Chest
(Inflammation of the chest and lungs six or seven times). (*Local effect*). (Inflammation of the lungs, with delirium). (*As S. 312*). (Inflammation of the lungs, with vomiting of green, bilious substances). (*As S. 312*). The chest feels oppressed, with a sensation of apprehension in the throat; she is obliged to breathe deeply. Cutting across the external parietes of the chest. Stitches in the external parietes of chest. Chest rough, scratchy, and dry. Early in the morning, a sensation of scraping in the chest as from salt; she is obliged to hawk to loosen something, which she swallows, because it is not raised into the mouth. The male nipple becomes inflamed, itches, and is painful to the touch; beside the nipple a mattery pimple, that heals without opening, with nipple. (Pain like needle stitches in the left nipple). (*See note to S. 304*). Front. (An elevation and a nodule on the ensiform cartilage, which for two years had remained painless, afterwards caused difficulty in breathing). (*See note to S. 180*). Violent pinching under the sternum in the lower portion of the chest, which does not hinder breathing; it was relieved on bending backward, and was most violent on bending forward, when it was worse on inspiration. A digging beneath the upper part of the sternum, without oppression of the breath. A sensation of hammering beneath one of the cartilages of the ribs, near the sternum. Sides. A tensive confusion of the left half of the chest, with slight jerkings, palpitation, and anxiety. Drawing pain in the left lowest ribs. A pushing, as with intermitting dull stitches, a kind of pressing inward in the left side of the chest, without oppression of breathing. Pushing or beatings in both sides of the chest, which frequently return and arrest the breathing; they are most painful in the region of the heart. Burning-sticking pain in the let side near the ensiform cartilage. Throbbing against the ribs in the left side.
Heart and Pulse
Praecordium. Pain in the region of the heart. (*See note to S.163*) Heart’s Action. Pulsations of the heart felt below the natural limits. (*See note to S. 163*). On moving the body and on stooping, a few violent beatings at the heart, as if it would fall out, together with a warm sensation about the heart (after forty-eight hours). Sudden, violent palpitation. Pulse. Very small pulse. (*See note to S. 163*) Slow, scarcely perceptible pulse.
Neck and Back
Drawing in the neck, extending upward into the cervical vertebrae. Drawing from the neck to the ear, more like a pinching, externally. Painful pressure in the cervical muscles above the throat. Stitches in the lowest portion of the neck, as with a knife. The pain in the back frequently arrested breathing. Dorsal. Burning beneath the right shoulder-blade. An itching fine stitch in the right side near the shoulder- blade, which disappears after scratching. (In the lower dorsal vertebrae a heavy pressure and fine sticking pain (lasting fifty days), which sometimes extended down to the loins or towards the shoulder- blades). (*See note to S. 180*). