Chest
Stinging beneath sternum, at about third rib, radiating in all directions for a circumference of about four inches, at 8 P.M. Sudden transient shooting in l. nipple, leaving soreness. Sharp pain in nipple; in l. side, with every breath; in r., nipple,. leaving soreness. Intermittent pain in r. nipple, beginning slowly each time, increasing to a sharp pain, then gradually passing off. Sensation as if milk were coming into r. breast, then stitches which centre in nipple, from 3 to 4 P.M.
Heart
Sounds feeble; with anaemic murmur over jugular veins. Pain in praecordial region; in region of apex. Discomfort in region in afternoon,. Uneasy feeling. Fluttering when redness of face and sensation as if heart stopped beating and started up again suddenly, causing faint, sick feeling. Beating not as hard as normal.
Clinical It benefits valvular of heart, with scanty urine and dropsy, great dyspnoea, sometimes produces bloody urine. In several cases of heart diseases it relieved oedema, so that he patient could lie down. In a case of very feeble, irregular action of the heart, soft, irregular pulse, doses of 10 drops of its dec. dil. relieved the dyspnoea and palpitation. It relieved dyspnoea, on ascending stairs OF walking, in a woman without organic disease. Heart irregular, urine suppressed, dropsy, dyspnoea, mitral disease, after Conval. the heart’s action was regular, and the dropsy disappeared.
Pulse
Rapid; when standing, and soft; and weak; and temperature high. Slow when lying, rapid on moving about the room., Changeable; in frequency (dig). Full, compressible and intermittent, (<) motion, (>) lying (Digitalis); F., compressible and imperceptible, with hand extended above head. Weak and easily compressed; W., and when holding my arm above my head it was imperceptible, hand turned pale, became numb and soon went to sleep. Dicrotic when and was extended above hand.
Back
Aching after leaning over with lame and weak feeling in dorsal region; A. as if bruised or broken; lame; A under lower angle of r. scapula; under point of l. scapula on lifting arm; sudden, under lower angle of r. scapula, passing off gradually, (>) bending shoulders backward, constant yawning after the pain; sore, between lower angles of scapulae, afterwards it extended up and down spine. Pain in lumbar region; as if muscles were bruised; across region of kidneys from 2 till 4 P.M. (<) in r. loin, after a short walk, (<) motion, deep breathing or sitting up straight; sharp, in post-sacral region; sharp, in region of r. kidney, leaving soreness; sore, in lumbar region from 5 to 10. A.M.
Extremities
Pain in wrists and ankles, after sleep, afterwards extending about four inches up legs. Rheumatic pain in l. elbow after going to bed, motion. Trembling of hands. A small aneurism on l. index, after pricking it it bled profusely and was difficult to stop, the bleeding caused a faint feeling. Cramp on inner side of r. side of r. thigh, it would come quickly and go away gradually, when riding, (>) straightening, leg and pressing foot against something; C. in l. calf when walking; below r. knee when sitting, (>) standing, returning on sitting down. Knees felt sore when walking. Legs ache; (<) r. and below knee. Feet numb on first bearing weight on them, then they seemed as if filled with needles (or as if asleep). Aching of r. great toe.
Sleep
Sleepiness; after breakfast, with Dullness; at 2 P.M. after entering a warm room; between 3 and 5 P.M., also with weakness; at 6 p.M. when sitting; after dinner; when sitting; with laziness. Woke between 12 and 2 A.M., was restless for two hours, with burning all over body; woke at @ A.M., was restless for some time, and after a short sleep woke again very restless; woke between 2 and 3 A.m., and was restless the remainder of the night. Restless sleep; towards morning. Troubles dreams.
Skin
Rough when washing after perspiring. Blotches like mosquito- bites on anterior part of thigh and foot, and sides of back; on body, with itching on undressing, so that she scratched the skin off, the itching continued after getting into bed. Feels sore over whole body on waking and after rising. ITching on anterior part of thigh.
Fever
Temperature lowered. Chill whenever I felt a little cold, with nervous feeling so that hands trembled; C. all night, with waking twice, before rising pain in forehead and temples, (<) r. side, (<) motion, chills running along back on moving any part, nausea, on getting out of bed shaking chill all over body, ends of fingers pale, the rest of the hand mottled purple and white, lips purple and sore, covered with hydroa, hair sensitive to touch, chill (>) heat of stove or warm coverings, water tasted bitter, no appetite, tongue felt as if scalded when drinking, warm coffee, thick, clammy saliva, aching in lumbar region and legs, nausea, inability to sleep at 10.30 A.M. chilly from a draught of air when lying on a cold, sofa, at 2 P.M. high temperature; C. from 8 to 9 A.M., beginning in back, soon extending all over body, (>) warm wraps, chill, in back, when walking in the street chattering of teeth, ends of fingers white, first joint of r,. index numb, fever from 9 to 11.30 A.M., then slight sweat, not much headache during chill or fever; C. between shoulders running soon back to legs, at 1 P.M., at dinner, when sitting in a draught of chilly and damp air, ends of finger pale and cold, C. (>) heavy wraps and sitting in a room where there was no draught, at 2 P.M. the C. is noticed the more the harder it rains, touching any part with anything cold will cause a C. to begin between scapulae and pass down legs, aching at anus, with desire for stool, but only flatus passes, raw feeling posteriorly in pharynx when inspiring, (>) for a moment by hacking cough, Dullness and sleepiness, with desire to go to bed, at 2.20 P.M. fever beginning in a spot between scapulae, then extending to r. side of head, then all over head and down back, the fever passes away in the reverse order from which it came, sensation as if bladder were over distended, but micturition scanty, stool followed by tenesmus, not much thirst during chill or fever, at 4 P.M., slight sweat.
Fever without thirst; towards night; F. from 8.15 until 11 A.m., with heavy aching in forehead, aching in lumbar region as if back had been pounded, I went to bed out cold not sleep, aching in legs, difficulty in hearing, ears seemed stopped, could feel the heart beating throughout chest, general chilliness on moving any part, the headache (<) motion, but (>) after moving around the talking, at 11 A.m. sweat, fever returned at 4.30 P.M., with headache, (<) jarring or moving head, thirst during the first part of the fever, trembling of hands or legs during the fever, (<) draught of air, coppery taste, rapid pulse, heat in chest and hypochondria, weak, empty feeling in pharynx extending to stomach, dyspnoea, with desire to breathe deeply, backache, tired after walking, itching in legs and back and aggravation of headache, urine scanty, dark nd smelling like cow’s urine, appetite poor, sleepiness, at 7. P.M. chills running down spine from a draught of air or drink of cold water, water felt cold all the way down oesophagus, sensation as of bubbles of air passing through water from symphysis pubis to r. side of hypogastrium, pain across umbilical region.
Warm sweat all over body.
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.