Mouth
Teeth were covered with mucus in morning, became yellow and were easily blunted by vegetable acids (nitricum acidum). Chattering of T. Toothache; now here, now there, in molars; pinching, in r. molars; pain in teeth and gum as from looseness, when eating; drawing pain in r. T., extending towards ear, with sticking; cutting drawing in roots or gum of lower incisors, now l., now r., with sore sensation. Gums bleed (Mercurius); red G.; G. pale, swollen, painful; swollen and inflamed, causing general toothache; ulcer on G. of a hollow lower molar, with swelling of cheek to beneath eye (Mercurius).
Tongue dry; in evening, white at edges, brown in centre; and hard, dark, coating apparently imbedded into mucous membrane. Tongue furred. Biting constriction of tongue, changing to burning. Stammering; and sounds other then intended, from incomplete control of tongue.
Full of mucus in morning fasting. Aphthous eruption. Elevations on inside of r. cheek, with inflammation in vicinity, sore pain on touch, afterwards sticking and cutting as if ulcerated, (<) opening mouth widely when eating or reading aloud. Irritation, and in throat. Pressure in l. half of palate. Soreness of M. and throat, with much tenacious mucus. Dryness, and of throat; causing dysphagia; walls seemed dry, but were not. Salivation (Mercurius); after paralysis set in; with nausea. Offensive odor (Mercurius), even in morning after rinsing it. Taste bitter; in afternoon, sweet plums tasted B.; nothing had its natural flavor but sweets and eggs, wine tasted acrid, astringent, bitter, acid; T. salt; nauseous, sweetish (Mercurius); sweet, on tip of tongue.
Throat
Post-mortem showed a thin, firm, easily detached, orange-yellow patch on uvula and arch of palate, confluent with one on posterior wall of pharynx, it extended, increasing in thickness, into oesophagus and trachea, the membrane under this was hyperaemic, epiglottis covered with a thick false membrane, mucous membrane eroded, dark, with many swollen pustules, submucous membrane oedematous, but relaxed, ventriculi Morgagnii closed by swelling and covered with a similar false membrane, mucous membrane here and there very red, a similar membrane on vocal chords and part of larynx beneath, bronchi inflamed and full of tenacious mucus, mucous membrane swollen, injected and showing points of mucus, acute emphysema between lobules of lungs, oesophagus covered with a false membrane, orange-colored, firm and detachable, with phlegmonous purulent spots in submucous connective tissue.
Redness of fauces; with denuded sensation in it, tip of tongue and part of lip. Swelling of uvula, with elongation and much spitting. Increased mucus and rough voice. Fauces relaxed and sensitive. Choking as from shreds of skin in various parts, with salivation and smarting, the latter temporarily (>) jelly or arrow- root. Tearing above larynx. Scraping; in pharynx as after eating hips. Biting in tonsils, (<) l., with twinging. Pain low down; P. in r. side, (>) swallowing. Constriction; in goitre. Fulness. Becomes thick when speaking loud. Heaviness extending into chest, making respiration difficult, then cough, with expectoration of mucus. Tickling crawling in region of larynx in morning in bed. Dryness. Burning; from sea-air; to stomach, with dryness; in fauces, extending to abdomen, (<) stomach, with pain; sharp, in pharynx, extending into trachea, with rawness; acute, in pharynx, with scraping in larynx and irritation in nostrils as from sulphurous gas; in uvula, as if consumed; biting, extending into air-passages. Swallowing difficult; S. of water impeded, as if throat were constricted and weak. Smarting in oesophagus, with biting, heat, constriction and roughness.
Clinical Acute inflammation of the tonsils, with hoarse cough and deafness, the Eustachian tube seems to be especially involved. Ulceration of the throat and mouth, syphilitic or mercurial, with swollen glands, aggravation from warmth. Very rarely indicated in any stage of diphtheria. A large number of cases of goitre have been cured by the internal administration of Iodium, and many cases of goitre have been dissipated and followed by alarming pulmonary symptoms from the external application to the goitre. Valuable in mumps.
