Severe throbbing sore throat, as if striking on it. Tonsil.
Painful swelling of right tonsil, not interfering with deglutition. Painful constriction in the right tonsil, extending to the ear, and aggravated by swallowing. Pressing pain in the tonsils, with yawning; necessity of stretching, with cutting pain in the left lung and heart. Pain in the tonsils and throat, with great heat, uneasiness, and movements of the head. Painful shooting in the right tonsil, radiating through the cerebrum and left side of head. Fauces. Fauces inflamed, swollen, purplish hue; deglutition very difficult, as if from partial paralysis; on attempting to swallow, was obliged to make several unsuccessful efforts. Swallowing. Painful swallowing. External Throat.
Throat commenced to swell externally (after eight hours). The finger became somewhat inflamed, with intolerable burning and itching in the vicinity of the scratch (after twenty-four hours); the symptoms continued to increase from this time, and on the third day they became fully developed; slight enlargement of the axillary glands, which were sensitive to touch; submaxillary and cervical glands much swollen and very sensitive, the least pressure causing intense pain; the neck was swollen anteriorly in a line from the chin to the sternum, and posteriorly in a line from the occipital protuberance to the scapulae, dark red, nearly purple. I can convey no better idea of the rapidity with which the swelling progressed than by mentioning that on the morning of the third day after inoculation, I had on a fourteen and a half inch collar, my usual size; at 10 A.M. I replaced it with one an inch large; at 12 M. I again changed for one still an inch large, which I was obliged to remove at 3 P.M., as the neck was so swollen that I was in danger of choking; the swelling continued to increase until evening, when it was much relieved by a profuse hemorrhage from the nose. Swelling of one of the cervical glands of left side of neck, painful when coughing, and lasting the whole night. Constant dull throbbing pain in the cervical and submaxillary glands, with occasional sharp stinging pains.
Stomach
Appetite and Thirst. Appetite soon satisfied, with great thirst. Ravenous appetite, at night. Some appetite, but indigestion and bilious symptoms after grief or a difficulty with somebody. Loss of appetite (after three hours). Loss of appetite, craving for raw articles, digest for meat, and general wasting away. Loss of appetite, with general prostration and intense thirst, followed by vomiting after eating. Loss of appetite and great thirst, but he dare not drink, being afraid of getting sick. Loss of appetite, disgust for meat, and great thirst. Loss of appetite; aversion to food; great thirst, with fear to drink. Loss of appetite, with slight pain in the stomach, heaviness of the head, sleepiness, and tendency to vomit after eating. Entire loss of appetite at breakfast, with intense thirst; this symptom lasted all through the proving. Entire loss of appetite; disgust for all kinds of food, even for bread; lacerating pain in the stomach, and painful flatulence in the abdomen, before and after eating. Thirst, loss of appetite, disgust for roasted meats, progressive debility, and prostration.
Constant thirst; indescribable malaise. Great thirst (after three hours). Constant thirst; malaise; desire for raw articles.
He is obliged to eat, with intense thirst. Intense burning thirst; constant desire for large quantities of cold water.
Inextinguishable thirst. Great thirst, with dryness of the mouth. Eructations. Bitter eructations. Hiccough. Hiccough, with toothache, without being carious. Hiccough, at 2 P.M.; sensation of pain and snapping in the right ear, as if scratching it with force. Hiccough for half an hour after breakfast, followed by slight griping pains in the abdomen, urging to stool, and a soft passage three and a half hours afterwards. Pyrosis, when waking in the morning, with great heat and heaviness of the head, almost preventing the opening of the eyes. Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea and dizziness, with pain in the upper part of the head, extending to the malar bones. Nausea and dizziness, compelling to lie down, with great sadness and sickness of the stomach. Nausea and vomiting, sometimes after getting into bed.
Nausea and vomiting of acid substances, while dressing followed by great heat in the abdomen, particularly in the epigastrium (in a girl who menstruated for the first time the day previous).
Vomiting after eating, followed by vertigo and pain in the umbilical region; the vertigo is worse by carrying some weight on the head. Vomiting, with incessant paroxysms of coughing and expectoration of a very little mucus. Vomiting of everything taken into the stomach soon after eating, preceded by intense burning pains in the stomach and oesophagus, which vomiting relieved. Stomach. Muscular contraction of the epigastrium, with uneasiness and need of moving. Heaviness in the stomach, during the night, with profuse secretion of watery saliva.
