Sleep
Violent yawning; constant Y. in evening, then salivation; inclination to Y. and stretching. Sleepiness by day; S. in morning. Tendency to sopor alternated with restlessness. Conscious when aroused, but immediately lapses into sleepy state. Profound sleep when sitting after dinner; P. and long, and on rising he feels stupid, lies down again and sleeps an hour longer. Long and undisturbed sleep(unusual), with sweat, the wet shirt feels very cold on waking.
Sleepless after being awakened by a noise. Restless sleep; without dreams. Little sleep; with constant unpleasant dreams, starting and waking in fright. Frequent waking on account of pain in stomach and urging to urinate. Frequent starting in sleep. Raised himself in alarm, looked around the room, but remembering where he was lay down again, repeated the action in an hour. Dreams unremembered; D. vivid, agreeable and lascivious; constant, vivid, frightful, with frequent waking; of rapidly sliding walking, also that water is poured upon him.
Fever
Chilliness all day, with heat on slight exertion; C. all day alternating with heat; shaking, in evening, with small contracted pulse, red face, internal heat of head and cold hands as if dead; creeping, (<) upward from lower part of spine. Rigors. Cold skin; and clammy. Cold and livid face and hands; C. and pale face limbs; C. and sweaty face, hands and feet. Cold limbs; and livid nails; and trunk; feet and legs; feet, in evening.
Exhausting fever, with dyspepsia and singultus. Heat; internal, (<) face, in forenoon; in flashes, with sweat; in flushes. in morning, with sweat and with sharp pains in forehead and vertex. Hot skin. Heat in face and hands; in face, then in l. thigh. Sweat, (<) axillae; on forehead; cold, (<) about forehead; cold, partially bedewing skin; clammy; cold, clammy. Skin dry.
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.