Skin
Red blotches on arms, legs and face, then over whole body, gradually coalescing, till they resembled measles. Red spots becoming confluent, with fever and rapid pulse, then swelling of face, cheeks, lids and ears, with now impetiginous, now moist, now scaly eczema and ichthyosis, desquamation in great sheaths, then falling of hair and nails of all fingers and toes, with this skin disease watery diarrhoea and then similar affection of conjunctiva and bronchi, abscesses on arms, over shoulders and arm-pits. Redness on chest and shoulders, next day extending over whole trunk and limbs, livid spots and red patches alternating, afterwards the spots on chest and abdomen were yellowish, with white patches between them, then general desquamation, and fissures over sacrum and near joints. Scarlet color of face from roots of hair down to ramus of jaw, (<) over cheek-bones, and shading in different directions, ears of same color and red blotches over neck and chest down to centre of sternum, all (>) paroxysm of sneezing, with contraction of pupils, injection of conjunctiva and excitement of circulation. Redness of face, forehead and whole head to neck. Smooth scarlet eruption over whole body.
Diffuse inflammatory redness. Erythematous redness over head and neck, with twitching of facial muscles. Scarlatinal rash over whole body, with fever and tenderness of skin, then desquamation. Erythema of head and neck, with dark areola, (<) wine, beer or spirits, with palpitation, the hyperaemia disappearing last from forehead. Erythema of head in spots, then more diffuse, the vessels being dilate, d in pronounced forms extending to trunk and becoming general, following by preference the larger trunk nerves. Petechial and purpuric eruptions, which may run into a species of pyaemic condition, with ulceration around borders of nails. Erysipelatous eruption on face, face so swollen that she could not see. Papular rash on arms, with red bases. Nettle-rash on arms and legs. Anaesthesia. Itching preventing sleep at night.
Clinical Has been prescribed for erythema and urticaria.
Sleep
Gaping. Sleepiness; in evening, retired early, unrefreshed on waking in morning; S. but remained awake till 1 A.M. Prolonged sleep. Deep sleep; from 1 to 5 P.M., with loud snoring; with red face, fulness of veins of neck, deep respiration and rapid pulse. Snoring. Woke with a scream, jumped out of bed, sat on the edge of it, semi-conscious (Belladonna).
Fever
Coldness. Cool skin. Cold limbs. Fever. Sweat; in beads on forehead; cold. Singular dryness of skin.
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.