Extremities in General
Objective.
The blood vessels of the limbs are distended, especially the arteries in the neck pulsate, so that when the lower jaw is opened it strikes against the upper one at every beat, and thus gives rise to a slight chattering of the teeth; at the same time warmth and feeling of warmth in the whole body, more especially in the head.
Swelling of the injured arm and foot.
Laxity of all the limbs (after a quarter of an hour).
Trembling of the limbs.
Trembling and lassitude of the limbs, (Case 1).
Trembling of the limbs; tottering gait, with raising up of one leg, as of he had to ascend a hill; wherefore he falls down, and is able to rise again without aid.
The limbs are in a constant tremble; if a limb was lifted it would again fall powerless.
Trembling in all the limbs, inability to walk, distended veins over the whole body, and disagreeable sense of irritation in the throat, for several days.
With sudden outcries the hands and feet tremble, (Case 1).
Extremities constantly in motion, especially the hands, for he is constantly busy trying to catch brilliantly colored, glittering, fiery hallucinations.
The limbs are in constant motion, even without interruption, during whole night. He slowly moves the extremities upwards, trembling; then, with greater force, he throws the, downwards.
The extremities would often involuntarily perform the motions peculiar to the daily duties of the individual.
Twitchings of the limbs.
(Painful) twitchings in the arms; more in the right than in the left leg. Contortions of the extremities.
Alternate strange distortions of the limbs, and complete immobility.
Convulsions of the limbs.
Convulsive movements of the limbs.
All the limbs are in convulsive motion.
Convulsive momentary extension of the limbs on awaking out of sleep.
Spasmodic stretching of the limbs, with contortions of the eyes, (Case 12).
Convulsive twitching, turning, and moving of the upper and lower limbs.
Spasms of all the limbs.
Spasms of the limbs, with hiccough, (Case 14).
Numerous cramps, spasms, agitation, and contortion of the limbs.
Sensations.
Heaviness of the hands and feet.
Lassitude of the limbs.
Lassitude of the limbs.
Indolence in all the limbs, and indisposition to work.
In course of time the extremities become so feeble, and almost lame, that he could neither stand upright nor raise his hands.
Paralytic weakness of all the muscles of the upper and lower extremities (after six days).
Paralytic weakness, and feeling of paralysis in the limbs, or on one side of the body.
All the limbs seem paralyzed (after six hours).
Paralysis of the right arm and right leg, (Case 11). (*See note to S.864*).
Stiffness of all the limbs, under the semblance of a feeling of lassitude.
Frequent stiffness and immobility of the limbs; for instance, he was not able to stir his left foot.
Great uneasiness in all the limbs, so that he did not know where to put himself.
Burning, pulsative, lancinating, pressive, crampy, or tearing pains in the limbs.
Like gnawing of many ants internally in the bones of arm, and thigh creeping from about downward.
Pulling, jerks, and shocks in the limbs.
Upper Extremities
In General.
Swelling of the arm.
Red or dark swellings on the arms and hands.
Trembling of the arms on the slightest motion.
He raises the right arm involuntarily, and without his knowledge, above his head, (Case 22).
She occasionally stretched out her arms and hands, as if she would seize something.
His upper limbs move as if affected with chorea.
The arms and hands were in continual contortions.
Convulsive shaking of the arm, as from excessive shuddering.
Jerking and nervous trembling of the arms and hands.
Concussive spasms of the arms, (Case 1).
Spasms of the right arm, with grinding of the teeth, (Case 20).
Cramps and spasms of the arms and hands.
On eating, he would often put his hand instead of the spoon into his soup; often, also, he was unable to find his mouth with the spoon, and would run it alongside.
Sense of great lassitude in the arms, but still more in the hands, as if she must let them hand down.
Heaviness in both arms.
A heaviness and paralytic feeling in the upper extremities, especially in the left arm.
Heaviness of the left arm, relieved by venesection, (Case 23).
Stiffness, so that she could not bend it, in the right arm, upon which she had not lain, at 3 A.M., with a feeling as if it were shorter than the other, and with a tearing pain therein.
A (sense of) stretching and twisting in the upper extremities.
