Tremulous feeling in the muscles of the face (seventh day).
Cheek. Sharp needlelike pains in the cheek-bones and under the jaw, left side (thirteenth day). Keen sharp pain in the left cheek-bone, shooting to the upper teeth (twenty-second day).
Lips. He was making constant motions with his lips as though he desired drink (after three hours and three-quarters). Lips retracted. Lips blue. Lips livid (after twenty minutes).
Lips livid and retracted. Lips and tongue purple. Lips tumid.
Burning and tingling in the lips, nose, and ears, at noon (twenty-fifth day). China Jaw partially set, and the handling caused an abortive convulsion. Trismus, etc. Lower jaw spasmodically closed. The muscles of the jaws remained to rigid between the spasms as to prevent their being opened sufficiently to admit the tube of stomach-pump being introduced. Jaws locked and deglutition impossible, with foaming at the mouth similar to that observed in patients suffering from hydrophobia. Trismus and constriction of the throat on swallowing. Periodic attacks of trismus. Considerable stiffness of muscles of mastication, and difficulty in opening and shutting mouth (second day); slight stiffness of muscles of jaws and hands (fourth day). Stiffening of the jaws and neck (fourteenth day). The jaws were suddenly stiffened for a few minutes, and then in a moment became relaxed (fifth day); stiffening of the jaws (seventeenth day); stiffening of the jaws, and afterwards of the muscles of the face and hands (twenty-first day); stiffening of the jaws and muscles of the face and neck (twenty-fourth day); stiffening of the jaws and muscles of the face and neck (twenty-seventh day); stiffness of the jaws and muscles of the face (thirty-fourth day); slight stiffening of the jaws (thirty-seventh day); stiffening of the jaws and muscles of the face (forty-first day); stiffening of the jaws (forty-third day); momentary stiffness of jaws (forty- seventh day); stiffening of the jaws, muscles of face, and throat (fiftieth day); stiffening of jaws, affecting the speech (fifty- third day). Stiffening sensation in the jaws (sixth day); stiffening heavy sensation in the jaws and muscles of the face (eleventh day); stiff tight sensation in left articulation of jaw, with much pain at times; also a similar feeling in muscles of neck and down the spine (forty-eighth day); tight feeling in jaws, with hard rigidity of the muscles (fiftieth night). Pain in the articulation of the jaws and muscles of the back of the neck (twelfth day). Pains in the articulation of the jaws and in the back teeth (thirteenth day). Dull pains in the articulation of the jaws, shooting into the temples, in the evening (twentieth day). Dull aching and stiff sensation in the jaw and muscles of neck, in the afternoon (forty-fifth day). Dull aching in articulation of jaw, with tight sensation about the jaw and ear, in the morning (forty-sixth day). Rheumatic-like pains, especially in the articulation of the jaws and extensors of thighs (nineteenth day). Severe tearing pains in the articulation of the jaws, with sore stiffness in the muscles of the face and nerves of the teeth (thirty-sixth day). Sharp pain in articulation of jaws and in the muscles of neck, left side, at noon (forty-fifth day). Sharp needlelike pains under the jaw, left side (fifteenth day). Sharp needlelike pains in lower jaw, left side (twenty-eighth day). Tremulous sensation in the jaws, with peculiar creeping chilliness all over (third day). Shooting pains under the jaws and in the muscles of the chest, left side (second day). Sharp needlelike pains under the jaws, especially the left side, at 8 P.M. (twelfth day). Peculiar pulsation in the chin, as if in the nerves of the lower front teeth, at short intervals (forty-second day). Pulsation in the chin (forty-third and forty-ninth days).
Mouth.
Teeth. Clenching of the teeth, with twisted sensation in the jaws (forty-first day). Severe toothache, at midnight (third day). Violent attack of toothache in the upper teeth, left side, shooting to the cheek-bone (twenty-third day). Sharp attack of toothache in left half of the teeth (twenty-sixth night).
