Lachrymation; biting. Pupils dilated; r., (<) exerting vision; then contracted; contracted. Yellow spot in white, towards inner canthus, with dim vision, (>) holding hand before eye. Pain as if balls would be forced together and into head. Pain in r. ball at external canthus, at one time sticking, at another burning piercing, then sensation of a broad surface of snow before eyes on which fiery points were falling, then as if glistening white points were falling on a fiery surface. Sticking in thin wall of orbit, towards root of nose. Pinching in upper margin of l. orbit.
Lids. Swelling of lower, with redness; S. of lower integuments of eyes and beneath lids. Dry matter in morning, with smarting on smarting on cleaning. Agglutination. Twitching of lower, towards inner canthus. Electric stitches beneath r., so that he must press eyes together’ drawing S. from one canthus to the other, with stitches in canthi and around orbits. Pressure in l. lower; beneath l. lower, (<) pressure, then (>); in r., with heaviness./ Heaviness,. Coldness of inner margin on closing eyes. Burning beneath upper; B. in integuments all day, with burning itching in inner canthus; in inner canthus, and from too much air and light, (<) afternoon, (>) pressing lids together.
Vision, Foggy, of objects farther than six paces. Hazy, (>) rubbing eyes. Dim for near objects, momentarily (>) looking away from her work; D. if she looks long at one object, with flickering and pressure in inner canthus, after rubbing lachrymation and disappearance of dimness. Increase of short- sightedness. Weak, more in forenoon than in afternoon, distant objects seem enveloped in mist and are distinct only on exerting vision, every near somewhat bright object blinds him and causes pressure in eyes, the same happens if he goes suddenly into the dark Flickering when reading by the light. Of ciphers in evening when sitting, and head feels dull and at last hot. Of black stripes, it seems as if he must look out under forehead with head bent over.
Clinical Inflammation of the margins of the lids and falling out of the lashes. Styes on upper lid.
Ears
Swelling in E., with heat and itching. Jerking in r. lobule; in cartilage of l., at amass only a tearing. Sticking deep in r.; S. on every musical sound or stoke of a bell and during her own singing; in l., (>) putting finger into ear; with drawing pain in l. cheek; with drawing pain in jaws and teeth; burning; itching, within r. on moving jaw. Tearing in middle and external. Spasmodic drawing pain; in r. Drawing in r. external and middle. Sticking itching in r. lobule.
The watch that he usually hears at twenty paces can only be heard at ten. Cannot hear a watch at a moderate distance, three paces from the ear it is distinct, but close to the ear it is only a hissing. Intolerance of musical sounds. Loud re-echoing of every sound. Roaring; with difficult hearing; (<) r.; in evening, (>) in bed, returning n morning. ringing; in l. at night; or sound as if things moved that were lying high up near him out of sight. Screaming on blowing nose. Singing, (<) lying. Sound at night as if a bird or bat were flapping about the room.
Clinical Deafness and roaring in the ears.
Nose
Swelling in choanae, with sore sensation. Crawling and burning. Dryness. Sneezing. Mucus. Discharge of mater. Coryza, with red margins of nostrils. Fluent coryza, with burning in chest and throat extending into mouth, and cough, Bleeding and frequent blowing out of blood. Smell acute.
Face
Pale; in morning after rising, with inclination to stare. Often dark red for a moment, and flushes of heat it it. Morose expression. Burning pain in a sport on l. cheek. Drawing through l. cheek into ear. Tension in skin as if albumen had dried upon it, with external heat. Pain in lower jaw in front of ear, as if it would be torn from the articulation, (<) chewing. Drawing pain in r. angle of lower jaw.
Lips. Crack in middle of lower; in r. side of upper, with sore pain, (<) moving lip. Eruption on margin of lower, near corner. Burning, painful pimples on red of lip. Yellowish-brown, scabby pustules on lower, towards corner. Suppurating, excoriating blisters on red of lips, with tensive biting, they became covered with dark skin, which was easily rubbed off on washing, then they bled and were sore to touch, with biting pain. Sticking in a point on red of lip, with crawling. Burning pain in lower; in l. side of lower.
Clinical Lips dry, covered with brownish crusts in fever.
