Drawing in the right shoulder-joints, as after a cold; when at rest.
A swollen gland in the axilla, resembling a hard, red ulcer, which separated, however, constantly into parts, like a large pimple (after eighteen days).
Sudden throbbing in left axilla, which frequently disappears and returns, while sitting (twelfth day).
Violent itching at night, between the shoulders and on the left lower arm, so that he would like to scratch the skin off (after two days).
Her right arm is very heavy and feels rigid; the upper arm seems paralyzed in the evening, when spinning, and early in morning (sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth days).
Tearing in the left arm, as if in the tendons, reaches into the fingers, passing off during active motion (ninth day).
Compressive pain in the left upper arm, when leaning it against the table, passing off during motion of the arm (twenty- second day).
Tearing in the upper arm, a hand’s breadth below the shoulder, as if in the marrow, as far as the wrist-joint (thirteenth day).
Tearing in the upper arm, the arm being very sensitive to pressure (nineteenth day).
Drawing in the lower arm, from the right elbow to the left finger; it becomes a tearing pain, and passes of by motion (second day).
Pressure in the left lower arm, while lying in bed, which passes off by motion, but is renewed by leaning the arm upon the table when writing (eleventh and twelfth days).
Itching and burning in left lower arm, under the bend of the elbow (thirteenth day).
Itching of the inside of the lower arm, early in the morning, and pimples in the bend of the elbow (thirteenth day).
After scratching the internal itching side of the left lower arm, small pimples are formed there, which soon disappear again (fourteenth and fifteenth days).
Pimples on the right lower arm, which force him to scratch continually, on account of violent itching.
Heaviness and sense of having gone to sleep in the right forearm (third day).
Tearing and twitching in the tendons of the internal surface of the left wrist (twenty-fifth day).
Tearing in the tendons of the internal surface of the left wrist, so violent as if they would be torn out, afternoons (first day).
Twitching, tearing on back of left hand, behind the thumb, with swelling of it, which, however, disappears in a few hours (twenty-fifth day).
Small vesicles on the wrist-joint, which first vehemently itch, and then burn, when scratched (after twenty days).
Large vesicles, with a hard base, first itch, then burn; new vesicles appear daily, while the first ones, after a few days, partly disappear and partly become scurfy from scratching; they remain long inflamed; on and bout the right wrist, thought mostly on its upper surface (nineteenth day).
Tolerably large nodes, deeply seated in the skin; appear around, also below the right wrist; they itch violently at first; after scratching, burn and become inflamed, and seem about to suppurate, but disappear without doing it; only those that are much scratched form a reddish-brown scurf after a couple of days, which remains several days; while inflamed, the place is also swollen (twelfth day).
Violent lancination through the hands, while walking in the open air (twenty-second day).
Stitches and beating in left hand, worse when moving it.
Beating in palm of right hand, as with a little hammer, passing off by moving the hand (twelfth day).
Feeling of paralysis in the right hand, and the first phalanx of the right middle finger, when sitting and knitting (fifteenth day).
Pain, as from a sprain, in the dorsa of both hands, at the lower ends of the metacarpal bones, especially on the last thumb- joint, when seizing something; the pain is not felt when making any other motion; upon extending the hand, the pain decreases; and, upon pressing upon the joint of the thumb, the pain passes off with a cracking sound (afternoons, at rest).
Itching pimples on the dorsa of both hands, in the evening and at night, attended with desquamation of the skin at those itching places on the following morning (after twenty days).
Peeling off of the skin between the thumb and index of both hands (after fourteen days).
Twitching in last joint of right little finger, evening (second day).
Twitching, tearing on external surface of right thumb, evenings (fifteenth day).
Tearing pain at last phalanx of left thumb (fifteenth day).
Violent tearing pain in ball of right thumb, and on pressing on it, a painful stitch, which, however, disappears on long pressure (fourteenth day).
Painful tearing in last joint of right index finger, worse on pressure or rubbing, and extending over the whole back of the hand; for ten minutes, evenings (fifteenth day).
