Drawing in the hamstrings, evenings, when lying in bed.
Sudden grinding pain in the upper muscles of the left thigh.
Lancinating, tearing pain in the left thigh.
Spasmodic contractions of the muscles of the right thigh, near the knee, abating when extending the limb.
Feeling of lassitude in the knees, with visible staggering when walking, if not very careful (after fifteen minutes).
Drawing in the knee.
Pressure above the bend of the right knee, as from something hard or blunt.
Uneasiness in the left knee-joint, inducing one to move about (after half an hour).
Violent tearing stitching in the knees, during motion and at rest. (Clucking in the patella).
The left leg feels as if gone to sleep, and the foot is insensible as when very cold; it looks dead.
Feeling as from bruises in the left tibia.
Visible twitches and jactitations in the calf muscles.
Sudden stitching pain in the sole of the foot (after three and a half hours).
Drawings in the toes, evenings, in bed.
Both little toes are painful, as if frozen.
Generalities.
Excessive sensibility of all the nerves, when merely imagining (which he is constantly obliged to do), that some one is scratching even slightly on linen, or some similar substance, with the finger-tips or nails; a most disagreeable sensation thrills through him, momentarily arresting all his thoughts and functions (after eleven hours).
Laziness, slowness, and indisposition to work.
Great lassitude after dinner.
Great faintness and constant yawning, every afternoon.
General, weary feeling, sometimes as if bruised all over.
Towards evening, he becomes so faint and nauseated, that he feels as if he would die, as soon as he rises from his seat; he is obliged to go to bed.
Ebullition of blood, evenings, in bed, for two hours, prevents sleeping.
General uneasy feeling and nausea.
Sleep and Dreams.
Frequent yawning.
Great drowsiness by day (after twelve, thirteen, and fourteen days).
Drowsy; out of humor.
Restless sleep (every other night cannot sleep well).
During sleep, such violent stitches in the dorsum of the left foot, that he dreamed he experienced a stitch, while a blister of Cantharides was applies to his foot; he felt nothing on waking up.
Nightly vexing dreams about insults received.
Fever.
Shuddering over the whole body (immediately).
Slight shuddering over the body (after a half and one and a half hours).
Shuddering (with disgust and nausea), (immediately).
Chilliness and shivering, without any thirst.
Uninterrupted chilliness; goes-skin; hands and face cold; blueness of the face.
Slight chills in the back (suddenly brought on by biting upon a hard crust).
Chilliness when drinking.
Chilliness the whole day; when sitting or lying still, and keeping covered, he feels nothing, except a soreness of the eyes, a pressure on the forehead and on the pit of the stomach, and sometimes external heat, but when taking ever so little exercise in the room, or when exposed to the open air, without taking exercise, he feels an excessive chilliness, with scarcely any thirst; when walking fast in the open air, or entering a warm room after coming out of the open air, or when becoming heated by violent talking in the room, or after dinner, or when lying in a warm bed, he feels healthy, naturally warm, even a little hot, and has a desire for beer.
Shaking chills in the evening, with extreme faintness, especially in the knees and the small of the back, without any thirst; hands cold, rest of body naturally warm, forehead hot.
Chills, with heat in the face.
Chilliness when not well covered, or when moving; heat as soon as he covers himself, sometimes with chills.
Cold feeling over the body, as if a cold wind blew upon him; at the same time he was cold to the touch, with goose-skin, the warmth returning in a few hours, and being somewhat increased (in the afternoon), with a slimy mouth, dryness in the throat, and thirst; afterwards another attack if coldness as before; and in the evening, an hour previous to going to sleep, an increase of warmth, continuing while in bed; he is obliged to uncover his hands, with great dryness of the palate.
Fever the whole day; chilliness in the afternoon, abating neither during exercise in the open air nor by external warmth; hot feeling externally, with internal chills and thirst, after dinner.
Chilliness after the hot feeling, the heat of the head and face remaining; chilly at the slightest motion.
Hands icy cold, arms and rest of body warm; still they are covered with goose-skin, and he has violent chills.
Heat of the forehead and hairy scalp, the rest of the body being naturally warm, with slight chills and chilliness; no thirst; pulse strong and quick.
