Pain, as of confusion, in the right thigh, immediately over the knee, which passes off by rubbing (eleventh day).
Pain, as from a sprain, in the left thigh, with a feeling of weakness and sudden bending of the legs in walking.
Pain, as if the tendons were too short, at a place of the left thigh over the bend of the knee; only when the parts are pressed upon, or when the person sits upon them, otherwise there is no pain (third day).
Blue spot, as large as a child’s hand, over the knee, with a sensation of excessive burning there.
A deep seated, burning furunculus consequent upon itching.
An induration over the right knee, deep under the skin, painful only when pressed upon.
Twitches in both knees and legs.
Twitches in both patellae, in the evening, several times in succession (fifth day).
Tearing in the knees and knee-joints.
Boring and drawing in the knee, which causes such an uneasiness in the legs that she is obliged to move them constantly; this motion, however, does not relieve the uneasiness.
Cracking when moving the knee.
Pain in the knee, as from a sprain; upon sitting down and turning the leg.
Burning, redness, like scarlatina, in the bend of the right knee and along the leg; the pain increases upon laying the cold hand upon the part (twentieth and twenty-first days).
Boring pain in and upon the patella.
Pain as from paralysis in the legs, as if they were going to sleep, relieved by walking (seventh day).
The legs frequently go to sleep, when sitting and standing, and at night, when he lies upon the limb.
Frequent cramps in the legs, especially in the muscles of the tibiae and the feet.
Cramp in the leg, when lying down, which became intolerable on rising, and obliged the person to lie down again.
Tearing below the knee and at the left tibia (eleventh day).
Violent cramp in the calf, when walking in the open air, so that he had to stand suddenly still.
Straining in the calf (from a cold?).
Violent stitches deep in the calves (fourteenth day).
(Stitches over the right heel).
Tearing in the malleoli and in the joints of the feet; it extends as far as the toes, and ceases when she gets warm in bed.
Drawing pain at the external malleolus (fourth day).
Acute pain in the heel, early on waking, as if the bone were perforated by ulceration.
Tingling in the left heel; when touching it with the hand, it feels as if it were ulcerated (after five days).
Tearing twitches in the right heel (thirty-seventh day).
Cold feet.
Chilliness of the feet, in the evening, especially when going to bed.
Rapid swelling of the feet, extending as far as the calves.
Great lassitude in the feet, as if tired (second day).
Trembling of both feet (after nine hours).
Uncommon sensitiveness of both feet to wet and cold.
Crawling on the dorsum of the left foot, as from having gone to sleep (eleventh day).
Tingling and itching in the sole of the foot, which is almost unbearable, and so vehement that she would like to scratch off the skin; after scratching, there is a burning sensation, in the evening (after lying down).
Tearing in both soles (eleventh day).
On rising in morning, though there had been no frost in the night, ball of right foot swollen and tender as from frost.
Sharp stitches in the ball of the right foot.
Ball of left foot very painful, in evening.
In evening, the swelled ball of left foot burned, and was painful.
In evening, tender, red swelling of right toes, like chilblains.
Tearing stitches and twitches of the big toe.
Frequent and painful twitches of the ball of the big toe (when a child, it had been frozen).
Occasionally, acute stitches, and drawing of the balls of both the big toes, as if they were frozen, for several days, especially in the evening, on going to sleep.
Itching and crawling in the ball of the big toe of the right foot, as from a chilblain.
Piercing pain in the ball of the big toe, in the evening when in bed.
The left big toe feels hot, and is painful, as if he had burnt it, especially in damp weather, and when the boots press upon it; the pain decreases on pulling off the boot, or on resting the foot firmly against the floor, or when walking (fourteenth to thirty sixth day).
The big toe becomes red, enlarged, and painful, especially in the evening, when in bed, and the whole foot swells.
During walking, the ball of the big toe is painful, as if there were subcutaneous ulceration.
Generalities.
Towards noon, it became black before the eyes; the letters appeared to move; his breath was arrested; with previous lassitude, upon quickly rising from sitting, his whole body felt rigid, the arms and legs being stretched out, while the fingers were clenched; he had to use force to stretch them; this made them again movable (fourth day).
