Slight soreness of the hands (after ten days).
Soreness of the hands on pressure.
The anterior joint of the middle finger is as if stiff and painful on bending; a simple pain (? sore).
Painful drawing in the posterior joint of the left middle finger, as if in the periosteum.
The tips of the fingers of the left hand are painful, as if they had been jammed.
Tearing-cutting in the muscles of the right little finger.
Paralytic tearing in the middle joint of the right index finger.
During general chill, shootings in the tips of the fingers from below upwards, especially when grasping.
Pain in the tip of the middle finger, as if some foreign body had lodged in it and produced ulceration; the pain is greater when touching the part.
Pulsative or burning pains on the finger tips, as if they had been forcibly pinched or struck.
Lower Extremities
In General.
Five or six spasms of the muscles of the limbs, trunk, and face.
Trembling in the legs.
A sort of stretching; he is obliged to extends the legs (after eleven days).
Weakness of legs.
His legs fail him.
He seemed to exercise very little control over the lower extremities, and to have very little power in them.
It was clear he must have fallen to the ground had he been left without support.
On being led about both legs dragged, but neither one more than the other (after eight hours).
It was some days before she was able to walk, even with the assistance of a person on each side of her; this inability to walk did not arise from weakness, but she appeared to have lost all power of controlling the action of her legs.
Powerlessness of the lower limbs, so that she must lie down, with nausea, trembling, anxiety, and vertigo.
Temporary paralysis of the lower limbs. (*See Ss. 1505, 1571.*).
(*Paralysis of the lower extremities, together with the neck of the bladder, and the sphincter ani.*) Stumbling, when walking.
Tottering gait.
The gait is insecure, tottering; standing is uncertain (after one hour).
Staggering.
A drawing heaviness in the legs.
Painful sensation of heaviness in the right leg, when laying it over the left (after four hours).
An unpleasant sensation in the joints of the lower extremities, particularly in the knees, as if they would give way, especially when walking, and when going down stairs.
Hip and Thigh.
Pain in the left hip, with limping, (Case 20).
When lying upon her right hip, she feels a pain in her left; but when she lies upon the painful hip, all uneasiness subsides (after eight or nine days).
Neuralgic pains in the hips, groins, thighs, and knees, coming on in paroxysms, and aggravated in the afternoon and at night, by contact and exercise.
Crampy pains, with the stiffness, in the hip and ham, especially on the left side Paralytic tension, while walking, in the hip-joints, as if they were dislocated.
Three or four violent shoots in the right hip, when at rest and in motion.
Heaviness in the thighs, even while sitting.
Excessive heaviness and stiffness in the thighs while walking.
In walking, heaviness of the thighs and legs, with stiffness of the knee-joints (after twelve hours).
Increased heaviness of the thigh and leg (with discharge of yellow mucus from the nose, with increased thirst), (Case 25). (*Only an aggravation of the symptoms she had before beginning Belladonna*).
At night, he felt a pain in a small spot on the left thigh, between the knee and trochanter, which changed to a burning- throbbing next day; on close examination, a slight erysipelatous redness was found, which, however, soon disappeared.
Cramp pain in the glutei muscles, with tension, on bending the body forwards.
Paralytic drawing in the right thigh and leg.
A pain drawing from within outwards on a small spot on the inner side of the left thigh (after one hour).
A knife-stab in the middle of the thigh, more towards the posterior side, immediately after a meal.
Cutting shoots in the external muscles of the right thigh, just above the knee, only when sitting (after two hours and a half).
Cutting twitching-tearing in the posterior muscles of the left thigh when sitting (after three-quarters of an hour).
Sore pain on the inner side of the thigh.
Pain in the thighs and legs, as if they were bruised all over, and as if they were rotten; fine shooting and gnawing along the shafts of the bones, with violent tearing in the joints; the pain gradually rises from the tarsal joints to the hips, obliges him, while sitting, continually to move and shift the feet, and becomes milder when walking (after four hours).
The ischia feel sore; it seems to her as if she had no flesh on them; nevertheless she has more comfort in sitting on something hard than on a soft seat.
