Sleep
Sleepiness. Sleepiness for two hours, in the afternoon. Irresistible sleepiness, in the after (after eleven hours and a half). Sleeplessness. Falls asleep late on account of numerous thoughts; in the morning he wakes very early, lies upon the side to which he is totally unused, and cannot rouse himself completely on account of weariness. Restless sleep. While asleep the child twitches the hands and closes in the thumb, with very dry heat over the whole body, and redness of the face. Frequent waking without cause. Frequent waking from sleep, as from wakefulness. Dreams. Vivid dreams, 3 4. Amorous dreams, 3 4.
Fever
Chilliness. He is chilly through and through in the cold open air immediately. Chilliness, for a quarter of an hour in the forenoon, cold creeping through the whole body, as from a cold wind, with dizziness of the head, vertigo, and a slight sensation of tense pulling asunder, in the middle of the brain (after one hour). Heat. Great heat over the whole body after eating a little, still greater heat in the face, with perspiration, oppression of the chest with great anxiety, which drove him about. Very transient sensation of heat, without thirst (after one hour). Heat in the side of the face upon which he has not lying, in the evening in bed. Sudden heat of the face without thirst, while sitting (after twelve hours). Sweat. Night sweat, two nights in succession.
Skin
Objective. Skin of the face thick, hard. Nettle rash over the whole body, with stinging-biting sensation, not provoking scratching. Eruption with intolerable (burning) itching, especially at night, over the whole face, and also behind the ears (only excepting the eyelids); a hard thick scab formed, cracked here and there, from which a tenacious yellow pus exuded, and hardened into a substance like gum, 7. Some hives on the left cheek, with violent itching, which obliges vigorous scratching, but which immediately returns after scratching (after ten hours and a half). A pimple beneath the left zygoma, without sensation by itself, painful when touched (after ten hours). Itching pimple on the last joint of the index finger (after twenty-four hours). Subjective. Cramp like pain in the skin between the scapulae, with cutting and crawling in the skin (after eighteen hours). Sticking itching in the left eyebrow, relieved by rubbing (after two hours). Burning stitch in the skin of the upper abdomen, while walking (after thirty-two hours). Burning sticking in the skin of the left thigh (after twenty-two hours). Itching on the right wing of the nose provoking scratching. Itching on the right scapula. Itching of the dorsal muscles, relieved by scratching (after half an hour). Itching between the scrotum and thigh, while sitting, relieved by scratching (after twenty-six hours). Itching on the inner upper portion of the right thigh. Itching anteriorly above the left knee. Itching stitch in the skin of the right side of the abdomen, disappearing on touch (after nine hours). Itching on the left inner malleolus (after twelve hours). Itching sticking in the right foot below the external malleolus, not relieved by motion. Itching in the ball of the right great toe, while standing, more violent while sitting.
Amelioration
Amelioration, (Open air), Headache. Amelioration, (Motion), Stitches in left shoulder-joint. Amelioration, (Standing), Stitches in abdomen.
Aggravation
Aggravation, (Expiration), Stitch in upper part of sternum. Aggravation, (Moving trunk and arm), Pressure in the right side of chest. Aggravation, (Sitting), Stitches in abdomen; stitches in groin. Aggravation, (Standing), Pain in the left tibia. Aggravation, (Walking), Vertigo; stitches through chest and abdomen.
Heart and Pulse
Anxiety of the heart, while lying, in wavelike beating, throbbing. Oppression and stitches in the region of the heart on bending the chest forward, while sitting. Pulse increased from ten to fifteen beats a minute.
Sexual organs
Male. Erection in the morning. Swelling of the prepuce. Pressing pain in the penis, extending to the glans (after two hours and a half). Jerking in the penis, which tends to make it stiff, in the morning on waking. Burning in the glans penis, immediately. Fine stitch in the back of the penis (after thirty-three hours)3. Itching biting in the external skin of the penis (after sixty hours). While standing, a voluptuous itching on the prepuce, accompanied by an erection, which provoked scratching (after three hours and a half). Itching sticking in the scrotum (after five hours). Emission with lascivious dream. Female. Stitch in the region of the mons veneris, on the right side (after seven hours). Leucorrhoea.
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.