Waked at night by a violent stitch in a dorsal vertebra.
Pain between the eighth and ninth dorsal vertebrae; it was drawing, and extended periodically up to the hyoid bone.
The region between the eighth and ninth dorsal vertebrae is painful during a turning movement of the trunk.
Since yesterday a pain appeared between the eighth and ninth dorsal vertebrae on touching; to-day, in the same place, a painless, pushing downward pulsation, synchronous with the pulse, as if the aorta coursed in the spinal canal; this sensation, lasting over an hour, was lessened by external pressure.
A pain, very sensitive to touch, in the twelfth dorsal and first and second lumbar vertebrae, with a feeling of coldness in the muscles and formication in the feet.
Violent pain in the small of the back upon rising from his seat; the pain prevents the body from being righted and the thighs from being moved.
Violent pain in the small of the back when sitting or lying down; the pain is relieved by motion (first to third day).
Violently shooting pains in the small of the back, upon raising the thigh when sitting.
Between the dorsal and lumbar vertebrae a sticking pain, as of splinters, followed in the same place by the well-known feeling of cold, as if the spinal marrow here were being touched by an icy cold object; a few minutes later, the same sticking feeling i n the cervical vertebrae.
Bruised pain in small of back.
As if the small of the back were bruised, especially when standing.
Pain, as if from a sprain, in the small of the back on the back on the left side (from sixth to eighth day).
A stitch in the right side and near the vertebral column, in the region of the region of the right kidney (after half an hour).
Violently pressive pain in the left kidney region at night; the pain disturbs the sleep (twelfth day).
Frequent jumping of the muscles in the lumbar region.
Small jerks in lumbar muscles.
Frequent twitching of the muscles and tendons extending from an upper lumbar vertebra, with a violent convulsive shuddering in the lower part of the body.
Crackling of the lumbar vertebrae on stooping.
Tension along the lumbar vertebrae, making stooping forward difficult.
Painful pressive tension in the tendons and ligaments of the right lumbar region, extending to the great trochanter; this pain has the peculiarity that it only appears on the right side, and always disappears when lying on the left.
Mornings, after awaking, while still in bed, and lying on the left side, a pressive, tensive pain appears in the lumbar vertebrae; from there, it moved into the region of the left hip, and instantly vanished when lying on the right side.
Frequent stitching, as of splinters, in the dorsal and lumbar vertebrae.
Tearing pain, now extending to the right, now to the left side of the lumbar vertebrae, when walking.
Pain, as from bruises, in the lumbar region, especially when lying down and sitting.
Violent electric-like shock of the lower part of the body, emanating from a lumbar vertebra.
Shivering, terrible shock of the whole body, emanating from one of the lower vertebrae.
A sensation in the spinal canal of the lumbar region as if the spinal marrow or its membranes were being touched by a piece of ice.
Tearing in lumbar muscles on walking or sitting.
Short twitches in the muscles of the right lumbar region, in the evening (ninth day).
Stitches in the right loin.
Frequently during the day, stitches in the right lumbar region.
Paralytic pain, as from and standing (after twelve hours).
Feeling or paralysis near the lumbar vertebrae, close above the border of the os ilium; this makes it difficult for him, after he had risen from his seat, to step forward.
Continued twitching motions in the sacrum and lower extremities.
Pain in the sacrum.
Pain in the sacrum every time after taking.
Continued pain in the sacrum.
Pain sin the sacrum and spin are so violent that the prover cannot leave his bed.
He had hardly exerted himself somewhat during stool, when a violent pain appeared in the sacrum, that soon extended to the lower limbs.
Evenings, the pain on both sides of the sacrum increases considerably, and becomes so irksome that walking is very unpleasant.
Pains in the back and sacrum continue so violent all day that he is obliged to remain in bed, and take the easiest position.
A fortnight after the close of the proving, he constantly suffered from pain in the back and sacrum.
Indications of pain in the hips and sacrum, on the left side; the latter resembling what is known as crick in the back.
Pains in the sacrum, as of hemorrhoids.
Fullness and pressive heaviness in the sacrum.
Pressure in the sacrum.
Directly after the medicine, pressure in the sacrum for a few seconds.
