A solution is made with alcohol (1 to 99).
General Action
A narcotic poison, producing unconsciousness, generally with convulsions, collapse, feeble respiration and pulse, free perspiration and sudden heart failure. The remarkable colored vision has been thought due to a coloring of the vitreous rather than to a specific action on the nerve fibres.
Generalities
Trembled; and found it difficult to keep on my feet. Cramps. Convulsions; of limbs and face; beginning in face and extending to limbs, also affecting respiration, the irritation seemed to be in third to seventh nerves, pupils dilated; with unconsciousness, head hot, face purplish; unconsciousness, head hot, face purplish; unconsciousness, head hot, face bloated and violet, eyes rolling convulsively, pupils dilated and insensible, foam before mouth, jaws drawn together, snoring and convulsions of limbs; general, with unconsciousness, staring eyes, red, hot face, pupils dilated, (<) l., and insensible, pulse rapid, weak and irregular, limbs and face constantly convulsed; more like tetanus, throwing head back, eyes rolling, face distorted, body sometimes nearly cured, with legs turned back, in the intervals grasping at everything, gnawing of fingers; clonic, without warning, beginning at l. angle of mouth and spreading over l. side of face, then similar spasms in r. arm beginning in fingers, later in l. side of face and l. arm, leaving fibrillary twitching of l. angle of mouth and eyelid, two more convulsive attacks on the same evening, in one of which respiration threatened to stop though the heart was beating strongly and pulse was normal, two or three similar fits daily for the next four or five days; clonic, of side of face at 4 P.M., beginning with twitching and distortion of corner of mouth, and then going into l. orbital muscles, at first simultaneous twitching of both bulbi, the convulsion turning to the left, pupils dilated, (<) l., after a few minutes clonic C. of l. arm beginning in fingers and going up whole arm, voice quivering at beginning of fit, stopped after ten minutes, after fifteen minutes a second c. of l. side of face and arm, later only fibrillary twitchings at l. corner of mouth and l. eyelids, l. pupils dilated longer than r., then contraction of both and then normal state, after the fit complete euphoria, at 5.30 a similar attack, at 7 P.M. spasm began in l. side of face and l. arm, then l. leg, voice quavering and indistinct, eyes staring towards the left, with dilated pupils, voice gone, at 8 P.M. twitchings of abdominal and thoracic muscles, then r. side of face convulsed and eyeballs turned towards r., trismus, heart’s action strong, stridor, artificial respiration, without it breathing was uncertain and at long intervals, spontaneous stool, then vomiting, then short clonic fits of r. leg, while spasms of l. leg was slighter, spasms repeated next day.
Malaise. Restlessness; as soon as the child lay down at night; with moaning, afterwards coma. Necessity to lie down. Weakness. Faint feeling. Collapse in morning. Partial paralysis of one side of the child, the hand appearing like induration of cellular tissue of the hand of an infant, the whole side blue, increasing till death. Amelioration in air and on motion.
Clinical It is said to have cured epilepsy.
Mind
Delirium; during restless sleep. Excitement and inclination to laugh and dance. Hysterical laughter. Depression, with irresolution and lack of self-confidence, beginning with Dullness and heaviness. Irritable, and restless, next day wanted everything, satisfied with nothing. Coma. Unconsciousness.
Head
Turning and twisting, restless. Aching; Turning and twisting, restless. Aching; in forehead. Dullness. Vertigo. Fulness in temples.
Eyes
Surrounded by blue rings. Immovable and injected. Distorted. Rolled convulsively. Inclined to roll upward and have a sluggish motion. Pressure. Pupils dilated; and insensible; P. insensible. Pressure in supraorbital region.
Photophobia and lachrymation. Visions. Vision flickering. Objects seemed to totter and dance, and the child saw various figures, cherries, animals, etc. Vision yellow; to light-colored objects, afterwards light and dark objects became yellow-green and red seemed violet; yellowish to the gas flame, chandeliers, fire and all white objects strongly illuminated; and misty. V. green; of the blue sky in the twilight; bright; yellowish; yellowish, to the white glass-globes and writing paper. V. violet. Could not recognize violet. The fire had a curious red color and the light outside a peculiar yellow. Carmine red looked fallow, brick-red bronze, berlin blue-greenish. Red and blue are seen in their complementary colors green and orange. Yellow egg- soup looked red and had a peculiar smell. The colors in some people’s dresses were most vivid and shot up perpendicularly, and I had to quicken my pace to pass them.
Clinical Hyperaesthesia of the retina, then the sight becomes suddenly dim. Amblyopia. Retinal anaemia; after eating, the eyesight becomes suddenly dim, rubbing clears the eye for a few moments. After diphtheria, flashes of light, etc.
