Bright spot before eyes only when looking at gas-flame (fourth day). Sparks of fire (after second dose); occasionally entering at a high point and disappearing at a lower point of the field (after third dose). He saw balls of fire rolling over the counterpane (after four hours). Luminous vibrations before left eye by daylight, at 8.30 A.M. (second day). Two vertical contiguous bars standing before eyes and moving with them, the right blue, the left green, while in bed in a dark room (ninth day). Two vertical contiguous bars, right purple, the left green, standing still before eyes for half a minute, then the green bar disappeared, then the purple, when in bed in a dark room, at 11 P.M. (eleventh day). On looking up at the cloudy sky, saw in the sky a bright bar directed upwards and to the right (by daylight), (twenty-ninth day). Black spots before the eyes,; hallucinations of sight. Black spots and fiery sparks before the eyes. Black spots before eyes, moving with eyes, by daylight only (second day). Black spots before the eyes, moving with the eyes, in the evening after dark, by gaslight (fourth day).
Ear.
Slight feeling of dryness in right Eustachian tube (first day).
Wind rushes out of both ears. Pain in the ears. Pain in the left ear, pressing down to the left side of the cheeks.
Complained of shooting in ears. Tearing pain in right ear, with shooting through the forehead and top of head (after five hours).
Hearing. His hearing was very acute, and his eyes followed the direction of the sound. Sense of hearing appeared very acute.
(Hardness of hearing much better; hear better to-day than for a long time), (third day). Power of hearing lessened. Deafness (after four hours). The senses of hearing and sight cease.
Hearing obtuse at times, at others natural. Hallucinations of hearing. Continual ringing in ears, worse on left side. Ringing in the ears. Violent ringing in the ears (after two hours).
Loud roaring in the ears; hearing was nearly lost; the patient could only hear when spoken to in a very loud voice; she then understood very well what was said to her, though she at the same time assured me it seemed as if she could not hear another word (after third dose).
Nose.
Objective. Frequent sneezing (after fourteen hours). Frequent sneezing from dryness of nostrils (third day); rather violent sneezing from dryness of nostrils (sixth day). From 10 A.M. to noon violent coryza, sneezing, nostrils stuffed, but not much flow (seventh day). Blowing of offensive yellow mucus, becoming fluent, from the nose, with relief (after 120 drops). Diminished secretion of nasal mucus in the morning, increased in the evening (after 100 drops). Black hemorrhage from the nose (third day), followed by warm perspiration and general relief. Subjective.- Nose stopped up. Feels as if the nose were stopped, although he can get air enough through it. His nose feels obstructed and dry, although he is able to breathe through it. The nose was dry and redder than usual; she could not smell anything (after third dose). Great itching of the nose. There seemed to be an intolerable itching in the nose.
Face.
Objective. Face swollen and very red (after six hours).
Swelling of the face. Faces and cheeks swelled. Swollen face, injected with blood. Face slightly swelled and eyes puffed (the skin below them), (second day). Face somewhat swollen. Face puffy and purplish-red. Face puffy and red. Face puffy.
Besotted appearance of the face (after fifteen to thirty minutes). At first his face looks friendly, except the staring eyes, at last it becomes quite disfigured by deep furrows from the inner corner of the eyes to the cheek, by folds running from the nasal wings to the corner of the mouth, and by knitting the eyebrows, and it looks frightful on account of the sparkling eyes, but after an hour it looks quite friendly, except the dilated pupils, but afterwards looks distorted, as from anxiety, with deep furrows and wrinkles. Maniacal expression.
Countenance wild. Wild, staring look (after fifteen to thirty minutes). A peculiar wildness of the look. Countenance had a wild, idiotic expression. Countenance wild, exhibiting anxiety and alarm. Conscious, though there is a wildness in her looks (after a few hours). Wildness of countenance was very striking and almost startling. Expression of countenance wild and staring. Vacant, bewildered expression. Features drawn. Very anxious expression of countenance. The features gave the expression of great fear and terror (after six hours). Risus sardonicus. Features sunken (after seven hours). Redness of the face, etc. Redness of the face, without any perceptible increase in the temperature of the head (after third dose). Face red and hot. Frequent redness of the face, with staring eye. Face very red. Face red, lips swollen. Face red, lips swollen. Face red and swollen about the lips and eyes, the neck much tumefied, the swelling having commenced on the left side under the angle of the jaw and rapidly extended around to the right. Face very red, the rest of the body not red. Face bright red. Face was of a scarlet hue. Face became a fiery red. Face bright red and puffy. Her face presented a suffused redness. Face deeply suffused and of a dark-crimson color. Countenance appeared suffused and bloated. Countenance flushed, etc. Flushed (slightly swollen) face. Face and forehead flushed, at 1 P.M.