Hard pressure in the middle of the anterior surface of the right thigh.
A fluctuating throbbing pain in the upper and inner part of the left thigh (after twenty-nine hours).
Knees.
A twitching in the bend of the right knee (after a quarter of an hour).
A twitching in the bend of the knee, extending upwards into the muscles of the thigh.
(Tremor of the knees.) Violent pain in the knee.
Cramp like pain in the right knee, near the patella towards the outer side, when sitting.
Cramp pain in both knee-joints, particularly about the patellae; she could not walk upstairs.
Squeezing and pressing pin in the bend of the right knee.
In walking, the outer hamstring of the left knee-joint feels tight, and as if too short; it alternates with a similar sensation in the inner hamstring, but that in the outer one is more intense.
Pressive shooting in the right patella, while sitting (after three and one-half hours).
Dull shoots in the bend of the left knee (after a quarter of an hour).
Prickings below the left patella, when sitting.
Shooting tearing through the left knee, and crawling on the left sole; at the same time tearing in left hand, in the upper third of the metacarpal bone of the little finger.
Very rapid bubbling, as of water, in the forepart of the left knee, when sitting (immediately).
Tingling-quivering sensation over the right knee when sitting (after a quarter of an hour).
Legs.
Nervous feeling in the legs, with inclination to keep the, all the time in motion, especially at night in bed.
After lying a short time (a quarter of an hour) felt a singular sensation in the legs, a kind of numbness crawling over the legs; right leg affected first.
Great weakness in the legs; lasting a long time (after half an hour).
Paralytic lassitude in both legs below the knee in going upstairs.
Tremulous heaviness of the legs.
Heaviness, trembling, and paralytic weakness of the legs.
Uncommon tension in the muscles of the leg, especially in the calf, where he also feels a sort of crawling.
Sensation like a “growing pain” in the right leg, a feeling of stiffness combined with heaviness.
Cramps in the legs.
An oft-repeated sensation, as though he would be seized with a cramp in the calf.
Drawing on the left tibia near the knee.
Pressure in the forepart of the left tibia, when standing.
Tearing pressure in the middle of the inside of the leg, uninfluenced by motion or contact.
Sharp shootings in the left calf, coming up from the lower part.
Boring or tearing shoots in the tendo Achillis.
Tearing pain in the tibia.
Tearing in the left calf, frequently recurring.
A burning-tearing in the leg upwards through the inner surface of the patella.
Dull tearing in the legs.
Drawing-tearing pain in the right tibia, with sensation of pressing asunder therein (after four hours).
The slightest contact makes the legs feel as if they were being scratched.
A sensation in the legs, drawing from below upwards, as of crawling externally, but internally as of innumerable shootings.
A sensation in the leg as if it were jammed, and a commotion (dull tearing) and stir therein, especially at night, relieved by letting the leg hang down (after ten hours).
Ankle, Foot, and Toes.
While walking in the open air, tension in the right tarsal joint.
Swelling of the feet.
Swelling of the feet, especially in the evening.
When walking he raises up his feet as if he were stepping over a high obstacle.
In walking, he lifts his feet as if he must step over things lying in his way; like a drunken person.
Numbness of feet and legs.
Occasional lassitude of the feet, with drawing pain therein.
Sharp pain at the base of the first metatarsal bone of the right foot (after four hours).
The foot was so painful that she had to keep the limb horizontally extended and immovable. (*In connection with S.2898*).
Cutting-drawing at a small spot in the feet, which extends from below upwards, first through the legs and thighs, afterwards through the small of the back up to the shoulders.
A sort of painless drawing or creeping from the heel to the toes, around the bones (after thirty hours).
While walking or bending the foot together, pain in the metatarsal bones as if dislocated.
Tearing pain in the metatarsal bone of the great toe.
Dull shoots in the dorsum of the left foot when sitting; external pressure does not affect them.
When treading upon the left foot, painful shootings dart up to the knee (after thirty-eight hours).
Creeping in the feet from below upwards (after twenty hours).
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.