The finest crystals of Fluor spar are triturated for use.
Generalities, Etc
Fatigue. Depression of spirits; with anxiety about money matters. Indecision. Headache, with faintish nausea all the afternoon, (>) evening. Vision blurred after writing some time, with aching in eyeballs; (>) closing eyes and pressing lightly upon them. Sneezing. Blowing of much mucus form nose, with ineffectual desire to sneeze. Cold sore at l. corner of mouth.
Throat
Hawking of mucus in morning caused an attack of hiccough, which was weakening and recurred frequently all day. Prickling, burning, suffocative sensation, (<) in latter part of day; at night and by cold drinks, (>) transiently by warm drinks.
Stomach and Abdomen
Thirst. Paroxysms of lancinations in r. hypochondrium, under eleventh rib, waking about midnight (<) lying on painful side, so as to cause a bursting sensation, (>) lying on painless side and doubling up, with restlessness. Frequent attacks of lancinating pains in hepatic region at 8 A.M., (<) sitting, (>) walking. Much wind in lower bowels, (<) riding and towards evening, (>) after lying down at night.
Stool and Urine
Urging to stool, the first part of the stool natural, the last part loose. Itching in anus as from pin-worms, waking at night. Constipation, with vertigo and dull headache. Frequent urging to urinate, urine causes smarting along urethra, particularly at external orifice, urine has a pungent odor. Micturition twice at night, with profuse urine. Urine copious from 8 A.M. till 3 P.M., pale and watery. Urine copious and pale, afterwards scanty, high- colored and turbid.
Respiratory Organs
Larynx. Oppression, with tickling. Tickling in forenoon, with desire to clear it and with hawking. T. extending about three inches down trachea, as from a foreign body, after dinner, causing paroxysmal hacking cough, not (>) by cough, a desire to swallow from the same cause, but without relief. Itching tickling, (>) hawking mucus from that spot; at night; forcing a spasmodic cough, (>) hawking mucus. Tickling itching, (<) from 3 to 4 P.M., inducing hacking cough. Dryness of larynx; towards night, with desire to clear it and with hoarseness. Hoarseness; in evening after reading aloud, with desire to clear the throat; after laughing. Cough at 4 P.M., with hoarseness. Respiration oppressed, as from taking cold, increased after a few days so that it seemed as if the epiglottis were nearly closed or as if he breathed through a thick substance.
Back
Tired aching, with restlessness; in lower part in afternoon.
Sleep
Unrefreshing, on account of indistinct dreams of unsuccessful efforts to do various things, leaving an unpleasant impression on waking. Dreamed constantly, jumped from bed and tried to get out of the window, which woke him. Unremembered dreams. D. of the death of his daughter and of great grief and weeping. Vivid and distinct D. of the death of a relative, causing grief and weeping; of new scenes, places, books etc.; of new scenes and places, not unpleasant, but with a sense of impending danger. Distinct and apparently long-continued D. of cutting a woman to pieces, as an animal for salting.
Clinical In biochemical therapeutics it has been especially recommended for varicose and enlarged veins, indurated glands of stony hardness. Mal-nutrition of bones, especially of teeth. Many cases of cataract. Chronic synovitis of knee-joint. Exostosis after injuries.
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.