Generalities
The pains are drawing or tearing, seeming to be seated in the periosteum. Except for weakness the longer he continues to move about the better he feels; but the symptoms return on sitting, especially towards evening.
Mind
Generally depressed mood, with weeping; desire to be alone.
Head
Headache in the morning on rising, with flickering before the eyes. Vertigo very marked, worse towards evening; sometimes worse when walking in the open air, better when quiet. Vertigo and headache, associated with indigestion and, menstrual irregularities.
Eyes
Flickering and dim vision, especially on waking, with spots before vision of various colors.
Ears
Much roaring in the ears.
Nose
Coryza, with much sneezing. Diminished smell.
Mouth
Drawing toothache at night. Saliva salt; all food tastes salt. Taste flat, nauseous.
Stomach
Loss of appetite, especially as soon as one begins to eat. General absence of thirst. Eructations, with oppression of the stomach. Hiccough after eating, with qualmishness in the epigastric region, as after too much fat. A feeling of fulness and aching in the pit of the stomach, as if overloaded.
Abdomen
General discomfort and qualmishness. Flatulent colic. Rumbling after eating.
Stool
Diarrhoea after coffee; stools pasty. Frequent urging to urinate; urine profuse, whitish.
Sexual Organs, Female
Menstruation early, profuse, black and clotted, with pains, extending from back to pubis. Menses black, clotted and membranous.
Respiratory Organs
Cough, (<) during sleep, violent at night, with tickling and scraping in the larynx. General oppression of the chest. Shortness of breath in the evening, like a feeling of weakness in the chest.
Heart
Palpitation in the evening, with a feeling of rush of blood to the chest.
Extremities
Pressure, paralytic as in periosteum from the shoulder to the fingers. Tearing in the fingers as if next to the bones. Cramplike pains posteriorly on the thighs. Pain as from a sprain in the ankles. Sore pain in the heels.
Sleep
Restless, dreamy sleep at night, but sleeps late in the morning. Great sleepiness in the evening.
Fever
Chill and heat, without thirst; the thirst comes an hour after the heat. Chill in the evening, with great sensitiveness.
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.