Ears and Nose
Earache. Hallucinations of smell.
Face
Pale; around mouth, (<) afternoon. L. cheek red; and r. white. Yellowish. Swollen and purple. Pinched about month and nose in morning, with drawing in of lips over teeth. Twitching; (<) lips and lids. Lips red and swollen.
Mouth
Teeth clenched. Frothing. Tongue deep red; T. dry; T. stiff. Stomatitis ulcerosa. Apparently burning pain, as she forces everything into her mouth. Hallucinations of taste.
Throat
Swelling of glands beginning nearly under centre of chin and spreading both ways, (<) towards l. parotid, increasing so as to nearly prevent swallowing.
Stomach
Appetite deficient. Thirst; continual, for ice-water, which she allowed greedily, in morning. Eructations. Nausea; (>) cold water, with deathly feeling and thirst. Vomiting; with profuse diarrhoea; with purging and abdominal pains; with pain in stomach and abdomen; with pain in epigastrium; with epigastric pressure, colic and diarrhoea, face sunken, bluish circles around eyes, body cold and covered with sweat; of yellowish, slimy mucus from 11 P.M. till forenoon. After a spoonful of nourishment he choked, vomited blood and pus and died without a struggle. Pain in pit.
Abdomen
Tympanitic. Swollen, but soft. Rumbling. commotion, waking him at midnight, with general sick feeling and desire for stool, stool with urging. Pain; every night before stool. Sensitive. Hot, full.
Stool
Tenesmus. Watery, flaky, offensive, every ten to fifteen minutes, diminishing at 10 A.M., then only three till after noon, but copious, grayish and smelling putrid.
Urinary Organs
Urging, and during micturition irritation and smarting, urine saffron-yellow, staining like bile, scanty, sp. gr. 1028, urea increased. Frequent micturition; efforts at, but only a few drops each time. Ischuria. Dysuria. Painful micturition on account of burning in urethra, with constant desire, only a few drops staining intensely yellow. M. involuntary and copious towards morning; involuntary, by drops, urine deep orange-colored, becoming blood-red by admixture of azotic acid.
Urine – Pale, copious, alkaline. Yellowish and scanty. Intensely yellow. Dark. Orange-colored. Saffron-colored and increased. Dark lemon-yellow, scanty, depositing dark yellow crystals of uric acid, nitric acid caused transient brownish-red color, alkalies caused an amaranth red color. Sulphur-yellow, thick, depositing a sulphur-yellow sediment, the urine above which was slightly greenish. Pinkish-red after standing. Turbid when voided, frequent and painful desire, urine scanty, dysuria. Greenish; yellowish-green; light green and stained linen so that it could not be washed out; greenish-yellow, liquor ammonia caused a clear, red tint; green, becoming transiently purplish from nitric acid, but when sulphuric acid is added by drops it becomes reddish-brown, if a globule of potassium be dropped on the urine a bright red track is left, if a few drops of liquor ammonia are poured down the side of the test tube a red zone will mark the junction of the two liquids, but potash is a more delicate reagent, the red alkaline fluid is not altered by boiling, but the color is destroyed by any acid, the subsequent addition of an alkali restores the color as before, bicarbonate of sodium causes no immediate change, but on boiling some time the reddish tint gradually develops and is discharged by continued boiling, carbonate of sodium gives similar results, except that it requires longer boiling before the color is discharged, phosphate of sodium gives no results, the red stratum soon subsides to lower part of test tube, carried down by phosphates, prolonged exposure to light in contact with excess of alkali bleaches the color and chlorine at once dissipates it, when the red liquid is examined with the spectroscope the red, orange and yellow rays are transmitted, while the blue end is absorbed, in a more dilute state the red and blue rays are transmitted. Cherry-red when caustic potash is added, but no sugar is obtained with the copper test. A pint was treated with neutral acetate of lead and then filtered and washed, the yellow precipitate was transferred to a beaker and decomposed by dilute sulphuric acid, spirit of wine was added, and after twenty-four hours filtered, removed excess of sulphuric acid by barytic water, filtered, the clear fluid now gave the pink reaction with potash, but ammonia had no effect, the red alkaline filtrate gave a bulky precipitate with alum, and when this precipitate was filtered off neither the precipitate nor the filtrate afforded any color with potash, the liberated coloring substance did not combine with nitrate of silver, was not affected by corrosive sublimate, sulphocyanide of potassium, chloride of gold or bichromate of potassium, with persalts of iron it gave a rich, brown color.
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.