Toothache in the upper teeth at intervals, a sensation as if the teeth were loose and too long (thirty-second day). Sharp attacks of toothache, worse in the right upper teeth, coming on at intervals, at night (thirty-fourth day). Severe pains in the teeth, as if the nerves were suddenly pulled out, at night (thirty-fourth day). Sharp pains in nerves of teeth, in the evening (thirty-eighth day). Sharp pains in the nerves of the teeth (forty-fourth night). Drawing toothache in left upper teeth (fiftieth day). Violent shooting pains in upper teeth (thirty- fifth day). Sharp pains in the back teeth and jaws (fourth day). Sharp pains in the back teeth and in the articulation of the jaws (fifteenth day). Pains in the back teeth and articulation of jaws (nineteenth day). Tongue. Tongue, gums, and lips violet. Tongue dry and papillae erect. Tongue dry with white moisture on the edges. Tongue much coated, bad taste (seventh day). Tongue coated, bad taste (twenty-ninth day). Tongue felt hot (after thirty minutes). Soreness of the tongue and roof of the mouth (thirteenth day). General Mouth. Mouth distorted. The mouth was closed, but apparently not as rigid as in tetanus, for the will could control it to a certain degree; yet as it seemed, they fearing exciting uncontrollable spasms by any motion of the jaws, its muscles were held tense and tight.
Frothing from the mouth. Violent itching in the roof of the mouth (thirty-fourth day). Taste. Bad taste (several days). Feverish taste (several days). Hot and bitter taste in the mouth constantly. Dry taste in the mouth. Saliva. Flow of saliva.- It caused a great quantity of saliva to flow, and she shook her head seemingly much disgusted. Excessive spitting of frothy saliva (after twelve hours). Mouth filled with frothy saliva (after one hour). Teeth covered with frothy saliva. Mouth covered with saliva, which he ejected by spasmodic jerks. Speech.
Difficult to articulate with distinctness, in the interval between the spasms. Articulation difficult (after twenty- minutes). Articulation extremely difficult (after twenty minutes). Speech indistinct. Unable to speak, muttered only unintelligible sounds, which seemed to correspond to the rhythmical movements of the lips, which, however, were soft and mobile, and moved as though he wished to speak. Complete loss of speech (after a few minutes). Speechless but conscious.
Throat
Choking sensation in the throat. Dreadful sensation of choking.
Choking sensation, as if something were tied round the throat tightly (seventeenth day). Most uncomfortable sensation about the throat and head and slight spasms of the muscles. Sensation of spasm in the throat and stomach, associated with ineffectual efforts to vomit. Stiffness about throat. Constriction of the throat and tightness of the chest, with rigidity of the muscles on attempting to move (after five minutes). There seemed to be some constriction about the throat as it was difficult for him to swallow. Constriction of the muscles of the throat and larynx. Contraction of throat (after five minutes). A feeling of contraction in the throat, left side, shortly after rising in the morning (sixth day). Spasmodic feeling of contraction in the throat (eighteenth day). Contraction of the throat, with intense difficulty of swallowing (twenty-seventh day). Suddenly a sense of contraction in the throat; a feeling as if something were constantly rising in the throat, with sickness, in the afternoon (forty-eighth day). Feeling as of a lump in the throat, in the evening (thirty-sixth day). Painful dryness and contracted feeling in the throat (eleventh day). Painful dryness of the throat (twelfth day). Dry contracted feeling in the throat (fifteenth day). Dry contracted feeling in the throat, in the morning (forty-ninth day). Hot pains and dry sensation in the throat, coming on at intervals and lasting a short time (second day). Dry hot feeling in the throat (third day). On rising in the morning, a slight sensation of a sore throat, left side, with a general dry heat in the throat (fourth day). Soreness in the left half of the throat (seventh day). The throat begins to feel much worse; hot pains shooting from the left side of the throat into the ear and eye at 8 P.M. (seventh and eighth days). Throat painful and sore, with redness and slight swelling (eighth day).
Throat sore and painful the entire day (ninth day). Scraping in the throat. Spasmodic pains in throat and chest, with sick faint feeling in the evening (fifty-fourth day). Burning and suffocating sensation about the throat and chest. Fauces. Sense of constriction in the fauces, and at times could only swallow with difficulty (after one hour). Constriction of fauces with difficulty of swallowing (after twelve hours). Swallowing.
Deglutition almost impossible. Every attempt at deglutition produced violent spasms at the muscles of the pharynx. Swallowing with some difficulty. He swallowed with difficulty, even in the intervals of the most complete remission of the convulsions.
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.