying down, in the evening, he had first a chill for half an hour, immediately followed by heat, then sweat all over, lasting nearly all night. Alternations of chills followed by heat, all day, with redness of the face. Febrile attack; in the evening, chilliness with cold hands and distended abdomen, without thirst; afterwards in the night, while lying quietly on the back, a bruised pain in all the joints, vivid, fatiguing dreams, talking in sleep, dry heat of the body, with dryness of the mouth, nose, and eyes, without thirst. Cold sensation over the whole body, without coldness; he was warm to touch all over, warmest on the chest. Cold shivers creep over the whole body except the arm, with a sensation as if the hair bristled. Creeping shivering over the whole body, especially seeming to start from the chest, at short intervals of two to ten minutes. Creeping shivering with heat over the whole body, without thirst (after seven hours). Shivering creeps over the whole body, without heat and thirst (after one hour). Sensation of coldness and heat alternately, only on the left side of the forehead, without any externally perceptible change of temperature. At times chilliness spread from the pit of the stomach to the abdomen and lower extremities, also at times to the back (after twenty-four hours). Slight chilliness in the back, extending to the abdomen, to the umbilical region (after two hours). Severe chill, extending through all the limbs all day, without thirst, two days in succession. Great chilliness over the arms and shoulders. Chilly sensation and gooseflesh on the arms, did not dare to bring the arms against the body on account of a distressing shivering sensation (after four hours).
Hands cold, with cold clammy sweat, especially on the inner surfaces. The hands when held against the face seemed cold, while to touch they seemed warmer than usual, only somewhat clammy in the palms. Cold hands, with heat in the face, without thirst (after five days). The tips of the fingers were cold, though the rest of the hand was moderately warm (after three hours). Sensation of gooseflesh, without chilliness, on the right thigh. Heat. Internal fever, in the morning; creeping chilliness recurring at intervals of five to ten minutes, with externally perceptibly increased warmth; the chilliness seemed to start from the pit of the stomach and extend over the trunk and upper extremities, without thirst (after twenty-four hours). Heat and great thirst for beer. Very great heat over the whole body, after slight exertion, with sweat, especially of the head, without thirst (after one hour). Sensation of internal heat, at night, with dryness of the mouth, without thirst. Though there was a sensation of heat, equally over the whole body, and especially on the face, yet he longed for the warmth of the bed, in the evening (after seven days). Sensation of heat in the body, in the forenoon, without externally perceptible heat. (While eating cold food, he became hot). Much heat in the head. Great, intolerable heat, especially in the face, on moderate exertion; on more violent exertion, sweat over the whole body (after fourteen days). Flushing heat over the face, without redness (after a quarter of an hour). Sensation of heat in the face and hands, while the hands seemed cold when held to the face, and also the face seems cold to the hands (after eight hours). Flushes of heat over the back, after supper. Sensation of heat over the whole spine. Increased warmth in the back; the hands, abdomen, etc., seemed burning hot, and so he became hot all over. At night, heat only of the lower extremities, without thirst or sweat. Sweat. He broke into sweat on the slightest covering.
Aggravation
(Morning) 3 or 4 A.M., pain in the occiput and nape of neck; sneezing; on rising, facial muscles seem distorted; dryness of mouth; in bed, cutting in abdomen; palpitation; on stepping, soles of feet painful; weakness; sleepiness; chilliness; internal fever.
(Afternoon), 5 to 6 P.M., cutting colic; 3 P.M., griping in abdomen; pressure upon chest.
(Evening), Dulness in head; tearing pain in brain; dulness in occiput; heat in eyes; roaring and whizzing in ears; colic.
(Night), Toothache; cough and catarrh; uneasiness in limbs; heat.
(Open air), Headache; dry cough.
(Blowing nose), Closure of ear and loss of hearing (Chewing), Pain in right lower jaw; pain in tongue.
(After eating), Eructations of gas.
(Expiration), Stitches in stomach; stitch in right side of abdomen; stitch in left chest; stitch in right chest; stitch in back.
(Going upstairs), Tension on outer side of left knee-joint; needlelike stitches in body.
(Inspiration), Stitches in pit of stomach; stitch to left of navel; stitch in right side of chest; stitch in left chest; tearing pain beneath left nipple; sticking pain beneath left nipple; stitch in back; stitch in margin on left ilium.
(Lying down), Headache; griping in abdomen.
(Lying on left side), Toothache.
(Lying horizontally), Bubbling forehead; pain in occiput; Motion Shaking and Swashing in forehead; pain in forehead; pain in occiput. bubbling pain in occiput; stitch in sole of right foot; chilliness.
(Moving index finger); Cutting pain in above left wrist.
(Noise), Pain in occiput. (Pressure), Stitch in right true ribs; pain in left deltoid; pain in right thigh.
(During rest); Pain in left axilla; heaviness in right upper and forearm; twitching in muscles of left forearm; pain in above wrist; pain in right forearm; pain above right knees; digging in right tibia; digging in right foot; stitch on back of right foot; creeping in tips of right toes.
(Rubbing), Sensation before eyes.
(Shaking head), Heaviness and pain in it.
(Sitting), Palpitation; tearing in right thigh; stitch in left thigh; pain above right knee; stitch in right patella; stitch in sole of left foot.
(Smoking), Toothache. (Sneezing), Moving from above downward in legs.
(Standing), Pressure in chest; contraction in pectoral muscles; pressure above ensiform cartilage; pressure in ankle.
(During stool), Bruised sensation in four first ribs of left side.
(Stooping), Headache; pressure outward in forehead; pressure in left side of occiput.
(Swallowing), Stitches in fauces; sticking in parotid gland.
(Talking), Ringing in ears.
(Turning head when walking), Vertigo.
(Turning eyes), Pain in eyeballs. (Walking), Vertigo; swashing in brain; jerks in occiput; sticking in left of occiput; stitches in abdomen; stitching in hepatic region; stitch in right groin; stitch in right side of chest; stitches in back; limbs affected; tensions in muscles in anterior surface of thigh; pain in left gluteal muscles; bruised pain in anterior muscles of thigh; pain in knees; tearing pain in left knee; pain in right calf; drawing in left calf.
(Walking in open air), Weakness.
(Cold water), Toothache.
Amelioration
(Leaning backward), Bubbling pain in occiput. (Lying down), Toothache; stitches in pit of stomach.
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.