The officinal acid is diluted with an equal part of distilled water to make the first centesimal solution.
General Action
A deadly poison, one grain of the pure acid being sufficient to cause death. It shows the heart,, causes extreme dyspnoea, blurred vision, vertigo, frothing at the mouth, tetanic and epileptiform convulsions.
Generalities
Appeared like a man suffering from excess of drink. Increased secretions from skin, glands,(<)salivary glands, kidneys and serous membrane. Bloodvessels injected, whole face bloated. Relaxation. Rigidity of muscles. Agitation, with trembling of whole body. Arose slowly and unsteadily. Staggered; and fell; with groaning, rapid breathing, foaming at mouth, hands clenched. Leaned forward on a table, then became insensible, fell backward and was violently convulsed. Fell insensible; and breathed deeply, slowly and forcibly. Fell suddenly; and was stretched out lifeless, without trace of pulse or respiration, limbs cold, all muscles paralyzed, but eyes glistening and full of life. Threw her hands over he head and fell. Started up, threw her hands over her head, gasped, stood for a second, then ran forward and fell with her head first to the ground, then was motionless and moaned.
Throwing herself about in a violent manner. Jerkings. Spasms; with unconsciousness; then paralysis; of limbs, (<) upper, and of chest; face distorted, limbs spasmodically extended, head drawn down on shoulders; so the head seemed buried between shoulders and arms nearly turned around by action of pronator muscles; beginning in toes, then distortion of eyes towards the right and upward, then general spasm, distortion of limbs, face, etc., with rigidity of body, twisting around of arms, and distention, especially of region of stomach; he drew himself up in his seat, supported behind by r. arm, contracted lower limbs and with a fierce look and fixed eye uttered three hideous groans, then twisted the body towards the left, with the face to the floor. Tetanus. Trunk spasmodically bent forward. Trembling.
Neuralgic pain in r. hip and thigh, afterwards in region of heart. Malaise. Activity of senses Dullness of senses Discomfort., Sensation as of impediment to touch. Standing upon feet ver difficult. Movements difficult, as from loss of power of limbs. Restlessness with dyspeptic fulness of stomach. Aversion to mental or physical exertion with difficulty in moving and depression of spirits. Weakness; in afternoon; in afternoon, (<) feet; in evening; in evening, (<) lower limbs with sleepiness; with general bruised sensation nervous. Faintness; with sweat. Insensibility with coldness; with coldness and pallor; and head leaning on table, r. hand hanging down, I. hand in her lap; and thighs drawn up on abdomen and rigid, upper limbs rigid, and on drawing them from the side they forcibly reverted to their former position, eyes shut, teeth clenched, face convulsed. Paralysis. Coffee removed most quickly the narcotic effects.
Clinical Hysteria or epileptiform convulsions, frequent, violent attacks, with feeble, irregular beating of the heart. Tetanic convulsions, with complete loss of consciousness Tetanus,
Mind
Disconnected talking. Answered quickly, but he soon became heavy. Exclaimed “bread, bread,” and sprang convulsively from his seat. Wild delirium with tossing from side to side, bring at bystanders, eyes anxious and protruding., pupils small, heart’s action and pulse rapid. Anxiety. Fear of imaginary troubles. Loss of courage. Could not remain in middle of road when he saw a vehicle approaching, even at a distance, but was forced to stand aside without waiting for it to come nearer. Fretful. Gloomy in afternoon, (>) open air, and ill-humored. Thought difficult; impossible. air, and ill-humored.. Thought difficult impossible convulsive movements. Unconsciousness; with weakness; sudden, with loss of sensation.
Head
Inclined forward and unable to hold it up. Aching; only at night; (>) in open air, with confusion; with feeling of distention; with weight and heat in it and gastric disturbance; violent, stupefying, on bending head the brain seemed to beat against it; intermittent; in afternoon, now in this, now in that place; intermittent, in various parts, always extending to forehead. Confusion; then pressure, then pain; with acute pain in forehead and occiput, (<) region of r. brow; uneasy, then falling down. Disturbance as if brain were on fire, then falling down and debility. Feeling as if exhausted by mental exertion. Heaviness in evening, with pressure. A sort of concussion. Congestion. Apoplexy. Condition like intoxication. Vertigo; (<) motion, with obscuration of senses; with staggering and indistinct vision; and objects seemed to move; feeling as if everything about him moved slowly, with pressure in l. side of occiput extending over l. half of head to forehead, (<) forehead.
