Sleeplessness; till after 11 O’clock; till midnight. Late falling asleep. Restless sleep; in forepart of night; before midnight and waking in sweat at 5 A.M.; disturbed by symptoms in throat and irritation to cough; and full of dreams. Frequent crying out in night; without waking. Frequent sudden stretching. Snoring, rapid, whistling respiration during a dream that I was in dissecting-room with a corpse which sprang from the table and seized my throat. Waking frequently; before midnight; with confusion of mind; W. early, with twitching in muscles; W. suddenly, with sweat during and after sleep.
Dreams; lively; unremembered; disconnected; fancies without sense or connection in evening in a half sleep; of the occupations of the day; of journeys; vivid, of a journey; voluptuous; of a procession with music, music, so that he woke from the sound of kettle-drums; of great lice upon her shoulder and thinking long about whence they came. Anxious; of being a soldier, with weeping; of being killed. Of being buried alive; of dying, of a funeral and of a wedding; of corpses; of falling and bloody wounds.
Fever
Chill; in morning on waking, with cold feet; at 4 O’clock, then heat, (<) of head, with coldness of legs; at 4 P.M., with general sick feeling; at 5 P.M.; towards 6 P.M.; about 7 and 8 P.M., with chattering of teeth; at 8 P.M.; in evening; towards evening, with chattering of teeth, cold hands and feet; in bed; (<) at 10.30 P.M.; in bed, with chattering of teeth; with headache, cramplike constriction of chest and nausea; with nausea and oppression of chest. Sudden. Internal, (<) hands and feet; at 1 P.M.; I. and external; but not external. External; with heat, mostly in soles, where she sweats. Alternating with heat; towards evening, with thirst for Weiss Bier; C. at 2 P.M. as if dashed with cold water, alternating with dry heat, (<) in face, with constantly cold feet. Shivering; from 10 O’clock till noon; in afternoon; at 4 P.M., then heat; 6 P.M., with chattering of teeth, then heat, (<) in head; in evening; in evening on lying down; in evening in bed, with gooseflesh but external warmth, then sweat lasting all night; at night on waking, with trembling and heaviness in knees; before supper; after drinking water; in open air in summer; with nausea; with unchanged warmth; as if dashed with cold water.
Coldness of face, with pale cheeks; below umbilical region; of back; limbs; upper arm; hands; tips of fingers; lower extremities; knees; legs; calves and soles; feet; feet, (<) l.; toes; hands in morning; feet in morning; feet towards evening; lower extremities in evening with stiffness, preventing sleep; arms and legs, (<) towards evening; from spine along seventh and eighth ribs to sternum, (<) r. side; of r. ear, with burning of; of tip of nose, with boring in tips of ears; of feet, then burning of them; in face, alternating with heat in it; in different limbs, alternating with heat in it; in different limbs, alternating with heat in it; in different limbs, alternating with heat; rising from neck into occiput; internal and external of r. leg, with swelling of veins of hands and arms; on inner side of r. calf, extending into popliteal space, a feeling as if the place were laid bare. Creepings in back; between shoulders. Shivering down back; in back; in back, with heat in head; from neck down in afternoon; in hands, which are warmer than usual.
Heat. In morning on waking, with anxiety; from 5 to 7 A.M., with anxiety; in afternoon, with full pulse; every afternoon at the same hour; in evening in bed, without thirst; at night; with uneasiness; with oppression; with sensation as if hair stood on end; with restlessness and weakness of legs. Dry; at 4 P.M., with rapid pulse and cold ears; at night; D., with full and hard pulse. External. Internal at 4 P.M., with moist forehead; I., with internal burning between chest and scapulae; I. at 1 P.M., not external; except in lower limbs, without external heat.
Heat in head; forehead; forepart of forehead; in skin of temple near l. eye; upper part of head; l. side of head; on scalp; ears tips of ears; nose; tip of nose; face; cheeks; l. cheek; cheek- bones; back; in spot on upper part of l. scapula; in l. lumbar region and region of hips; hands; on dorsum of hand; in palms; in ball of r. thumb; muscles of r. thumb; l. leg; soles; in face in morning; cheeks in morning, with redness; cheeks in morning, with circumscribed redness; face at 4 A.M.; at 9 A.M. above eyebrow, extending to temple, then to forehead and vertex, (<) towards evening, with pressure deep in brain; in lower part of l. calf in afternoon when sitting; between shoulders at 1 P.M.; in cheeks towards 4 P.M.; at 5 P.M. in whole body, spreading from palms, not in feet; face in evening; of head, (<) after beer; forehead, with headache; forehead, with sweat on it; face, with redness; cheeks, with red swollen face; hands, with swelling; in head only internally; extending from l. ear over l. half of head; rising into head, with general warmth and distention of veins of hands. In flushes in face; at 2 P.M.; in head at 6 P.M., without external heat. Here and there in face as if blisters would appear. As from nettles in whole face except forehead, in evening.
Sweat; in morning; in morning sleep; towards morning; in morning on waking; in morning on waking after anxious dreams; at 4 A.M., 4 A.M., on waking; at night, (<) towards morning; on waking; on lying down; on appearance of pains; in axillae; palms; upper part of body from morning till afternoon; on forehead at night. Dry skin; and cool.
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.