Sleep
Yawning. Sleepiness; in afternoon; after dinner; in forepart of the evening, but restless sleep after 3 A.M.; in evening, with creeping chills upon back, then frequent waking in night and desire to throw off the bed-clothes, although the thermometer was below zero. Falling asleep on attempting to read. Sleeplessness. Restless sleep; after sleeping well for three or four hours, and dreams of being in trouble; from 3 to 5 A.M., and unrefreshing, with disposition to fold the arms over the head. Imperfect sleep, waking at midnight. Frequent waking at night. Troublesome dreams. Dreams of accidents, seeing limbs broken, great suffering, etc.
Fever
Chill; in bed before rising; in forenoon; afternoon; with prickling in female mammae; with pricklings in breasts. Occasional. Sensitiveness to cold air. General internal nervous chilly feeling, less over back. Cold arms and feet; hands and feet; back, in afternoon; l. thigh and leg, as from a cold breeze; surface in morning after waking; whole surface at 3 A.M., with cold sweat and lancinations; surface of body and of face and hands cool and dry.
Symptoms of catarrhal fever. Heat in front part of head; hot and dry forehead. H. in cheeks in flashes; H. in l. side of face, with general lassitude; of face, with slight inclination to sweat, and full, rapid pulse; in region of kidneys, with pain and weariness; of feet, then weakness of knees. Hot and dry skin. Burning in skin in morning after rising, with itching.
Disposition to sweat at night; at 3 A.M., beginning while asleep, (>) soon after waking, the first week with coldness of surface, afterwards with heat. Sweat, with headache similar to morning sickness during pregnancy. Cold S.; on hands and feet.
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.