Weakness and faint feeling in the stomach, with nausea and frontal headache, in the night. Anguish; uneasy feeling at the stomach, with hammering pressive pains in the head, particularly in right side, and extending to the same side of the face.
Anguish and anxiety felt at the pit of the stomach, causing sadness, with fear of a misfortune, lasting some seconds or minutes, repeating itself about twelve times in the same day, being a great deal worse on resting after an active exercise (forty-fifth to one hundredth day). Anguish at the pit of the stomach, and great malaise, repeatedly during fifty days.
Distressed feeling in the stomach, with flatulence, in the morning. Painful distress in the stomach, as after being a long time without food. Painful distress and faint feeling in the stomach, in the morning, aggravated by pressure and change of position, extending upwards and downwards, with nausea; flat or sweetish taste in the mouth. Feeling of disrelish and uneasiness in the stomach, as after indigestion. Feeling of disrelish in the stomach, at 9 A.M., continuing till 11 A.M., with languor, malaise, borborygmus, profuse salivation, and sensibility of the gums, even when chewing soft food. Painful oppression in the epigastrium and the base of the chest, with difficulty of breathing; he is compelled to bend double, without being able to make any movements. Before and after dinner, sensation as if some light body was ascending from the stomach to the chest. A slight pain in the stomach, preventing sleep, and causing bilious vomiting. Slight pain in the stomach, extending to the left side, at 8 P.M. Pain in the stomach from pressure; some appetite. Pain in the stomach, as if stretched. Pain in the stomach, with loss of appetite for all kinds of food; even those he used to relish best have a bad taste. In the morning, pain in the stomach after eating anything. In the afternoon, one hour after eating, dull pain in the stomach, lasting half an hour, and repeatedly the following days, though not lasting so long. Pain in the stomach, with heaviness in the head, great sleepiness, loss of appetite; tendency to vomit after eating. Pain in the stomach and abdomen; however, he feels like playing and joking.
Pain in the epigastrium and abdomen; cannot say what kind of pain it is. Pain in the stomach, increased by pressure, and extending to the face, teeth, ears, and temples. Pain in the stomach and uterus, with sticking pain in the spleen. Pain in the stomach, as if it was packed full, with trembling of the legs and pain in the abdomen, extending to both sides and to the groins. Pain in the stomach all night or when waking; crying; stinging- lancinating pains in the spleen; great thirst; disgust for chocolate, and aggravation by drinking cold water (relieved by Sulphur 200th). Pain in the stomach, as if torn to pieces, followed by pains in the abdomen, and pressive-burning pains in the uterus, sacrum, and hips. Pain and heaviness in the stomach four days before menstruation, and the same day it ought to appear. Pain in left side of stomach, with pressure in the chest and dyspnoea. Pain in the pit of the stomach. as if that part was strongly squeezed by a band. Pain in the stomach, as if it was torn, with heat, colic, and vomiting of food. Tearing pain in the stomach, with dissatisfaction and sadness. Tearing pain in the stomach and abdomen, as if caused by flatulence, before and after eating; loss of appetite and disgust for food. Tearing pain in the stomach, with pressure in the left side of chest, with great thirst, desire of moving, and uneasiness of the limbs.
Tearing pain in the stomach for several hours, with lancinations in the spleen or in the left subclavian region; shooting pains in the heart at intervals, palpitation, and slight murmur (bruit de souffle). Tearing and burning pains in the stomach, lancinations in the spleen, and pressive pain in the chest and heart, lasting for several hours. Cramps in the stomach. Gastralgia, at night, with great restlessness. Gastralgia, in the evening, aggravated by pressure, lasting two days. Slight tickling sensation in the stomach, with pain in the shoulder articulation, as if the ligaments were relaxed. The patient complained of great heat in his inside and of a burning thirst; he begged earnestly for some water to quench, as he expressed it, the fire which was consuming him. Gastric symptoms, with slight pains in the roots of the teeth, particularly when touching each other. (Many symptoms of the digestive symptoms are peculiar, on account of the sympathetic pains which accompany them, or arise on the sides of the head, face, ears, teeth, and malar bones; these pains are of a neuralgic or congestive character).
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.