Throat
Throat greatly swelled.7 Sore throat. Her throat always troubled her the tonsils repeatedly becoming inflamed. Sensation of heat in the throat, soon. She had an attack which her doctor called “congestion of the lining membrane in the throat and chest” (after several months). Hypertrophied tonsils, which secreted a cheesy matter (after five years). Pharyngeal varicosis (after five years ).
Stomach
Eructations (after one hour). Nausea. Nausea, with faint feeling and trembling (second, third and fourth days). Vomited freely. Vomiting, which brought some temporary relief. Feeling as if he had had nothing to eat. This is not unusual, as he seldom cared about his super (after six hours and a half). Indigestion, with flushing after food (after five years). Heat in the stomach (after one hour). Directly had cold feeling in stomach, which lasted all day (coldness, second day). In evening, after coming indoors, weight in stomach, with nausea (first day). A little gastro-enteric irritation for a few days before death, combined with an extremely irritable and rapid action of the heart.
Abdomen
Marked tenderness on deep pressure on both renal regions (after five years). A painful spot near the gall-bladder (after five years). Flatulence discharged both upward and downwards (after five years). 24. Uneasiness in bowels. The irritation was especially painful in the inguinal regions.
Urinary organs
The urethra was cauterized with stick nitrate of silver this set up an acute cystitis, utterly uncontrollable by remedies (after six years). Incessant Enuresis (after six years). Remittent dysuria, with backache, formed prominent features in the history of the case. Urine sometimes thick and hot, always too frequent (after five years). 24. The microscope revealed copious blood-discs in the urine, but nothing further; repeated examinations of the urine, obtained under very varying conditions, always disclosed the presence of haematuria, but no casts of any kind were ever detected (after five years), 24.
Chest
“Congestion at the apex of the right lung” (after four years). The apices of the lungs were doubtfully, but not decidedly dull (after five years).
Back and neck
The part (right side of neck) began to swell that night, and was red and burning; the swelling gradually increased to the size of an egg, and lasted three weeks. Aching of the part (right side of neck) all day; next burning, last all night; cold water relieved the burning for a time, but it afterwards returned worse than before.20. Woke last night with pain in left neck, preventing her from turning it to left side; felt least when lying on back, best on right side; lasted one hour and a half (fourth day). Backache, with the remittent dysuria; she was in the habit of deadening the backache by immersion in ice-cold water.
Upper Limbs
Pain in shoulder in the region of the wasp stings; glands in right axilla, swollen (fifth day). During the whole progress of the case was much pain and soreness on the shoulder blade where the stings were received, and it subsided only with the other symptoms. Pain in left shoulder-joint on moving it, as if sprained; worse on lifting the whole arm and on twisting it (after two hours and a half). Aching of hand and arm up to shoulder, lasting all day. Burning of the part (right thumb), the swelling, red, with burning pain.
Lower Limbs
Rheumatic pain in left instep, lasting a week.
Sleep
No sleep all night. Disturbed sleep (after five years). Very restless at night.
Fever
Feet cold, except in summer, when they burn uncomfortably (after five years).
Skin
The skin surrounding the sting immediately began to swell, erythema (alternating with large weals) spread over the whole surface of the body, into the mouth and down through the gullet to the stomach, causing vomiting which brought some temporary relief;the irritation was especially painful in the inguinal regions, thence it passed to the pudendum, giving rise to ulceration, 24. Erythematous blush on left half of body from head downward, lasted eight to ten days and desquamated; then rheumatic pain in left instep, lasting a week. The sting was followed by a burning sensation, as if something were sticking and drawing out; the part stung was bright red, elevated, with a hard swelling, the redness surrounded by a circle of cold chilly sensation, soon changing to a general chill, repeated at short intervals that seemed to extend in waves all over the whole body, 3. Hands, feet, and chest becoming as red as if I had scarlet fever. The cheek was also much swollen, and the skin soon became of a bright red tint. The redness spread rapidly in all directions over the head and down the neck, shoulders, back, and front of chest; wherever it travelled it was accompanied with pain and tenderness (after twenty minutes). Subsequent of the whole abdomen. Prurigo-like, pinkish, lentil-shaped spots upon hand and forearm, on neck and all over the down to the feet. An ulcer, lasting three months after the sting. Itched all over to a dreadful degree. Intense itching of the part (right side of neck), every day about 3 or 4 A.M., lasting about half an hour, slightly relieved by vinegar applications (after third day); immediately after the itching, there was burning for half an hour (from scratching the part); this continued for three weeks; towards the end of that time would intermit for a day or two, 20. Intense itching of the part (right thumb); it came on about 3 or 4 P.M. about 8 or 9 A.M., and again about 3 P.M.; it lasted half an hour each time, and was immediately followed by burning for half an hour; the itching was relieved by applications of salt and vinegar; this lasted four days; for the next three days the itching only came on between 8 and 9 A.M., and was less severe and shorter.
Heart and Pulse
Palpitation (after five years). Beating of carotid arteries was violent; pulse 160 per minute. With the gastro-enteric irritation, an extremely irritable and rapid action of the heart. Pulse 64 (after three hours). Pulse small and quick (fourth day). Feeble, quick pulse (in two hours).
Sexual organs
The irritation passed to the pudendum, giving rise to ulceration. An irritable ulcer surrounded the os tincae (after five years). Pain in the left region (after five years). Catamenia preceded by mental depression, pain, pressure and constipation; the flow is sometimes brown (after five years). Catamenia intermittent, average is amount; always accompanied by pain and flatulence. Respiratory organs. Voice hoarse. Hoarseness, entire loss of voice. Huskiness (after four years). “Hacking cough on lying down” (after two years). Hurried respiration. Respiration 34, but not particularly labored, and not strikingly laryngeal in character (after three hour). Respiration and deglutition much impeded. About half a minute after an application of diluted liquor ammonia to the tongue, he was seized with a spasm of the glottis, his face became pale, with drops of perspiration on the forehead, and his arms were thrown to grasp for air (really to assist respiration by means of the pectoral muscles); he said, “I shall choke,” and got out of the stood upright, but with no improvement, for he sank back on the bed again, his face became livid, he ceased to breathe and the pulse stopped. He breathed about four times after tracheotomy was performed, and died in about three hours and a half after the bite. Dyspnoea (in two hours).
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.