Introduction
The mineral waters of Teplitz, in Bohemia. Analysis of Haupt and Frauen-bad-quelle, by Ficinus and Wolf. In 16 ounces are found: Sodium carbonate. 2.284 grs.|Lithium carbonate. 0.018 grs., Sodium chloride. 0.433, |Ferrum. Carbonate 0.037, sodium fluor- silicate 0.130, |Strontium. Carbonate 0.019, sodium phosphate.
0.001, Calcium. Carbonate sodium 0.325, iodide. 0.056, |Magnesium. Carbonate 0.053, Potassium sulphate. 0.434, |Silica.
0.312, chloride. potassium 0.105, |Alumina. 0.022, Manganum carbonate. 0.080, Temperature 39 R.
Mind
Anxiety. Irritability with disposition to weep. Bad spirits and absence of thought. Indisposition to work of all kinds. Weakness of memory.
Head
Confusion and vertigo. Confusion of head with aching over eyes.
vertigo and faintness. Vertigo with feeling of paraplegia.
Vertigo, as if from taking alcoholic drink. Vertigo, with noise in the ears and dimness of vision. Vertigo with staggering gait, as if slightly intoxicated. General Head. Weight and confusion of head. Head ache. On moving the head a pain in it, as if something fell from one side to the other, with weakness of memory. Tearing in the head with pain in the throat, s that he could not breathe freely. Tensive stretch- ing headache, as if the head. Forehead and Temples. Frontal headache with inclination to vomit. Tearing in temples and occiput. Burning pain beginning in the right temporal bone and extending to the right concha and cheek. Throbbing headache in right temple with swollen red face. Vertex and occiput. Throbbing headache in the vertex. Aching in occiput. External Head. The hair falls out much. Large, soft, movable lumps on the head, as big as pigeons’ eggs, with erysipelas in the face. Eruption of vesicles on the scalp. Soreness of the hairy scalp, so that every hair causes pain when touched.
Eye
Both eyes are closed up, in the morning, with white viscid mucus.
Feeling of dryness in the right eye and dimness of vision. Aching and burning in the eyes. Lids. Redness and erysipelatous swelling of the lids. On the right eyelid two styes, that disappear without suppurating. Cramp pain in the upper lids, so that they could only be opened with the hand, but when the hand was removed they immediately closed again. Lachrymation. Conjunctiva.
Inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eyelid and ball of the eye.
Ear
Swelling on the left concha with erysipelatous inflammation.
Purulent p73 discharge from he ear. Pain in the interior of the right ear, as from a red-hot coal. Tearing-shooting pain first in one ear, then in the other. Hearing. Dulness of hearing with sensation as if something stopped the ears. Noises in the ears.
Roaring in the ears.
Nose
Frequent flow of mucus from both nostrils. Aching over the root of the nose. Prickling and feeling of dryness in the nose.
Frequent and profuse epistaxis.
Face
Swollen red face with throbbing headache in right temple.
Swelling and paleness of the face. Drawing and tearing in face.
In right side of face, from forehead to lower jaw, tearing, with drawing of the jaw awry and difficult speech.
Mouth
Teeth. Raging toothache; the right cheek and lower jaw were drawn towards the left side, preventing proper speech. Violent toothache, as if all the teeth were suddenly pierced with a hot iron. Violent boring pain in the upper molars. Sensation as if the upper and lower incisors were lengthened and inability to chew with them. Tearing through both rows of teeth. Gums.
Frequent bleeding of gums with loosening of teeth. Tongue.
Spasmodic protrusion of the tongue with inability to speak.
Paralysis of tongue; in spite of the utmost efforts he cannot move it in the slightest degree; this lasts eighteen minutes.
Swelling of tongue with profuse secretion of saliva. Vesicles on back of tongue with burning pain in throat. White coating on tongue with insipid taste. Moist tongue. Heaviness of tongue on speaking, as if paralysis were commencing. General Mouth. On the inside of the right cheek several small vesicles, which burst and form ulcers. Dryness of mouth with burning of tip of tongue.
Throat
Pain in throat without redness. Aching pain in swallowing without visible alteration in the affected organs. Tearing-drawing pains in the muscles of throat and stiffness of neck. Swelling of uvula and tonsils with difficulty of swallowing. Swelling of cervical glands.
