Distension of the abdomen, etc. Abdomen distended, painless. A distension of the abdomen, not hard. Upper abdomen tense and painful. Abdomen tympanitic. A tympanitic state of the bowels, belly extremely tense. Abdomen retracted and tense. Abdomen spasmodically retracted. Increased sensitiveness of the abdomen.
Rumbling in the abdomen. Rumbling in the abdomen, with obscuration of vision. Rumbling and growling in the abdomen.
Rumbling in the abdomen, with colic. Rumbling in the abdomen, with diarrhoea. During micturition rolling in abdomen; rigors.
He complains of rumbling in the abdomen, as if living animals were screaming and moving in all the intestines.-(* Words from “as if” not in original-HUGHES. *) A great many emissions of flatus. The greatest development of wind in the abdomen, sometimes after each dose of the tincture; after some rumbling in the abdomen the flatus passed off downward. Violent fermenting in the abdomen, for seven days. Meteorismus. Colic, followed by diarrhoea. Colic, rumbling, and diarrhoea. Colic, watery vomiting, and diarrhoea. Colic, as if the abdomen were puffed up; abdomen painful, even when touching the side. Colic and diarrhoea. Colicky pains.-(* He speaks only of borborygmi.- HUGHES. *) Colicky pain and rumbling in the bowels. Violent colic, coming suddenly in the evening, with sensation of fainting and cold shivers. Pain in the abdomen, with the vertigo, followed by looseness. Sensitiveness of abdomen very great.
Pain in abdomen. Cramping pain in abdomen, making her bend double when walking, with constipation and ineffectual desire for stool (second to fifth day). Pressing pain in abdomen. In the abdomen, in the region and in the direction of the transverse colon, a drawing sensation, which soon changed into tearing, as if two dogs were drawing the bowel in opposite directions, and were ready to tear it asunder; with this symptom was connected a kind of hunger, when the tearing sensation had subsided a little, but still the patient was unable to take any food (three-quarters of an hour after third dose). Dull pain in lower colon (ninth day). Tearing pain in the abdomen as if the navel would be torn out; the pain goes then into the chest. Sensation as if the abdomen were expanded to the extreme degree. A writhing pain in the bowels previous to every evacuation; a blackish diarrhoea every hour (after thirty-six hours). Before stool, twisting in the bowels; during stool, colic distension of abdomen, rolling in abdomen, vomiting, paleness. In lower abdomen, shooting from before backwards for half an hour, twenty minutes after dinner (second day). Shooting and griping pains in bowels, with looseness., Burning in the abdomen that was distended. Several times a day, dull griping pain in pubic region, also during stool (seventh day). Severe griping pains of short duration, in center of hypogastrium (fourth day).
Rectum and Anus.
Hemorrhoidal flux, for several days. Coagulated blood passes from the anus. A desire for stool, but nothing passes off till twenty-four hours after.
Stool
Diarrhoea. Violent purging, with and followed by pain in the rectum, shooting downwards, for two hours (after two hours, fifth day). Next night a smart attack of diarrhoea, lasting all next day; the stools were exactly like those in the former attack, pappy, feculent, dark brown, with dull griping across hypogastrium before stool, some straining during stool, and a straining with the urine at the same time. Diarrhoea, six days in succession. Diarrhoea, ceasing after a profuse sweat.
Diarrhoea, with increase of appetite. Diarrhoea, with paleness of face. Watery diarrhoea, preceded by violent crampy pains in bowels; this lasted three days (after eleven days). From 3 to 7 P.M., several diarrhoeic stools, brown, watery, sometimes brownish yellow and frothy, preceded by pain in the abdomen; during the passage of stools, scalding at the anus; rectum feels filled, but on straining, only pass liquid stools (second day).
Looseness of bowels, with flatulence and borborygmus, and occasional sharp pains; it continued nearly a week after vomiting the medicine. Several broth like evacuations, which gave much relief, followed the tearing in the bowels (after three doses).
