Eyes
Sunken, surrounded by gray rings. Congestion of optic. Inflammation of r., kerato-iritis. Fixed, without expression, pupils dilated, (<) l., but sluggish, could not see with the r. as with l., ophthalmoscope showed in r. eye slender retinal veins, extravasations of blood into vitreous, filaments and points floating in vitreous. Paleness of internal segment of optic nerves, with marked excavation of papillae (Phosphorus, Plumb.), which were less transparent than normal, and appearance of optic nerve like smoked glass. Progressive atrophy of papillae of l. Neuritis, disc pale and hazy, the haze extending a disc’s breadth into retina, veins engorged, arteries too small, central scotoma for red, not for white. Stitches in r.; when reading; jerking, in r., in region of superior rectus muscle. Pressure upon eyes; with inclination to close them; itching, with burning on upper lids and an itching pustule, and with whitish-yellow mucus in eye. Heat and pricking. Lachrymation; while reading.
Pressure on l. ball, with heat in it. Itching of ball. Pupils dilated; contracted. Cornea insensible (Gelsemium).
Lids – Twitching. Heaviness. Burning in margin, with redness. Biting in r. lower. Itching. Bruised pain in r. lower, near outer angle, in afternoon, first observed on touch, then in upper, over region of lachrymal gland, and in upper and inner part of globe, all (<) by movement of eye or lid and by pressure, r. lids feel swollen but are not, redness of outer margin of lower lid, with sensation as if a stye would begin, next day r. lower lid hot, painful, sore, swollen, red near outer canthus, the following day stye on r. lower lid, hot and painful.
Paroxysmal jerking stitching alternately in various muscles of r. eye. Sore pain in l. orbicularis, towards external canthus, (<) moving lids. Pressure in orbits.
Photophobia. Vision misty; in r. eye; for everything beyond a certain distance. Double vision. Trembling of all objects (Plumb.); of letters when reading. Objects seemed confluent. Loss of vision; in r. eye. Obscuration of a part of the field, so that he did not see the concluding letters. Field restricted (Physos.), especially for colors; especially for white and blue. Loss of power of distinguishing objects and bluish-green appearance to everything, as if seen through a green veil, ability to distinguish only large objects quite close, inability to distinguish type of newspaper from the white margin, both alike appearing greenish (Osm.), glasses did not improve vision. Inability to read, all objects appeared yellow, ophthalmoscopic examination revealed nothing abnormal, usual field showed a central scotoma for red and green.
Ears
Stitches; in r.; in r. in afternoon; in r. after dinner, at intervals of a quarter of an hour; in r., (<) towards evening; in l.; in l. in evening; in l., waking him at night, with griping pain in it; in l. as from an insect at 9 P.M.; in external meatus auditorius; jerking, in l. Boring in r. Pain in l., with stopped sensation; intermittent P. in r. as if a dull instrument were thrust into tympanum. Feeling of deafness in l. as if obstructed by a thick substance, during and after dinner.
Deafness. Hearing lost in l. ear. Hearing impaired; as if something were stuffed into ears. Ringing; before ears. Tinkling. Humming in l.; (<) eating; in l. like a distant wind, obliging him to raise his voice. Buzzing and singing of wind in r., like an aeolian harp, in morning when walking.
Nose
Pain in nasal fossae as from fumes of sulphuric acid. Prickling in tip like an irritation to sneeze. Burning in root and in throat. Stoppage. Sneezing; with traces of blood in nasal mucus. Bleeding. Smell impaired; everything smelled of the vapors of the factory.
Face
Pale; and covered with clammy sweat, lips blue and moist, with saliva and frothy mucus. Red, then pale; R. and puffy. Sudden congestion, with anxious, uncertain expression. Sad expression. Aspect of astonishment, with hesitancy of speech and loss of memory. Convulsive movements of lips; in corners. Dry lips. Burning of lips, tongue and throat. Stiff lips. Drawing pain in l. lower jaw. Compressive feeling in muscles of under jaw, especially alongside larynx.
Mouth
Teeth. Stitches in r. lower molar extending from crown to root; in r. upper carious T.; jerking, in carious T. at 9 A.M.; drawing, in upper back carious at 6 A.M., and in lower one opposite to it, lasting in first till after rising. Tearing re- appeared in afternoon, (<) cold, (>) after midnight, with drawing. Toothache from cleansing mouth, with cold water in morning; T. (<) night; in r. lower molar; with an ulcer about the tooth, extending towards palate, with itching, tension and impeded chewing; throbbing, in l. back teeth in evening and all night, with burning in it. Blunt feeling.