Paralytic drawing pressure, with weakness, in the right upper and forearm (after four days).
Shoulder and Arm.
Painful swelling of one of the left axillary glands (after three hours).
Shooting pressure on the top of the left shoulder (after three hours) Sharp tearing pain under and in right armpit (third day).
Jerking in the shoulder, with numbness and heaviness of the arms.
Spasm of the right arm, with grinding of the teeth.
Inclination to work the arms, as if performing gymnastic exercises.
Weakness as of paralysis, first in the right upper arm, afterwards also in the forearm (after eight hours).
(Paralysis of the right arm), (Case 11). (*See note to S.864*).
The arm feels numb and painful.
Rheumatic pain in the right arm, with sense of formication; on the following day spasm of the same arm (Case 14).
Spraining and contused pain in the arms.
She complained of a very painful cramp in the left arm and in the back, which in the evening extended to the thigh, (Case 6).
Crampy and tearing pains in the arms, starting from the shoulders and stopping at the elbows.
Drawing pain in the inside of the left upper arm.
A drawing downwards in the muscles of the right upper arm, which, when it had reached the region of the elbow, twitched upwards again to the axilla, and there ceased for awhile.
Drawing pain in left arm near insertion of deltoid muscle, relieved by pressure (after five hours).
Paralytic tearing pressure in the anterior surface of the left upper arm (after five days).
Paralytic pressure in the left upper arm, with paralytic feeling and weakness of the whole of the left arm.
A violent stabbing pain, as with a blunt knife, below the head of the humerus, from within outwards.
Tearing pain in the humerus.
Bruised pain in the upper arms (after six hours).
Elbow, Forearm, and Wrist.
A rumbling in the bend of the left elbow, as if water or some heavy liquid were running through the veins.
(When moving or touching the elbow it pains as if burnt).
Paralytic drawing pain in the of the left elbow-joint when walking.
Sharp shootings externally in the left elbow-joint (after seventy-two hours).
Twitching of the tendons and muscles on the inner side of the forearm (after four hours).
Feeling of slight warmth along the back of the right forearm, as of approaching numbness, and a slight paralytic feeling along the anterior tibial nerve (in a few moments).
Dull aching in the muscles of the forearm (after half an hour).
Tearing in the flexor surface of the left forearm, and in the palm of the hand and sole of foot.
Sharp pain shooting from the wrist along the course of the ulnar nerve to the elbow-joint (after half an hour).
Acute and tender pain in the radius of the left arm, near pronator quadratus muscles.
(This pain has been present at intervals for years, though not for a few months), (after half an hour).
Cutting-tearing in the lower muscles of both forearms.
Fine shootings middle of the inner forearm, which gradually increase, and at length become very violent.11.30 A.M., dull, throbbing pain along the radial nerve of right arm (second day).
Burning-throbbing in the left forearm, near olecranon ulnae, and posterior ridge of radius, aggravated by touch and light pressure; this sensation repeated itself often during the day; in the evening a similar pain appeared at the base of the scapula, near the angle; this spot appears to be warmer, and also worse on pressure (*1980*).
He is not able to turn the hand easily and freely on its axis (as when dropping into a glass); he can only turn it by jerks; it is as if there were a deficiency of synovial fluid in the carpus; this impeded motion, however, is painless (after four hours).
Paralytic tearing in the carpal bones.
Hands and Fingers.
Swelling of the hands.
Great swelling of the hand.
Swelling and stiffness of the joints of the hands.
The hands swell and become dry; he could not take hold of anything without dropping it immediately (after three-quarters of an hour).
Constant motion of hands and fingers.
The hands were in constant motion, the boy played with his fingers, pulled and jerked at the covering, and snatched at various imaginary objects.
Feeling of stiffness in the right hand and the fingers; she cannot bend them.
Dry sensation in the palms of the hands, which felt uncommonly smooth (after one hour).
Pain in the bones of the hands as if they were pounded.
Dislocating pain in the joints of the hands.
Tearing pressure in the metacarpal bones and the first joint of the left index finger.
Shooting-tearing in the metacarpal bones of the left hand.
Sharp shootings in the metacarpal bones of the thumb (after one hour).
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.