Stomach
Appetite and Thirst. Canine hunger, soon satisfied, and swallowed by stomachache. Variable appetite, at one time great hunger, at another no appetite. Dislike of animal food. Anorexia. Anorexia with feeling of fullness in pit of stomach. Anorexia with eructations and sour taste. Anorexia with white viscid coating on tongue. Thirst. Heartburn. Heartburn with flow of much water into mouth. Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea and fainting feeling.
Nausea with some vomiting. Nausea and inclination to vomit, but not actual vomiting. Inclination to vomit with frontal headache.
Stomach. Aching in stomach, extending through the back. Pain in stomach with burning rising up into the throat, as if red-hot coal lay there; it is relieved by drinking cold water. p73 Sensation as if the stomach were full of water; it seems to splash about when walking. Full feeling in stomach with great development of wind and eructation.
Abdomen
Hypochondrium. Shooting in the right hypochondrium, especially on drawing a full breath. Umbilicus. Tearing pain in the umbilical region. General Abdomen. Tense swollen abdomen with discharge of much flatus. Rumbling in the abdomen without distension or discharge of flatus. Feeling of weight in abdomen and pressure down towards genitals. Cramp like contraction of recti muscles. Colic pains with discharge of bright-red blood by stool. Tearing pains in abdomen from both sides towards the navel. Soreness of abdominal muscles. Inguinal Region. Swelling of inguinal glands. In right inguinal ring a swelling as large as a hen’s egg which disappears entirely in a few hours.
Rectum & Anus
Profuse hemorrhoidal hemorrhage with great relief to the symptoms. Passage of whitish viscid mucus by anus. Painful piles with violent burning in the anus. Burning in rectum, with evacuation of a viscid secretion mixed with blood-streaks.
Itching in perinaeum with production of a humid eruption.
Frequent urging to stool without evacuation.
Stool
Several thin frothy stools with burning in the anus. Hard stool with discharge of bright-red blood. Constipation. Constipation, for several days, with nausea. Constipation, with pain in the small of the back and heaviness of the lower extremities.
Urinary Organs
Urethra. Flying shoots in urethra. Burning in anterior part of urethra. Urine. Copious flow of urine. Scanty urine. Retention of urine; he could only pass it by drops and with violent burning in urethra. Urine as clear as water, with frequent call to pass it.
White slimy sediment in urine. Reddish brick dust sediment in urine.
Sexual organs
Male. Several vesicles on glans penis, containing clear water, bursting on the second day and leaving a spreading sore, which heels on the fifth day. Suppurating eruption on glans and scrotum, leaving blue marks. Painful swelling on both testicles without inflammation. Drawing in right testicle and cord.
Increased sexual desire with lively dreams. Female. Milk-white leucorrhoea, like boiled starch. After violent tearing pains in abdomen, the catamenia occurred a fortnight after the right time.
After pain in hypogastrium, as if everything would be forced out below, the catamenia, which had never appeared, occurred very copiously. Metrorrhagia, with frightful tearing pain in abdomen; the blood is quite black and coagulated.
Respiratory Organs
Larynx and Trachea. Aching pains in larynx, worse when not swallowing than when swallowing. Feeling of dryness and roughness in larynx. Feeling of tickling in larynx, causing constant tussiculation. Severe catarrh of the trachea. Raw feeling in the trachea. Burning in trachea, with expectoration of lumps of viscid mucus. Voice. Hoarseness, almost amounting to loss of voice. Cough and Expectoration. Cough. Dry short cough.
Cough and pain in chest, without implicating respiration; at the same time sore throat, without redness, with moist tongue, headache, and tearing in hands and feet. Suffocative cough, with considerable but difficult expectoration, without the slightest pain; it disappears very gradually, when itching on the body occurs. Cough, with expectoration of viscid yellow mucus.
Nocturnal cough, with copious expectoration of mucus. Violent cough, with enormous expectoration of a gray color, which only disappears when an eruption appears. Respiration. Oppression of breathing, as from great rush of blood to the chest.
Chest
Oppression of chest, especially on going upstairs, with a feeling of heat mounting. Cramp like contraction in chest. Shoots in intercostal muscles. Tearing in pectoralis major up to shoulder.
Pain in chest. Front and sides. Burning beneath sternum.
Pressure and weight in the center of the chest, which becomes worse on breathing deeply. Shoots in right side of chest, obstructing respiration. Mammae. In right breast, two lumps as large as hazelnuts, with dull pain. Fine pricks, as with needles, in the right breast.
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.