Hot feeling and actual heat after the chills, especially in the face and palm of the hand, the symptoms in the ear appearing again.
Unusual warmth of the body the whole day (after twenty-four hours).
Warm feeling, as if sweat would break out (after four hours).
He sweats easily, even from a slight cause.
Warm, sweat, even when sitting still.
Slight sweat only, on the upper part of the body and on the upper limbs.
Sweat evenings, in bed, immediately after lying down.
Profuse night-sweat.
Conditions.- Aggravation.
(Morning), Early, when rising, dizziness in head, etc.; early, when rising, throbbing pain in the forehead; early, hunger; previous to stool, cutting in abdomen, etc. (Noon), Drawing headache.
(Afternoon), Great faintness, etc.; warmth increased; chilliness.
(Towards evening), Becomes faint, etc.
(Evening), Vertigo, bread tastes bitter; when lying in bed, drawing in fingers; when lying in bed, drawing in hamstrings; in bed, drawings in toes; ebullition of blood; shaking chills; an hour before going to bed, increase of warmth; in bed, immediately after lying down, sweat.
(Night), Very short breath; profuse sweat.
(Every other night), Cannot sleep well.
(When exposed to open air, without taking exercise), Excessive chilliness.
(Walking in open air), Rising of air from stomach, etc. (During cold weather), Sensation of a membrane across auditory passage.
(Before cough), Angry, etc.
(When not well covered), Chilliness.
(After dinner), Lassitude; hot feeling externally, etc.
(When drinking), Chilliness.
(After getting dry again), Vertigo, headache, burning on tongue and in the mouth, contraction of left cervical muscles, and weakness in knees, return again.
(During an inspiration), Pressure on region of stomach; stitches in chest; stitches in both lungs; dull stitches in lungs; stitching in right lobe of lungs; stitch, apparently in left lung.
(When attempting to perform intellectual labor), Thoughts vanish, etc.
(Laying hand on table), Pain in deltoid muscle.
(Letting arm lie on table), Feels exhausted.
(When hand lies on table), Pain in deltoid muscle.
(Motion), Pressure, etc.; on side of abdomen; chilliness.
(Moving the part inward), Pain along border of scapula.
(When moving arm), Pain in shoulder.
(When moving about after being seated), Dull pain in hip-joint, etc.
(Attempting to reflect), Pains in head, etc.
(Retching), Pressure in brain; all symptoms, except stupid feeling in head.
(Rising from seat and walking about), Vertigo.
(Taking exercise in room), Excessive chilliness.
(Shaking head), Headache in temple.
(Sitting), Pain in back; pain, etc., in small of back.
(Standing), Pain in back, (Holding eyelid still), Sense of twitching in upper eyelid.
(Stepping), Pain in hip-joint, etc. (During sleep), Stitches in dorsum of foot.
(Before stool), Cutting in rectum.
(During stool), Cutting in rectum.
(Stooping), Throbbing pain in forehead.
(After stooping and raising head again), Tearing in forehead.
(Touching the parts), Pain along border of scapula; dull pain in hip-joint, etc.
(During and after emission of urine), Pressure upon the bladder.
(Walking), Pain in left temple, etc.; pain across spinal column; ache in hips; pain in hip-joint; pain in head of left femur, etc.
(Walking upstairs), Lassitude of lower limbs.
Amelioration.
(Open air), Drawing headache.
(Walking in open air), Headache disappeared, together with hot feeling in cheek, the drowsiness, and ill- humor.
(Bending head to left), Pain, as if muscular fibers displaced.
(Washing face with cold water), Vertigo, headache, burning on tongue and in mouth, contraction of left cervical muscles, and weakness in the knees, disappeared.
(Hacking cough), Constriction in throat.
(Extending the limb), Contraction of thigh- muscles.
(Emission of flatulence), Ache in epigastric region.
(When lying down), headache; paralytic pain in small of back disappears.
(Retching), Stupid feeling in head.
(Sitting), Pain in left temple.
(After vomiting), Inability to do work, etc. (When walking), Confusion of head, etc.
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.