Tearing in left index-finger, below the nail, afternoons (twenty-sixth day).
Tearing in last joint of right middle finger (sixteenth day).
Painful tearing in left little finger, from behind forward (first day).
Tearing in middle joint of thumb.
Cramplike pain in right middle finger, as if in the tendons, upon bending the fingers inwards (eleventh day).
Sticking in last joint of left thumb, for five minutes, evenings, while sitting (fifteenth day).
Some sharp, transient stitches in last left thumb-joint; afternoons, while at rest.
Stitches in tip of right thumb; when it left that place, it stuck in the left index-finger, in the last joint; then spread over the whole left hand, where the pain became throbbing and violent; soon it intermitted, but returned and soon disappeared entirely; on moving the hand, it disappeared entirely; while sitting, evenings, at six (eleventh day).
Sensitive stitches in the tip of the thumb, frequently renewed (thirteenth day).
Coarse stitches at the tip of left little finger, for one minute (fourth day).
Painful throbbing in left thumb, under the nail, from 1 to 5 P.M., when it suddenly leaves (eighth day).
Painful aching in first joint of left index-finger on stretching it out, while knitting, which goes off on bending it (fifteenth day).
Crawling in tip of right thumb and index-finger, as from going asleep, evenings, on sitting (fifteenth day).
Vehement, long-lasting itching in the tip of the index- finger, which cannot be stopped by scratching, early in the morning (twelfth day).
Lower Extremities.
Very severe burning pain in the lower limbs.
(* Extract from a letter from Dr. Dunham.- “In passing, let me call your attention to my verifications under Ammonium muriaticum, of aggravations of sciatic pains while sitting, pain on the left side. These symptoms have led me to use Ammonium mur. in several cases of severe and long-continued sciatica with complete success. (Comparative case when walking; complete freedom from pain while lying down, until in the course of time the `painful spots’ were developed.)” Dr. Dunham has underlined in Ammonium mur.
S, 285, 297, 392, 393, 400, 460, 466, 467, 468, 469, 474, 552. *) Pain in the left hip, as if the tendons were too short, so that she is obliged to limp when walking; when sitting there is a gnawing pain in the bone.
Sticking on external surface of left hip, in all positions, at night, from 12.30 till 2, relieved by pressure, with copious passage of flatus, and it seems as though the violent pain was caused by the flatulence.
Violent itching around the hip, at night, and early in the morning; also of the thighs, legs, and around the bend of the knee, with rash pimples.
Weariness and weakness of the legs, the whole day, only ceases at night (first day).
The hamstrings of both legs are painful when walking; they feel too short; not so when at rest.
Trembling of the left leg, with sensitiveness to the touch (tenth day).
When sitting, tearing down the thighs from the left hip; first, it is relieved by rising, and comes on again when sitting down; afterwards, motion no longer relieves the pain (sixteenth day).
Tearing pain in front of the thigh, when sitting.
Painful tearings in the exterior surface of the right thigh, in the evening, when sitting down (fifteenth day).
Excessively painful stitches in the knee-joints, in the evenings at nine, when sitting; can hardly be endured (third day).
Stinging and tearing in the left knee, when walking (eleventh day).
(In a child that had been affected with swelling of the knee, and whose knee, after the swelling had been cured, remained stiff, and cured from before backwards, the mobility was very soon restored).
Twitching in left popliteal region; on walking, the cords seem too short; disappears after long walking (second day).
Early, when rising, the thighs were contracted about the popliteal region, as if dried up, or too short, so that she was unable to go downstairs; this symptom passed off after long and violent exercise (fifteenth day).
Drawing tension in the legs when sitting or lying; this obliges him to walk crooked, after which the symptoms pass off.
Tension and traction in the tendons of the legs, so that he finds walking difficult, with lassitude in the legs.
Spasmodic contraction around the lower part of the left leg (fifth day).
Insensibility of the left leg, when sitting (it feels dead), (twelfth day).
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.