Stomach
Ravenous hunger. Appetite great; at noon and in evening; with thirst; diminished; lost; lost, or else canine hunger. Aversion to food. Thirst; day and night; in morning; in evening; unquenchable. Eructations; empty; constant, empty. Nausea; in morning after rising, with cramp in stomach, (<) night; in pit of stomach, (>) eating, with heaviness in stomach; by paroxysms, with heartburn and feeling of disordered stomach. Retching; often then sudden vomiting, the V, (<) drinking or moving about, then short relief, but nausea in the intervals. Vomiting; and inability to retain food or drink; (<) eating; and liquid stools; and yellowish liquid stools containing flocculi; incessant, with diarrhoea; serous; forcible; violent, with spasm.
Permanent contraction. Movings in S. and small intestines, with warmth and cutting; M. extending over abdomen, with cutting, once these M. extended into chest, which was constricted, then towards pubis, into bladder and towards testicles. Frequent cramp; drawing, in pit, extending into upper abdomen. Sticking in pit; upper border. Lacerating pains in epigastric region; (<) pressure. Cutting in region. Gnawing in upper part. Pain; in morning, (>) eructations; in epigastric region; in E. region, extending into abdomen, back and oesophagus; excruciating P. Painful to touch; in epigastrium. Burning pain, and in umbilical region. Heartburn. Heat; in region;in pit; epigastrium; in epigastric region, spreading over body. Heaving in epigastric region, extending towards surface, with sensation as if he would tremble or perspire. Weight in epigastric region, with universal tremors. Digestion difficult; irregular; indigestion after slightest food, with headache that often makes him senseless, without loss of appetite, with necessity to avoid relaxing, bitter or resolvent medicines, inability to drink sweet milk.
Abdomen
Distention. Meteorism. Rumbling. Movements; gradually becoming painful, then frequent emissions of flatus of the odor of sulphuretted hydrogen and frequent desire for stool. Frequent emission of flatus. Place of a hernia inflamed from the usual truss. Heaving, with heat and determination to surface of body as if general sweat would break out. Increased peristaltic action, with frequent emissions of air and faeces; increased P. action, changing to tense feeling. Pinching. Almost cutting. Pain; (<) along colon; or in attachments of diaphragm; extending to spine. Heat; in morning. Irritability, (<) region of stomach, beginning as warmth, then cutting. Uneasiness, (<) night. Straining downward, then urging in rectum to evacuate gas and faeces, then relief.
Distention of upper A. lasting from dinner through digestion, with sharp pressure here and there as from flatulence. Pain between pit of stomach and umbilicus. Irritability in region of stomach and in small intestines, less a pain than a moving about, then tense sensation. Inflammation of liver, with pain, hardness, swelling constant fever. dry tongue, restlessness, little sleep, small, rapid pulse, and on rising from bed faintness. L. hypochondrium hard and acutely painful to pressure (Ceanothus). Sticking in hepatic region; in forepart beneath r. ribs on inspiration, often recurring on deep breathing; in l. hypochondrium, as from incarcerate flatus. Pinching in hepatic region, with cutting. Pressure in r. hypochondrium; with pain on touch; sore P. in l. hypochondrium.
Incarceration of flatus in l. side. Sticking in sides. Cutting in umbilical region. Rumbling in site of an inguinal hernia in morning on inspiration. Sticking in l. side of hypogastrium; jerking S. above arch of pubis. Burning tearing near l. hip; bubbling tearing in r. side close to penis. Pain on r. side close to penis; P. near r. hip; in r. groin; in hypogastrium after each morning stool, which was rather hard than soft; paroxysmal, in H., (<) sitting, (>) stretching.
Clinical Enlargement of the spleen, with salivation. Disease of the pancreas, with salivation, vomiting and profuse watery or frothy stools; the cases reported are both acute and chronic; in the chronic form there is constipation; in some of these cases there is a depressed, irritable mood. Numerous cases of mesenteric disease, glandular enlargement, emaciation, irregular stool, enormous appetite. Jaundice, with cirrhotic liver, clay-colored stools, tenderness over the region of the liver, especially after the abuse of mercury.
Rectum and Anus
Itching, painful haemorrhoids; pain in H. before and after stool. Smarting in R. after a natural stool. Burning pain in R. Burning in A. in evening (Sul.); B. after stool. Itching in A.; as from thread-worms; frequent, with smarting and itching. Pressure in R. in evening in bed. Frequent urging and frequent liquid stools; ineffectual U., easy stool only after drinking cold milk.
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.