Sleep
Frequent yawning. Sleepiness; during the day; after dinner; over powering, in forenoon. Sleeplessness after midnight. Uneasy sleep; and frequent waking, with confused and at times anxious dreams, emissions, then sleep of exhaustion. Waking at night with frightful dreams, without knowing where he was. Disagreeable and frightful dreams, he is disappointed in everything and filled with anxiety. Vivid, agreeable D.; horrid vivid, which, however, did not make him anxious, but he always retained a kind of presence of mind. D. of mishaps to others. Confused D. every night, which were remembered after waking.
Fever
Chilliness; in afternoon, with thirst; in evening, with yawning, stretching, indolence and going to bed early without real sleepiness. Coldness of whole body, but the face becomes warmer and warmer. Shaking C., with thirst, shuddering after drinking, cold hands, knees and feet, with hurry, trembling, distortion of face, at one time weeping, at another joyous, at another raging mood anger at everything, during the chill some warmth in back and feet, which perspired but were not warm to touch. Shivering in r. thigh as if gooseflesh would form. Creeping shivering in thighs; over whole body, reaching head and seeming to draw hairs together; frequently upward over legs; intermittent, over trunk, with discomfort. Coldness of extremities; under finger-nails in afternoon; of limbs to touch, with general trembling from chilliness; internal and external, in hands; as from a drop of water on parietal bone, then in other places on head.
Heat; at night and sweat towards morning; with warm sensation in face; with glowing in face, but coldness at every motion, with pain in throat, which was swollen inside and outside, difficult swallowing, prostration, necessity to lie all day and stitches in head. Orgasm of blood. Heat of head; especially of feet, hands, abdomen and in palms, then itching all night and next morning. Sweat on forehead and neck at night.
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.