Abdomen
(Inflammation of the liver). Violent pain in the region of the spleen. Emission of very much flatus. Emission of flatus, preceded by much rumbling in the abdomen. Emission of flatus, preceded by fermentation in the abdomen. Offensive flatus, as of rotten eggs. Profuse emission of flatus, stool. Profuse emission of flatus, without urging to stool. Discharge of flatus and urine, without urging to stool. Emission of flatus difficult and seldom. Rumbling, with diarrhoea. Great desire and rumbling in the abdomen, with a stool slimy and watery, mixed with had lumps. Fermentation in the abdomen increases after drinking the water, not followed by stool. Constant fermentation in the abdomen. Heaviness in the abdomen. Colic, without subsequent stool. Violent colic. Pains like a cutting in the abdomen and small of the back, with profuse menses; the colic is less on the third day. Dragging from the abdomen half way down the right thigh, at the point where a femoral hernia had protruded, with a sensation as if the hernia would protrude, lasting several days and very distressing. Very transient, frequently repeated sensation as though diarrhoea would result, which, however, follows only after two hours, and after drinking coffee (first day). Swelling of the right inguinal region, with a sensation of an inguinal hernia.
Rectum
Hemorrhage from the rectum. Hemorrhoidal flow (curative of abdominal plethora). Burning in the rectum and bowels. Ineffectual desire for stool. Constant desire for stool, with evacuation. While urinating very frequent desire for stool, the evacuation could scarcely be retained. Urging to stool, without an evacuation.
Stool
Diarrhoea. Diarrhoea early in the morning and after drinking the water. Diarrhoea, with scanty evacuations. Copious slimy diarrhoea. Purging, with relaxed urinary organs and intestines. Diarrhoea like stools almost daily. Diarrhoea like stool, with much colic. Violent sensation of diarrhoea, with a thin liquid, slimy stool, mixed with lumps, and great exhaustion, repeated in the evening. Copious evacuation, with rumbling in the abdomen. Evacuation very copious, thin, and pasty. Involuntary evacuations of thin, slimy stools when urinating the water. Thin pasty stools several times a day. Copious evacuations from drinking the waters. Stools increased (only after first eight glasses). Thin stools. Stools thin, pasty, with qualmishness. Frequent scanty, watery evacuations during copious emission of flatus. On emitting flatus, involuntary escape of a thin liquid stool. Evacuations glutinous. The evacuations seem like solutions of isinglass. Stools green. Stool black. Stools gray, slimy. Stool brown. The stool smelt like rotten eggs. Stool of a penetrating, specific odor. Stool at times mixed with blood. A stool follows, without great previous desire, in a small quantity and only after breakfast, when there is desire for stool, which is frequently repeated all day; the evacuation is of a light color, slimy, liquid, with much rumbling. White slimy stools. Slimy stool early in the morning. Tenacious mucus in the stool, forming bloody membranes. Frequent dark, bilious, slimy stools. The linen is stained a dirty white by the stool, when dry it scales off like starch. Stools thready. Stool insignificant. The stools become more seldom as soon as the activity of the skin is increased. Stools more seldom, with frequent micturition. Constipation. Constipation, alternating with frequent desire for stool. Retention of the stool, with pressure. No stool during the menses, without lavements. Retention of stool, 1; (first days). Stool hard (sixth day). Discharge of hard masses, with great desire for stool. Stool hard, nodular, after lavement, during profuse menstrual flow. Evacuation tubular, seeming to consist of hardened membranous bile. The evacuations of the bowels become more infrequent and inversely, as the function of the skin is increased.
Urinary organs
(Inflammation of the kidneys). Pressure in the region of the kidneys. Obliged to rise at night to urinate. Obliged to rise to urinate several times at night. Is obliged to urinate more frequently after coffee, the urine is more profuse. Very frequent micturition in a tolerable, quantity, with constant perspiration and scanty stools. The urine flows in a weak stream, with little power and slowly, with a thin liquid stool. Frequent micturition of pale yellow urine, with diarrhoea. Micturition in several spurts, slow and with a weak stream, with great desire for stool, but scanty discharge. (A copious and frequent micturition is diminished). (Micturition, which hitherto had been frequent, became more infrequent and copious). Micturition seldom after milk. Micturition scanty, with constant perspiration. Micturition seldom, with scanty stools. Copious secretion of urine, which finally becomes dark, acid, deposits a greenish-yellow sediment. The urine has a peculiar odor. The acid urine had become alkaline. The urine is clear, light yellow, and fatty. Sediment in the urine, with “hemorrhoids of the bladder, “6. Deposit from the urine on the walls and bottom of the vessel. Urine slimy and fatty. The urine makes the linen stiff like starch.