Spasms.
Most severe muscular contractions.
Tetanus.
Great restlessness, which becomes a convulsive trembling.
When walking, she trembles over the whole body.
She staggers upon rising.
Excessively tired.
Very tired in the morning.
Great fatigue in the forenoon, which invites to sleep (one hour).
In morning, exhaustion.
Tired and weary all day, without being either sad or cheerful (after twenty-four hours).
On leaving her bed, she is often unable to stand, on account of weariness (after forty-eight hours).
She is powerless; lies down for several hours, as if senseless and weary.
Weary and discouraged when walking in the open air; he trembled with weakness.
Inability to stand upright well.
The whole day, a slight perspiration, as from exhaustion.
Lassitude.
Uncommon lassitude.
Great lassitude (in evening).
Indescribably great lassitude; often she cannot sit, and has to lie down for hours (after twenty-four hours).
Evening and morning of 19th, great lassitude; also, on following days, heaviness of limbs.
Great lassitude and fatigue of the body, early in the morning, and in the forenoon, as if he had worked too much; relieved by walking in the open air.
Sensation of being bruised in the whole body; lassitude and weeping mood, early after rising.
At three o’clock in the night, he felt a jerk in the upper part of his body and in the arms, with a tearing pain; in the full possession of his senses for at least ten minutes; afterwards he felt very faint.
Toward evening, she became suddenly indisposed; she thought she would faint; walking up and down in the open air gave her relief, although she still experienced a few stitches in the right side (after ten days).
She is much affected by talking much, and hearing people talk; her hands and feet become cold in consequence of it.
Excessive sensitiveness to open air.
Sensitiveness to open air (in evening).
She cannot bear the evening air; her feet become heavy; the external air is unpleasant to her, and every part of her body feels sore.
Unusual sensitiveness of the skin to cold.
Feeling of numbness on the right side, upon which she is lying when in bed; upon turning to the other side, this feeling passes off (second day).
Visible emaciation of the whole body.
Pain in the occiput, in the chest, and from both scapulae, down along the ribs.
Violent rheumatic drawing pain through all the limbs, hands, feet, nape of the neck, head, etc.
Tearing in the whole body, especially in the thighs.
Fine prickings in the head, in the tips of the fingers and toes.
A cold affects her head, and makes her hoarse.
Very sick the whole day.
In morning, felt ill.
Several symptoms appear to develop, or to become worse in the open air.
He has to turn himself slowly in bed, because motion gives him pain.
Much affected from walking in the open air.
Walking in the open air tires him out.
Walking in the open air makes him feel hot.
He finds it more easy to lie upon the left side than upon the right.
The right side of the body appears more affected than the left.
Skin
The whole upper part of the body is red, as if it were covered with scarlatina.
Violent itching here and there over the whole body; the scratching is followed by burning vesicles, or pimples, or hard nodes.
Burning pimples, of the size of a millet grain, on the nape of the neck, and on the forearms.
Strange uneasiness, every evening at seven o’clock, which rouses the child from its slumber; it tosses about in bed and screams, until it falls into a sound sleep, towards ten o’clock; this sleep lasts the whole night; during the uneasiness, the head feels bloated and burning; next morning, the face is covered with spots, as if scarlatina would break out.
Rash on the right side of the neck and the left lower arm.
Around the elbow, small red tubercles, painfully cutting, only a few of them ulcerating; the same upon the neck, but large.
A herpetic eruption, dormant, becomes red, itching and burning, and disappears in a few days.
A pustule appears on the right commissure of the mouth, with much boring pain, before this, several had appeared on the left cheek and on the thighs.
The warts become inflamed.
The fluid in the ulcer becomes offensive.
Eruptions upon the forehead resembling little boils.
Pimples and vesicles on the forehead.
Pimples on the forehead and the tip of the nose.
Pustules upon the forehead, temple, cheek, and chin.
Furunculus on the tip of the nose.
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.