Abdomen.
Hypochondria. Pressive bruised pain in both hypochondria (after three-quarters of an hour). Umbilicus and Sides. Pain about the umbilicus, with rumbling in the umbilical region (after ten hours). Cramplike pain in the umbilical region with some nausea (soon). Unable to stoop on account of a distressing tense sensation above the navel. Griping about the navel with flatulent distension, almost all day (eighth day). Painfulness of the left flank when touched and on certain movements of the trunk (after eight days). Extremely painful burning cutting in the right side of the abdomen, in the morning (ninth day).
Cutting in the right side of the abdomen (after twenty-four hours). Violent stitches in both flanks, worse on inspiration.
Many sharp stitches in the last right ribs, in the afternoon on stooping. Sticking pain in the right flanks on blowing the nose.
General Abdomen. Great flatulent distension and tension in the abdomen with emission of flatus, in the afternoon (second day).
The abdomen seems full and distended as after flatulent food.
Emission of flatus, several evenings. Emissions of intolerably offensive flatus, in the evening (first day). Rumbling in the abdomen, soon followed by a semifluid stool, towards morning.
Violent rumbling in the abdomen with emission of offensive flatus (fourth day). Great gurgling in the abdomen (after eight days).
Griping movements in the abdomen after breakfast (first day).
Griping in the abdomen with a semiliquid stool, during the menses. Slight griping in the upper abdomen after eating, for several days. Pinching pain transversely across the upper abdomen. Pinching in the abdomen at night, whereupon she awoke; this was twice repeated towards morning, followed by diarrhoea and succeeded by tenesmus and burning in the anus (after three days). Acute drawing extending from the abdomen through the hypogastric region and groin thence to the rectum, followed by inclination to stool. Cutting colic with chilliness, after supper (after twenty-eight hours). Cutting pain in the whole abdomen, in the evening (seventh day). Cutting pain in the upper abdomen, after which, flatulence distended both sides of the abdomen like lumps, in the afternoon (first day). Wandering cutting in the abdomen, with desire for stool, followed by diarrhoea four times the last time with tenesmus with burning in the rectum (tenth day). Hypogastrium and Iliac Region. Incarceration of flatus in the lower abdomen, followed by a very soft stool (second day).
Tension in the lower abdomen. Tensive pain in the lower abdomen and a bruised sensation in the small of the back, as if the menses would come on, in the evening. Violent cutting in the lower abdomen, with semiliquid stool; the pain disappeared only on rubbing and warming the abdomen, in the afternoon (second day). A pressing-out pressure in the right inguinal region, as if a hernia would appear, immediately after dinner. Violent tension, burning, and throbbing in the right groin (seventh day).
A painful tearing in the left groin on rising from a seat.
Rectum and Anus.
Long continued constrictive movements in the rectum after a normal stool. Hemorrhoidal pain within the anus. Burning in the anus for a long time after the usual stool. Violent urging to stool, followed after great effort by the evacuation of only a hard scanty stool, with much flatulence (second day). Tenesmus in the anus after the diarrhoea-like stool (fourth day).
Stool.
Diarrhoea. Diarrhoea twice (first day). Purging five times, with burning in the rectum (thirty-third day). Purging preceded by pain in the abdomen (third day). Diarrhoea of yellow water four times, and afterwards another white evacuation like meal- broth with rumbling in the abdomen (fifteenth day). The stool is passed in lumps like sheep-dung, and only with great effort, so that she thought she would faint, and with most frightful pain, followed by burning in the anus (seventh day). Hard stool with burning in the anus, several days. Constipation. Some constipation (third day). The stool omits (first day). Stool delayed a few hours, without being hard (second and third days).
Urinary Organs.
Desire to urinate, in the morning (first day). Increased evacuation of urine. She was obliged to rise at night to urinate, she usually was. Obliged to urinate at night, less than usual. Diminished evacuation of urine (third day). Urine scanty and pale. Urine pale and of an ammoniacal odor (first day). The urine is dark yellow and more copious than usual (first day).- Urine of normal appearance, has a strong odor of iodine.