Two natural stools instead of one (sixth and seventh days); while straining on the bladder, a slightly relaxed stool (seventh day); stool this morning rather relaxed, a darker brown than usual (eighth day). Several discharges from the bowels, thin and watery. Stools have a cadaverous smell. One or two dark- chocolate-brown relaxed stools (ninth day). (Bloody stools), (after two days). In afternoon, painful and difficult stool, requiring much straining; the last part could not be evacuated by straining, but came easily after the straining ceased (fourth day). Bowels were moved, the faeces very hard and dry (third day). She seemed to have a motion to stool, and passed a living lumbricus teres, fourteen inches long, with a little water, but without any faeces of relief of symptoms (after six hours).
Constipation. Bowels more constipated. (* Revised by Hughes. *) Constipation for six days, without complaining of fulness or distension of the abdomen. Obstinate constipation.
(Constipation and ineffectual desire for stool, with cramping pain in the abdomen), (second to fifth day). Bowels have not acted for two days (third day). Bowels do not act, but without inconvenience (fifth to seventh day). Stool and urine suppressed.
Urinary Organs.
Bladder. Sphincter of the bladder paralyzed, permitting the urine to dribble away more or less, for forty-eight hours.
Paralysis of the bladder and consequent incontinence of the urine from the repletion of the viscus. Bladder empty. Great irritation of the urinary passages; in two children incontinence of urine. Micturition and Urine. Copious evacuation of thin, almost watery urine. The most astonishing amount of urine was passed, clear, like spring water. Large and involuntary discharges of urine. Profuse micturition. Profuse micturition, without thirst. Passed involuntarily large quantities of urine.
Involuntary evacuations of urine and bloody faeces. Obliged to void urine four times during the night. Often obliged to urinate, but the emission was delayed for a minute before it came, and although it came out merely in drops, yet during the forenoon a large quantity was discharged (after four and five hours). Urine passed only after twelve hours. Unusual straining required to empty the bladder; the stream stops before it is emptied, and then the ejection has to be completed by several successive efforts, the flow being stopped as soon as the effort is discontinued; quantity of urine increased more frequent and copious at a time than usual (seventh and ninth days). It is moderately diuretic, and impregnates the urine pretty sensibly with the smell of the seeds. Diuresis, with shuddering and rumbling in the abdomen. The urine would only pass while the effort was continued strongly, and stopped as soon as the bearing-down was withdrawn, e. g., to take breath (second day).
Micturition dribbling. Unable to pass urine freely, had to strain (third day), Retention of urine accompanied the muscular paralysis. (Retention of urine) (* Greding merely says that the usual involuntary discharges of urine during the fit did not take place-HUGHES. *) When voiding the urine, no stream is formed in spite of all pressing and urging; the urine is warmer than usual, but it comes out only in drops; he is not able to hasten the emission or to press out the last drops, and without any pains in the urethra, except the sensation as if a cylindrical body were pushed through the urethra. After drinking vinegar it appeared again in a thin stream, and the desire was less often. The urine is passed without any power; he was able to retain it, but still felt always as if he had not the power to retain it and to close the neck of the bladder; sometimes as sensation as if the urethra were too narrow and unable to expand. He recovered promptly from the disagreeable poisoning symptoms, but he has suffered ever since with alkaline urine, and with so much distress in passing it, that he is yet confined to his home. Urine very dark, and of a strong pungent odor (third day). Urine thick and turbid after the poisoning.
Sexual Organs.
Male. Constant uncovering of the genitals. Priapismus of several hours. Scrotum oedematous. Testicles retracted, penis erect as in chordee. Temporary loss of sexual energy after convalescence from poisoning. (* Revised by Hughes. *) Complete inability to perform coition. Excitement of the genital organs with salacity. Excitation of the genital organs. Sexual excitement. Lasciviousness. Extraordinarily increased activity of the sexual organs. Female. Discharge of black blood from the uterus. Reappearance of the menses after four years’ cessation.
(* The woman was only forty.-HUGHES. *) Too great menstrual flow, menorrhagia, with drawing pains in abdomen, in the thighs, and other limbs. Increased catamenia; blood passes in large coagulated masses. Catamenia excessive. Catamenia rather more copious. (* Revised by Hughes. *) Dilute menses. (* Revised by Hughes. *) Insatiable sexual desire in women.
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.