Introduction
A South American toad, to which this name has been given by Dr. Mure, in his Pathogenesie Brazilienne.
Mind
Aversion to work, with unfitness for it, the whole afternoon (first day). Gay, lively (thirty-ninth day). Very gay in the evening; disposed to talk about cheerful things (thirty-eighth day). Careless (twentieth day). Sadness; he shuns society (thirty-ninth day). Gloomy and silent mood (thirty-ninth day). He is unable to act with decision; he forms projects and does not accomplish them (thirty-ninth day). Heightened imagination (thirty-ninth day). Weakness of mind and memory, less in the evening (thirty- ninth day). Lazy and discouraged (twentieth day). Not disposed to study (after three days). He is apt to forget things he had been occupied with a moment before (seventeenth day). Weak memory (after twenty days).
Head
Extreme heaviness of the head, at 2 o’clock (first day). Heaviness of the head after a walk (thirty-ninth day). Long- lasting headache (thirty-ninth day). Pressure on the right side of the forehead (thirty-ninth day). Sharp stitches in the left temple (thirty-ninth day). (Sense of weakness in the whole left side of the head), (thirty-ninth day). Large red pimple on the occiput (thirty-sixth day).
Eyes and Ears
The orbits feel larger and as if in contact with the orbital walls (after seventeen days). Almost continual expansive pressure in the orbits, and sensation of external itching; he is obliged to rub his eyes with the palm of his hand (after two days). The upper portion of the orbits seems to be in contact with the orbital walls, especially at night (after twenty days). The eyes are red, and smart (seventeenth day). The eyes smart, and are painful to touch (nineteenth day). Pain in front of the lobe of the left ear (thirty-ninth day).
Stomach and Stool
Pricking at the pit of the stomach (thirteenth day). Easy stools (third day).
Sexual Organs, Chest and Back
Constant erections without desire (after four days). Painful sensation under the false ribs (thirty-ninth day). Pressure at the cartilages of the false ribs (fourteenth day). Itching on the lumbar vertebrae (twentieth day). Pain at the sacrum, worse when rising, stooping, or sitting (after two days).
Extremities
Pricking in the tips of the right fingers and left toe (thirty- ninth day). Pinching at the inside of the left elbow (thirteenth day). Pain in extensor muscles of right arm (thirty-ninth day). Acute pain in the right wrist (thirty-ninth day). Crampy pain at the outer side of the right leg (thirteenth day). Pain at the inner part of the right knee (third day). Ganglion on the sole of the right foot (thirty-ninth day). Prickling at the right big toe (twelfth day).
Generalities and Skin
Less active than usual (after three days). Excoriation of the left masseter muscle, discharging a little sanguinolent humor (thirty-ninth day). A former fungus bleeds (seventeenth day). Red pimple, which breaks and leaves a black spot in its place (thirteenth day). Pimples on the forehead (thirty-ninth day). Pimple on right wrist (thirty-ninth day). A black spot on the right outer ankle, which had remained after a pimple, continues (twentieth day). Formication of the lower jaw (twentieth day). Formication in the lumbar region (thirty-ninth day). Violent itching (thirty-ninth day). Itching almost all over (after three days). Itching on the face (after two days). He is obliged to rub his face in the morning (twentieth day). Violent itching at the lips (second day). Itching at the pubis (second day). Itching about the anus (twentieth day).
Sleep and Dreams
Drowsiness (thirty-ninth day). Sleeps for an hour in the middle of the day, contrary to habit (thirty-ninth day). No sleep (eleventh day). Dreams every night, but on waking, does not recollect what they were about (thirty-ninth day). Poetic and philosophical dreams (thirty-ninth day).
Conditions Aggravations
(Morning), Obliged to rub face. (Rising), Pain at sacrum. (Sitting), Pain at sacrum. (Stooping), Pain at sacrum. (After a walk), Heaviness of head.
Amelioration
(Evening), Weakness of mind, etc.
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.