Sleep
Yawning. Sleepy; at 6 P.M.; (in afternoon after eating). Heavy, exhausting sleep every night, with sweat in morning. Waking late. Lies on back at night and has emissions. Waking early, with hot sweat and uneasiness. Falls asleep late, sleep restless, wakes early. Restless sleep; and lay a good deal on back, kept jerking head backward; it seemed as if she lay very heavy; with frightful dreams, starting up and apprehensions. Felt as if under the influence of tea, went to bed with brain excited, sleep unsound. dreams vivid and active, next morning found myself lying on back and digging head backward into pillow.
Dreams.-With sweat in morning. Distressing. Many; and waking after each. Vivid, unremembered. Confused. Busy; and confused; and indistinctly remembered. Awful, as that God was far from me, repudiated me, etc. Anxious, as if something important were left undone. Horrid, sexual; horrid, starting of legs when falling asleep, then convulsive shocks preventing sleep, erethic state of nervous system, erotic ideas and dreams. Of Mormons, horses, fights and great action, found myself lying on my back in morning, dreaming some desperate horror and half awake, saying “Why should I fear, the Lord is around and about me.” Exhausting, of climbing, mountains, pressure of business, etc. Of journeys, hunting, etc., indistinctly remembered.
Fever
General chill, with nausea. General C. at 4 P.M. General shivering in evening; till midnight, when sitting, (<) moving about, with expectoration of mucus, nausea, (>) drinking cold water; S. extending from calves over thighs; (in back, extending across shoulders). Cold feet; soles; l. leg when sitting, with numbness of it. General dry heat; in evening, with anxiety. Internal heat in morning, without thirst, with sweat, preventing sleep, but coldness if he threw off the covering. Heat in face in afternoon; in face, with smarting. Hot ears on going to bed. Heart in head and feet from 3 to 5 A.M., with restlessness and desire for cool places. Sweat in morning; S. on slight exertion.
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.