Respiratory organs
Cough and Expectoration. Loose cough, in the morning. Expectoration of lumps of mucus. Expectoration of firm mucus. Expectoration of mucus without cough. The expectoration increases from day to day, is not frothy but consists of thin tenacious mucus. The expectoration has a sweetish taste, always occurs after drinking the water, very seldom at other times. Profuse, glutinous, salt expectoration. Profuse secretion from the mucus membranes of the bronchi. Respiration in the bath at first accelerated, by 3 to 5 to the minute. Short breath when walking slowly upon a level. Very short breath on ascending a hill, is obliged to walk very slowly, and to stop frequently in order to get his breath. Oppression of the breath, constriction of the chest in the region of the diaphragm as soon as this region is bathed; obliged him to raise the chest out of the water, and always returned whenever the water reached the region of the diaphragm.
Chest
Slight angina pectoris. Oppression of the chest. Oppression of the chest as soon as he goes into the bath, soon becomes very violent and threatens suffocation, and always obliged him to raise the chest out of the water whenever he is covered with the water. The chest seems constricted by the clothes, which are not tight; he breathes more freely when the clothes are opened. Pressure upon the chest.
Back and neck
Tension and stiffness in the nape of the neck. Drawing in the nape of the neck.
Extremities
Trembling of the limbs, with weakness. Very rapid growth of the nails. Lightness of the limbs, with desire to move (fifteenth day). Limbs so heavy that they could scarcely support her. Extreme indolence in all the limbs (fourth day); all the limbs feel bruised. The indolence and heaviness of the limbs diminishes (after nine days). Upper and lower extremities so weary and exhausted that he seldom moves them, with a weeping mood.
Upper Limbs
Trembling of the hands.
Lower Limbs
Great weariness of the lower extremities, with pain in the toes. Cramp in the thighs. Rheumatic pain in the right thigh for several days, especially on walking. Constant painful sensation in the bone of the right thigh, as though a hernia would protrude. Swelling of the feet. The swollen feet become sensitive. The feet became painful and sensitive. The feet are sensitive early in the morning, as after a long weak. Burning like fire in the feet. The corns drop off. The corns become elevated and soft, and are easily taken off. The corns between the toes easily taken off after the skin has become soft.
Sleep
Causes sleepiness. Sleepiness after a bath. After a bath sleepiness that could scarcely by repressed; the sleep refreshes him though he is ill-humored all day. Sleepiness disappears after continuing to use the water. Desire to lie down, and great sleepiness during the day; at night sleeplessness though he had lain down little during the day. Great sleepiness from 7 A.M. on. Sleep very good (first day); with many dreams (fourteenth day); little sleep at night after a long walk, though he was very weary and not restless (seventeenth day). Has no desire to rise in the morning on account of sleepiness. She lies down much through the day, with naps. Weary, with sleep, in the morning and through the day. Sleep sound but not refreshing, afterwards dreamy. Little sleep at night on account of dry heat. Falls asleep late, and immediately dreams. Wakefulness on going to bed. Frequent waking from a dreamy sleep. Restless sleep. Dreams. Sleep interrupted by dreams. Sleep full of dreams. Dreams disturb the sleep, immediately after falling asleep.
Fever
Chilliness. Inclined to be chilly the slightest air on the clothes or under the bed covers. Chilliness, immediately on raising the bed covers. Chilliness occurs very easily, while dressing after a bath. Shivering chill, immediately on raising the bed covers, with slowly returning warmth. Alterations of chill and heat, but more heat with perspiration and thirst than chill. Alteration of shivering chill and frequent heat. Heat. Causes fever. Organs of blood disturbs sleep. Dry heat disturbs sleep at night. General heat of the body with a hard stool. Sensation of heat over the whole body. Constant sensation of heat, with qualmishness. Anxious heat all day, does know what do on account of it. Oppressive sensation of heat of the skin, with moderate perspiration. Sensation of very great heat of the skin, without much sweat, all. Increased warmth of the skin, with a sensation of heat and longing for drink. Sensation of internal warmth in the flesh of the extremities, especially of the joints. Temperature of the heat in the bath at first all, fell, gradually rose above the normal, through, though with decided oscillations, suddenly fell a bath, them rose higher than in the bath. Burning heat of the hands. Sweat. Profuse perspiration and urine, day and night. Very copious perspiration on a long walk, with incessant itching of the skin. Skin at times dry, at other times moist, even a profuse perspiration. Constant slight perspiration. Moderate perspiration, with biting like salt, and itching over the whole body. Clammy itching perspiration. Slight perspiration with a moderate stool. Skin constantly moist. Perspiration on the head. Perspiration trickles from the head, without itching. He perspired very easily on the scalp, even when walking slowly. Perspiration on the scalp, with violent itching. Much perspiration on the neck, with disappearance of the yellow spots. Profuse perspiration on the face, which itches and compels rubbing. Perspiration on the palms and soles. Copious perspiration on the hands, with wrinkling of the skin and desquamation, as in washer woman. Strong odor to the perspiration on the feet. (The perspiration on the diseased parts colors the linen brown).
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.