Respiratory organs
Dryness in the region of the larynx, aggravated by hawking (after half an hour). A pressive pain in the region of the larynx, while singing (after six hours and a quarter). Painful pressure above the thyroid cartilage, aggravated by touch (immediately).
Pressure in the larynx, in the evening (fifth day). Immediately after taking the drug, drawing towards and contraction in the larynx; in moving, severe pressing in the larynx, as if with a nail; voice cracked; hoarseness increasing, so that she can speak only with difficulty; the larynx feels painful to the touch, as if swollen. Scraping, burning, and constriction in the larynx.
Fine jerking stitches externally in the region of the larynx, at various times. The region of the thyroid gland seems indurated (after four days). Sensation in the thyroid and cervical glands on breathing, as if air forced in and out. Voice. Hoarseness.
Voice cracked; hoarseness increasing, so that she can speak only with difficulty (first day); voice cracked (second day). Cough and Expectoration. Cough and coryza, very violent. Incessant cough, from a place low down in the chest, where it pains as if sore and bloody, from coughing (after half an hour). (Frequent cough, at night, for two minutes, with a fretful look). Hollow cough with some expectoration, day and night. Dry cough (after a quarter of an hour). Dry cough, day and night, with burning in the chest, as from something hot internally; after eating and drinking the cough disappears. Expectoration of saltish-tasting slime (second day); of much adhesive mucus, at 8.30 A.M. (third day).Respiration. Slow deep respiration, as after exhaustion, lasting several minutes (after half an hour). After dancing, violent catching of the breath, very rapid sobbing respiration.
Difficult respiration, as if a plug were sticking in the larynx, and the breath could not get through on account of the constriction of the larynx (after half an hour). (Great dyspnoea), (after ten days).
Chest.
Pain in the chest and bronchi, with rawness in the throat, when coughing. Sudden pain in the muscles of the chest and back, left side, at the same time as if a broad pointed substance were being forced out (a broad pressure), with many fine stitches (after three days). Painful pressure beneath the short ribs, on coughing (after one hour). Fine stitches on the chest externally, and on the arms, for several days,.-Sticking itching in the left chest, extending towards the shoulder (after a quarter of an hour).
Pressure in the left side of the chest, together with several stitches, during motion and rest. A pinching jerk, from within outward, in the left side of the chest (after twenty minutes).
Sticking-pinching crawling in the left side of the chest, in the region of the sixth and seventh ribs, which are painful on external pressure (after ten hours). A pressive-cutting pain in the left side of the chest, on deep inspiration; felt but little at other times (after three days). Boring stitch in the right costal muscles, persistent during inspiration and expiration (after seven hours). Violent needle like stitches, from within outward, in the right side of the chest (after fifty-six hours).
Transient painful stitches in the right side of the chest; when rubbing the place it seems as though a weight were drawn downward under the skin (after fifty hours). Drawing stitches in the left side of the chest, while sitting, with the back somewhat bent, but especially on deep slow inspiration (after five days).
Drawing stitches beneath the second left rib, only when walking (after eight hours). Violent intermittent stitches in the left side of the chest (after one hour and three-quarters). In the evening, induration of the left breast, at a space of two inches length by half an inch thickness, painful to the touch, disappearing in the morning (eighth day).
Heart and Pulse.
Palpitation of the heart and rush of blood to the chest (soon),.-*Pulse increased in fulness and rapidity (after half an hour),.
Neck and Back.-Neck.
Stiffness of the neck, when stooping or turning the head. Painful sensation of stiffness in the left side of the neck on turning the head to the right side (after half an hour). Pain as if the cervical glands near the larynx and trachea were swelling (after three hours). Sensation as if the cervical glands would become swollen (after fourteen hours). After opening the mouth wide, and biting the teeth together hard, a painful cramp in the cervical muscles, which forcibly drew the jaw downward, with a heaviness in the articulation, as if it would be put out of joint.
