Generalities
Weakness, with tendency to hemorrhages; with a sensation of trembling. Pains gradually increase and suddenly disappear. General aggravation on the left side, in the open air, in the forenoon and also in the evening. (Results of bruises, especially with blunt instruments). General rapid sinking of strength, with desire for stimulants.
Mind
Fretful or impatient mood. Uneasiness and irritability.
Head
Brain feels loose. Pain as from the sudden thrusting of a plug or as of a dull instrument pressing deep into the brain, gradually increasing and suddenly disappearing.
Nose
Nose-bleed, particularly in the evening (in old people).
Face
General paleness. A feeling as if albumen had dried upon the face, like a film. Lips are scaly.
Mouth
Toothache, tearing, (<) evening and after lying down; (<) cold, (>) warmth. General dryness of the mouth, aphthae. Saliva profuse. Gums swollen, bleeding easily. Hemorrhage from the mucous membrane easy. Tendency to unhealthy ulceration, even gangrenous.
Throat
Inflammation, aphthous ulceration. Swallowing difficult on account of sense of constriction and swelling in the pharynx and esophagus.
Stomach
Desire for fresh fruit. Sour eructations and heartburn. The region of the stomach painful after eating. Intense desire for alcoholic stimulants (frequently applicable to the effects caused from taking them).
Abdomen
All drink, except stimulants, seems to make the stomach cold. Stitches in both hypochondria. Weak, feeling, with sinking in both hypochondria. Weak, feeling, with sinking or dragging, into the hips and small of the back. Flatulent colic, and a feeling as if hernia would protrude.
Rectum and Stool
Dragging in the anus during and after stool. Diarrhoea of yellow mucus, even frothy, fetid, with general sour odor of the body. Stools are nodular and black, often streaked with blood. With the evacuation an empty, faint feeling in the abdomen.
Urinary Organs
Pains in the bladder on retaining the urine. Urine usually scanty, burning, becoming turbid like gruel.
Sexual Organs
Menstruation early and profuse. Acrid burning leucorrhoea, of bloody mucus or milky or transparent.
Respiratory Organs
Dry cough in the morning after rising; (<) open air. Cough always followed by eructations. Bloody expectoration. Stitches in the chest Weakness in the chest.
Back and Extremities
Pain in the lumbar region, and stiffness in the morning on rising. Purpura on the arms and thighs.
Skin
Spots like extravasated blood, as from a bruise. Flesh becomes sore from walking or riding. (After the slightest bruise, blood settles, and there is tendency to ulceration and even gangrene.).
Fever
General lack of vital heat. Dry heat, with much thirst. Sour perspiration at night. Perspires easily when at work or in the morning.
Clinical. Low types of fever (typhoid), with drowsiness, stupor, sour discharges; tendency to hemorrhages, soft pulse tremulousness, deathly paleness of the face, rapid sinking.
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.