Sexual Organs.
Male. A very transient pressive pain in the right spermatic cord while urinating. Female. Leucorrhoea, while walking (fifth and eleventh days). The menses that were already flowing became more profuse, but soon again ceased. Menses seven days too early, of short duration, and with forcing pains in the abdomen. Menses two days late, first like meat-water, on the third and fourth days large clots of blood were passed; with colic. Menses six days too late.
Respiratory Organs.
Voice. Hoarse voice (fifth day). Cough. Constant cough, though worse at night, for several days (after thirteen days). Short cough, now and then, with pressive pain in the chest after walking. Dry hacking cough, in the evening. Frequent hacking cough, as if caused by irritation in the trachea (third day).
Respiration. Dyspnoea, while walking, with uneasiness and burning in the face during the headache (fourth day).
Chest.
Constriction in the chest (third day). Pressive pain in the chest, especially on motion (second day). Spasmodic drawing and clawing in the chest. Stitches in the chest on coughing and on inspiration (after five days). Front and Sides. Painfulness of the sternum to touch (sixth day). Slight burning on the left side of the sternum extending upward. Sore pain on the forepart of the chest (third day). Pressure upon the sternum. Pressive pain beneath the sternum, at night, which disappeared in the morning on rising (after six days). Slight sticking in the ensiform cartilage, on walking in the open air (ninth day). Dull stitches deep internally beneath the ensiform cartilage, taking away the breath (ninth day). Lightning stitches extending from both sides of the sternum in a vertical direction through the chest. Drawing pain in the right pectoral muscles (fifth day).
A sore pain externally on the second and third false ribs, as from a blow, aggravated by touch (after half an hour).
Heart and Pulse
Dull intermitting pressure in the precordial region. Violent beating of the arteries and of the heart.
Neck and Back.
Neck. Tearing tension in the nape of the neck as if the tendons were drawn up, extremely painful and frequently recurring (ninth day). Burning in the right side of the neck, on motion and on touch (fourth day). Pain as if beaten, in the back and small of the back, in the forenoon; stooping and motion were difficult; the pain was also aggravated by touch or by taking the back out of the sun into the shade, which immediately caused a disagreeable drawing feeling; the pain extended from the small of the back over the hips; as this pain disappeared there occurred a pressive headache now in the sinciput, now in the occiput, constantly recurring for fourteen days (after ten days). Fine drawing pain in the back from the pelvis, in the evening before going to bed. Slight drawing pain along the spine, in the afternoon, which changes to a seated dull tearing in the joints of the lower extremities, aggravated by walking. Sticking pain in the back, towards noon. Dorsal and Lumbar. Tensive drawing in the dorsal and lumbar muscles, while sitting (after nine hours). Acute pressive pain, at night, in the region of the first lumbar vertebrae (after five days). Drawing pain in the left lumbar region, towards evening. Pain in the small of the back as if beaten, together with pressure in the lower abdomen, while sitting (fifth day). Pain in the small of the back, especially during rest, for several days. Some pain in the small of the back during a hard evacuation from the bowels (third day). Painful gnawing in the small of the back, which walking (third day). Fine drawing pain in the small of the back, in the evening with gradually changes to a burning pain in the joints of the left lower extremity. Drawing pain in the small of the back towards evening. Drawing pains in the pelvis extending upward and into the lumbar region, towards morning. Tearing pain in the small of the back, in the morning. Slight sticking pain in the small of the back, toward evening. Drawing in the pelvis, towards evening, which extends to the joints of the lower extremities and becomes a sticking.
Extremities.
Trembling in all the limbs. A trembling sensation changing to a dull pain in all the limbs, in the morning. Heaviness in all the limbs, in the forenoon. Dull tearing pain in all the joints of the right limbs, in the evening. Violent tearing pains in all the joints of the left upper and lower extremities, which changed to weakness of the parts, in the morning.
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.