Tongue – Coating. Pricking on tip. Coldness, changing to sticking-burning, then sensation as from an acrid and astringent substance. Burning; in papillae; at tip and in throat; at root; sticking; as from oil of peppermint, with garlicky taste. Stiffness. Paralysis (Plumb.). Speech difficult.
Burning in mouth; with pain, and in pharynx. Irritability in mouth and pharynx, with constriction in larynx provoking cough, which amounts to retching, with expectoration of mucus. Clamminess. Anaesthesia of mucus membrane of M. and throat. Salivation; with nausea. Constant spitting. Glutinous saliva. Sweetish saliva. Fetid breath. Hot breath.
Taste – Metallic. Sulphur-like. Saltish-sourish all forenoon. Sweetish, offensive. Bitter; on waking, (>) after breakfast. Bitter sour in morning. Repulsive, acrid and scraping, with burning in throat and along oesophagus on swallowing. Pasty; and nauseous. Unusual, to beer between 5 and 6 P.M. Impaired. Blunted, frequently hereby. Lost, except for salt and sugar.
Throat
Hawking, with inclination to vomit; H. of salt mucus. Oniony taste and smell. Intermittent sticking constriction near beginning of oesophagus, as if a bone were sticking there. (Pains caused by cold wet weather, with burning and with catarrh). Scraping; with burning, and in oesophagus. Rawness; scraping, (as from a foreign body) in l. side, extending on swallowing to l. ear. Scraping roughness; with stitches. Acridity. Sensation of a hair. Burning; extending to stomach; in soft palate. Burning pain. Dryness. Difficulty in swallowing.
Stomach
Appetite increased; and digestion difficult, irregular, with colic, vomiting and congestion. Ravenous A. Desire for food, with salivation. Irregular appetite. Hunger, with aversion to eating; H., with aversion to the food set before him, but it had real relish. Little appetite; especially for meat. Loss of A.; for supper. Aversion to all food, it smelled and tasted of the drug. Thirst; especially for beer.
Eructations; in morning on waking, with emissions of flatus; with nausea. Insufficient. Loud; in afternoon, with fetid flatus. Empty; and of acrid smell and taste; as after eating radishes. Of milk that had been eaten, without nausea and vomiting. Of bitter fluid at 10 P.M. Of nauseating fluid. Sour; at 8 A.M. after drinking coffee; burning; burning, corrosive in afternoon after eating; corrosive fluid.
Nausea; on stooping; (<) entering a room or going into open air; (>) eructations; (>) vomiting; with frontal headache; with pressure and coldness in stomach; in attacks, with movements in hypogastrium; intermittent, (>) after dinner, with salivation; faintlike. Vomiting; violent, on eating; vomiting of food and glairy mucus. Inability to retain water long. Vomiting of scanty, bitter water. Greenish vomiting; and bilious, with nausea, cold sweat and prostration.
Inflation. Stitching through to back when resting epigastrium on window-sill and inspiring deeply; S. in epigastric region; radiating from a single point in pit into cardiac region, (>) noisy eructations. Tearing. Pinching in region. Cramp. Pain; after breakfast, (<) deep breathing; in region; in epigastric region. Sensitiveness to pressure. Constriction, with good appetite. Pressure; beneath pit; after breakfast; after breakfast, (>) eructations of air; after dinner, with constriction and sticking in chest; after dinner, stretching into abdomen; from all food and drink, even from beer and sugar; after beer, with eructations of air; after stool, then headache and cramplike stitching in ears; and in abdomen, with pain in loins.
Heaviness; extending all over epigastric region. Fulness; extending all over epigastric region, with vertigo. Emptiness. Discomfort; in epigastric region, with nausea and eructations of air having the taste and smell of the drug. Indigestion. Heart- burn all day, (<) forenoon and at every eructation; H. (<) after smoking. Burning, (<) pressure, and in region of liver; B. in forenoon, extending through oesophagus; spreading through hypogastrium, with increasing warmth in chest and in the perspiring face and palms; in pit. Warmth in pit spreading through chest to head and downward to umbilicus.
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.