Heart and Pulse
Palpitation after eating, or from the slightest effort. Palpitation at night, with cough, with anxiety.
Neck and Back
Swelling of the glands of the neck; painful. Stiffness and cracking in the nape of the neck from straining the muscles. Pain in the back, so that he could scarcely rise. Backache from strains.
Extremities Upper
Bruised, paralytic-like pains in the long bones on motion, and in various joints. The muscles of the extremities become sore to the touch. General weariness. Rheumatic pains in the shoulders, sometimes shooting. Weakness, paralytic, of the arm; a sudden weariness. Muscles of the arms feel bruised. Pain as from a sprain in the wrist. Trembling of the hands. Nodes form on the fingers. Fingers feel numb and dead. Tips of the fingers thick, swollen.
Extremities Lower
Weariness of the legs, with trembling, especially of the thighs. Weariness of the muscles on the front of the thighs on beginning to walk, with stiffness. Swelling of the knees. Stitching pain. Cramps in the calves at night on stretching out the legs, and in the hollows of the knees. Cramp in the sole of the foot. Feet feel cold and dead at night.
Skin
Nettlerash, with itching and burning after rubbing. Eruptions sometimes moist. Development of warts. Skin unhealthy, ulcerating easily. Itching pain in the cold air.
Sleep
Sleeplessness at night from nervous excitement. Falls asleep very late on going to bed. Very anxious, frightful dreams. Heavy snoring during sleep, can scarcely be wakened.
Fever
Chilliness, largely internal; at times alternating with heat. Heat, also internal, in the head, in the hands and feet, sometimes with dry tongue. Heat at night during menstruation, with restless sleep. Sweat in the morning; during the day on slight effort; on the hands and feet; particularly over the head in children, so that the pillow becomes wet.
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.