Frequently recurring pressive-cracking pain in the left side of the nape of the neck, close to the scapula, not affected by any motion (after seven hours and a half). Cracking in the nape of the neck on stooping (after sixteen hours). Slight intermittent pressure in the right side of the neck, as if the skin were pressed between the fingers; the region of the jugular vein is also painful to external touch. Tension in the cervical muscles, especially on the right side, on bending the head backward (after three days). Painful tension in the left side of the neck, near the larynx, on turning the head to the right side (after one hour and a half). Jerking in the right cervical muscles, while lying down (after twenty-four hours). A transient stitch in the left side of the neck (after one hour and a quarter). Large slow stitches in the right cervical muscles, immediately on waking from sleep, disappearing on swallowing, and then immediately returning (after twenty-three hours). Drawing needlelike stitches through the left side of the neck (after sixty hours). Back. Pain in the back, followed by palpitation all day, previous to the menses. A pressive sensation, extending upward and downward through the spine, while sitting erect (after six hours).
Dorsal. Pain in the scapulae, as if pierced by something sharp, a constant sticking pain, associated with soreness (after a quarter of an hour). Extremely painful fleeting stitch on the right scapula (after seventeen hours). Lumbar. The small of the back and nates are very numb. Pressive pain in the small of the back, only when walking, especially on stepping with the left foot (after a quarter of an hour). Violent stitch in the small of the back. During stool, pressure in the lumbar region, caused by flatus (after thirty-six hours). Dull stitches in the right lumbar muscles (after six hours). Sacral. Fine tearing on the sacrum, from right to left, and from below upward, only while sitting (after five days). Dull pain at the union of the right ilium and sacrum, while standing (after twenty-seven hours).
Extremities.
Stretching of the upper and lower extremities (after a quarter of an hour). Constant weakness and bruised sensation in all the limbs, especially in the muscles of the lower extremities (after two hours).
Superior Extremities.
Stretching of the arms (after three-quarters of an hour).
(Burning in the arms and hands). Shoulder. Twitching of the muscles about the left shoulder-joint. Fine stitches in the axilla, while sitting (after one hour). Burning on the left shoulder (after sixteen hours). Arm. Sticking drawing through the upper arms (after a quarter of an hour). Elbow. Pressive pain in the tip of the left elbow (after three-quarters of an hour).
Stitches in the elbow-joint, on motion. On flexing the arm, a stitch in the tip of the elbow, followed by tearing in the joint, so long as the arm remained bent. Forearms. Trembling of the forearms and hands (after a few minutes). Heaviness of the forearms (after half an hour). Cramplike pain, with slow bubbling on the upper part of the forearm, below the elbow, especially when leaning upon the arm (after three days). Drawing pain in the forearms. Pain in the left forearm, as if the bones were compressed (after one hour). Violent boring-outward stitches in the internal muscles of the right forearm (after half an hour).- Wrist. Drawing pressive pain upon the right wrist (after six hours). Violent drawing in the left wrist (after three days). A decaying sensation in and above the wrists (after three-quarters of an hour). Tensive pain in the left wrist, during rest and motion (after a quarter of an hour). Several stitches in the right wrist, during rest (after a quarter of an hour). Hand and Fingers. Swelling of the hands; she could not bend the fingers.
Pressive pain in the first finger joints of the right hand (after a quarter of an hour). Pinching drawing inward in one point in the middle of the palm of the hand (after a few minutes). The middle joint of the left middle finger was thick and red, and tense on bending it. Cramplike pain in the ball of the right thumb, lasting all day, and on moving the hand also extending into the thumb (after one, fourteen and a half, and twenty-five hours). Cramp like pain in the ball of the left thumb, only on moving the hand, all day (after six hours). Painful drawing in the first phalanx of the left thumb, extending into the forearm (after one hour and a half). A constant stitch, associated with sore pain, in the last joint of the thumb (after one hour and a half). The tips of the index fingers lose sensation without becoming pale (after three-quarters of an hour).
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.