Pressure in the sacrum, as if a weight lay upon it.
Pressure in the sacrum, with particular exhaustion when walking.
Pressive pain in the sacrum, as though it would burst.
Pressive pain in the sacrum, when leaning back in his chair.
Pressive pain in the sacrum, with weakness in the feet when walking out of doors.
Pain in the sacrum when sitting, pressure as if bruised.
Weakness in the sacrum, with pressive, tensive pain there.
Excessive drawing in the sacrum and loins.
Towards evening, drawing in the back and sacrum.
Stitches in the sacrum.
While walking in the open air, at noon, so sudden and violent a stitch in the sacrum that he was incapable of taking another step.
A violent stitch, darting from the spinal marrow of the sacral region towards the right gluteal muscles.
Bruised pain in the sacrum.
Pains in the sacrum and hips, increasing and decreasing, are felt, as with a tearing sensation resembling growing-pain.
A sensation of icy coldness, close to the coccyx, appears repeatedly.
Corrosive itching of the left side of the os coccygis.
Extremities in General.
Trembling of all the limbs (primary effect).
Trembling of the limbs.
Frequent jumping of the muscles of the extremities, with jerking up of first one thumb and then the other, and of separate fingers.
Restlessness and a quivering trembling of the left upper arm and thigh-muscles, with light, jerking shocks of those limbs, and frequent jumping of the muscles in different positions of the body.
When lying on the lounge, frequent twitching of the muscles, sometimes on the inner side of the left knee, sometimes in the left upper arm, sometimes on the back, on the right shoulder blade.
Shocks in various limbs, and frequent jumping of the muscles.
Sensation of weakness in the left arm and left foot; restlessness in them that compels motion.
Paralysis of the lower limbs, with slight spasms of the arms.
Weakness in limbs.
Very weak in all the limbs.
Prostration of all the limbs, especially of the lower extremities.
Weakness and sensitiveness to pain in all the limbs, attended with pain in the heels when standing.
Prostration in every limb, especially of the left arm.
Lassitude and heaviness of all the limbs.
Painful lassitude in the arms and legs.
Easy going to sleep of the extremities; when writing only a few words his hand went to sleep, during a somewhat forced position of the arm, as he wrote stooping or while standing.
She felt as if her limbs did not belong to her.
Painful pressure here and there in limbs.
In the forenoon, when sitting, a not exactly painful but very disagreeable drawing and tearing in the long bones of the upper arm and lower extremities.
Drawing and pressing in various muscles in extremities (mostly in extensors).
Drawing pain, now in the right upper arm, now in the left knee joint; now in the right, now in the right thigh.
Pains resembling tearing in the limbs.
Tearing several times in the left upper arm; the same in the right thigh, above the knee, towards the outside.
Momentary tearing pains occasionally appear in the tendinous expansions of the extremities.
Single transient, tearing pains in the right ulna; also, in the right tibia.
Tearing of different long bones, especially at their extremities.
Fine, piercing tearing pain, always appearing suddenly, in the region of the right leg, in front, close above the ankle, and, at the same time, at a point in the middle of the back of the left hand.
Now and then a shooting, tearing pain when beginning to move, which disappears when motion is continued.
An entirely unusual piercing pain, never before experienced, in almost every limb of the body, particularly severe in both knee joints and in the condyles; so that particularly the right knee joint was very painful when ascending the stairs.
Sensation as of electric shocks in different limbs and different fingers.
Shocks-wise, jerk-like appearing shocks, sometimes in the left hip, sometimes in the right hand, originating in the legs.
The long bones of the upper and lower extremities and all the joints feel bruised after motion, and the muscles feel painful on being touched.
Bruised pain in left elbow and ankle.
Pricking and crawling in the anterior border of the right forefinger, the toes and the heel.
Formication in the upper and lower extremities.
Pains in the bones begin in the morning, continue all the forenoon, with slight interruptions, are worse at noon, and abate again in the afternoons and evening; these pains are particularly located in the left tibia, sometimes appearing in the condyle of the left elbow, resembling the descriptions of syphilitic pains in the bones; they resemble them with this distinction, that they are not aggravated by the warmth of the bed, but rather lessened, sometimes disappearing entirely.
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.