Forehead.- (Pain above l. eye). Pressure; on r. side; on r. side, extending to occiput; outward, and in orbits, gradually becoming sticking and boring. Heaviness and pressive sensation. Tension. Confusion; with pain.
Pressure on vertex, not real pain, causing confusion; with pain, and extending towards forehead and orbits, where it became fixed, and pressure extending from occiput down nape. Pain in r. side of head; in region of crown and forehead; (<) frontal region, changing to region of l. mastoid process, then to l. temple, then to r.; intermittent P. in l. half, especially in region of forehead and vertex, at times changing to r. Confusion of r. side, with pressure in r. side of occiput and sinciput.
Occiput.- Pain in open air; P. in O. and forehead, (<) r. side; P. extending to anterior surface of head; extending to frontal sinuses, where it becomes seated; beneath scalp. Confusion, and in forehead; C. and r. side extending forward and causing pressure in forehead.
Eyes
Distorted. Fixed; and prominent. Brilliant. Glassy; and prominent. Prominent and glistening, but half closed, pupils dilated and insensible. Pain deep in E. and temples, then in occiput. Balls tense and prominent. Pupils motionless; and dilated; and contracted. Pupils dilated; then contracted. Varicose veins in lids. Lids open and balls fixed; open and balls turned upward; wide open, eyes staring, injected and watery; wide open and balls difficult to move; half open; partly closed, eyes appearing as if pushed forward between them, pupils dilated and insensible; closed; closed and both eyes drawn to left. Pressure over r. inner canthus. Vision dim; with intoxicated feeling; V. of floating clouds in afternoon; V. of sparks. Blindness; with pain in forehead, pupils dilated, less sensitive to light, eyeballs tense and prominent, with injection of capillaries of lids.
Ears and Nose
Ringing in E. Roaring in E. Buzzing in E. Difficult hearing. Pricking as if mephitic air passed over Schneiderian membrane. Sneezing.
Face
Flushed; F. and neck red and puffy; bluish-red and swollen. Almost purple. Dusky; Blue. Gray and earthy. Almost black, then ghastly pale, swollen and covered with large drops of sweat. Pale; and sunken. Sunken. Swollen; and purple. Lines very distinct. Wild-looking and bloated; Ecstasy of features. Congested, and veins enlarged; F. and head congested and hot. Jaw fallen. Jaws clenched in rigid spasm; C., with corner of the sheet between teeth, along sides of sheet much thick white foam issued at each expiration; C., and lower teeth retracted within upper; C., but other muscles relaxed. slight movement of jaw the only symptom of life. Lips pale, bluish. Lips distorted. Lips and tongue purplish. Lips closed.
Mouth
Tongue white and dry; T. coated; T. protruding; irritation at root, becoming a scraping as after eating dry walnuts; feeling at root as if drawn together at both sides; coldness; numbness. Loss of speech. Unintelligible speaking. Mouth dry; before and after dinner. Froth; bubbles of viscid; thick, salivary, tinged with blood (from her biting her tongue). Brown tenacious matter fell on to the blankets. Spitting. Salivation, with attacks of nausea. Taste sharp, irritating; T. bitter; sweetish, insipid.
Throat
Swelling and undulatory movements of jugular veins and quick and full beating of carotids. Gurgling. Drink rumbles through T. and intestines. Spasmodic constriction; with hawking. Pain, heat and cramp in fauces, oesophagus and stomach. Scraping; till 7 P.M.; in soft palate; pharynx; with sticking and increased mucus, which complex frequent expectoration of thin saliva; (<) larynx, with sticking, then feeling as if larynx were swollen and narrow and pressing against neighboring parts; with tickling extending from larynx low down air-passages and causing inclination to hacking cough, this condition of air-passages was compared to that after taking cold when hoarse or that caused by eating hips of roses when the hairs stick in throat, in the evening this changed to dryness in mouth and larynx. Soreness hindering deglutition, flow of saliva from mouth in evening. Uneasiness. Heat; in oesophagus. Inability to swallow.
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.