Mouth
Teeth. Bleeding of hollow. Boring sticking, ending with swelling of cheek. Jerking-like tearing in r, upper molars; T. extending into head, as if teeth would be pressed apart and out, (<) warmth of bed and anything hot or cold. Pain in wisdom T.; in a hollow T. on getting food into it, (>) picking it out; burning, in incisors at night. Tingling burning in hollow T. Coldness of roots, (<) molars, when chewing. On edge, as from a corrosive acid.
Bleeding of gums on touch; on rubbing, with sore pain on touch. Gum swollen internally and painful on eating and on touch. Tongue swollen and painful on talking; sticking in r. side; sticking in tip; itching stitches in tip; dry sensation in R. and palate, without thirst; dryness; burning; burning in spots; pasty; itching. Biting mucus often passes from choanae into mouth and fauces. Mouth slimy and oily in morning, with thirst. Pain as if mouth were sore and raw when not swallowing. Soreness of arch of palate, (<) expiration, with rawness of throat. Sore burning posteriorly on arch of palate. Dryness of palate, without thirst; D. in afternoon, with frequent spitting of tasteless, glutinous, soapy mucus. mucus acid saliva. Slimy saliva in forenoon. Much frothy saliva, of sharp taste. Taste foul, musty; foul, insipid; sour; hereby in morning and at breakfast; bitter to bread; long after-taste to food, (<) bread, in morning; long after taste of bread, with scraping in throat; it little to food.
Clinical Teeth become yellow, Degeneration of the gums, which bleed easily. Speech difficult, tongue swollen.
Throat
Inflammation, with a blister and biting pain, Sticking on swallowing food; as soon as he swallows saliva. Smarting when not swallowing. Scraping on swallowing bread. Rawness, with pain on talking and swallowing, and necessity to hack; R. that prevents talking. Soreness internally, with sticking in glands beneath l. corner of lower jaw on touch; S. on swallowing; in region of thyroid cartilage on swallowing; on l. side like an ulcer, throbbing, tensive and feeling dry when not swallowing, speech is difficult and swallowing causes scraping sore pain extending into ears, where there is a scratching sticking. Pressure on l. side as if it would become sore internally. Constriction in pit, (<) bending neck. Tickling in pit causing inclination to cough. Swallowing not easy, as if something were lying behind palate.
Stomach
Ravenous hunger at night, waking him. Longing constantly for food, without eating much (in a child). Appetite lost. Thirst; for beer all day after the colic; for cold milk. Sourish eructations after eating; burning, sour, inaudible, not rising to mouth; empty E. Nausea; as if in palate; in epigastric region; in evening obliging him to lie down; at the sight of black bread, especially on account of its sourish odor, and when eating it almost causes vomiting; with tension in abdomen; with accumulation of water in mouth. Vomiting of food, then vomiting nearly every hour, day and night, until morning; sour V. (Pulsatilla).
Rumbling after eating, then empty eructations; R. in epigastric region, with gurgling. Stitches in pit, extending to small of back, with drawing: S. in pit as if something would be pulled away. Twisting after eating, then nauseas so that she must lie down. Pain in pit on touch, he cannot button the clothes tightly. Pressure before and after eating, (<) motion. Weight after a meal; with sleepiness. Feeling of a lump. Acidity. Coldness. Burning beneath pit, afterwards extending to l. side.
Clinical Acid dyspepsia, rising of food half an hour after eating, with camps in stomach (Pulsatilla).
Abdomen
Distention, (>) emission of flatus (Lycopodium,); D. after a meal. Rumbling; in s. side; when lying, (<) upper A. Gurgling as from swashing of water if he bends forward or backward and on touch. Flatulence after eating heartily. Incarceration of flatus. Emission of flatus; smelling like garlic; smelling like garlic, in evening in bed. Sticking in l. muscles; intermittent S. extending to pit of stomach, (<) becoming erect while sitting; tensive, in r. side of A. and chest, almost taking away the breath. Cutting at night, with drawing in pelvis; C. when walking; with sticking in coccyx; paroxysmal, transversely through A. Griping in evening on walking; flatulent, on walking in open air; cutting, as in diarrhoea, in evening before sleep. Pain before coughing. Contraction in morning during stool, then biting in rectum. Shivering,, slightest entrance of open air, with cold finger-tips. Coldness. Tension, with full sensation, without flatulence. Tensive pain in upper, almost taking away the breath.
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.