(second day). Face and neck flushed and greatly swelled (after one hour). Faces flushed to almost violet hue. Face turgid.
Face turgid and hot. Blood rushing to the face. Face purple, red, swollen. Pale face. Face pale and muscles drawn. Look pale, at 5.30 P.M. (second day). Brown face. Subjective. She felt as if the left side of her face was swollen, which, on looking into the mirror, she found was not the case; afterwards, redness and flushing of the left cheek. Cheek. Swelling of the left cheek and of the left side of the face generally. Cheeks red. The cheeks are red and bloated, but the upper part of the face looks much contracted and gloomy. Cheeks flushed. Lips.
The lips have a yellow streak along their red part, as in malignant fevers, and stick together; he fears lest they should grow together. Lips bright red (afterwards they become of a dark hue, almost black), feeling stiff and hard; trembling of the lips (after six hours). Lips were of a deep red. Swelling of the under lip (after two hours). Teeth and lips separated. Lips dry. Dryness of the lips and tongue. Lips and mouth dry, lips sticky; the dryness lasted all day (after three-quarters of an hour). Lips feel dry and sticky (fourth day). Lips somewhat sticky, at 8.30 A.M. (seventh day). Lips and tongue parched.
China Tetanic spasm of the jaws. The jaws required to be opened forcibly with a stick, as they were firmly clenched. The lower jaw hangs down. Jaws tightly clenched, Jaws clenched, Symptoms of trismus Jaws became locked (after seven hours). Lockjaw, with closed lips.
Mouth.
Teeth. Grinding of teeth. (Grinding of teeth; raises his hands above his head and moves them as if he were winding a ball of thread). Grinding of teeth, with shuddering over the whole body.
Grinding of teeth, with obscuration in the head. (Grinding of teeth, contortion of the hands, and shuddering).-Constant grinding and gritting of the teeth (after six hours). Toothache.
Toothache and severe headache, with profuse flow of tears.
Throbbing toothache, as if some teeth would fall out. Throbbing pains in molar teeth of left side in lower jaw, and in the submaxillary glands of same side (after nine hours). Throbbing in teeth and lower jaw, left side (second day). Tongue. Tongue clean and moist. The tongue is swollen all over. Tongue swelled and protruded out of the mouth. Tongue immovable; the patient could not utter a loud sound. Boys scratch their tongues with their finger-nails. Tongue swollen, stiff, and moved with difficulty. The tongue protruded from the mouth. Tongue occasionally thrust from the mouth. Tongue flabby and hanging out of the mouth. Tongue furred. Tongue tremulous, dry, except on the margins. Tongue furred and dry. Tongue redder at the apex than at the base, and dry. Tongue red on the edges and thin; slightly white in center (after six hours). Tongue and lips bright red and dry. Tongue and fauces dry and red; the former was so dry that it glistened. Tongue red and moist.
Tongue red and dry. Whitish tongue, with very fine red dots, and the tip of the tongue redder than usual. Tongue thickly coated white (third day). The tongue was moist, the papillae enlarged, and projecting through a soft white fur. Dry black tongue.
Tongue and fauces dry and slightly swelled (after one hour).
Dryness of the tongue and palate, so that they feel quite raw, without any thirst at first (after half an hour). Dryness of the tongue and palate. Excessive dryness of tongue and throat.
Tongue dry and white. Tongue parched. Tongue and throat parched and dry. Tongue dry and its tip curled up, but not touching the roof of the mouth. Tongue, mouth, and fauces dry, with considerable difficulty in deglutition. Her tongue feels quite blistered. Tongue heavy. Tongue felt quite spongy and totally devoid of moisture (after two hours). General Mouth. Foaming at the mouth. Bloody froth from the mouth. A fluid being put into his mouth, he immediately spat it out. A blank frothy mucus issuing from the mouth. Very viscid slime in mouth, with good appetite. Dryness of the mucous membrane of the mouth and nose (after 120 drops). Mouth dry on waking, in morning (second day).
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.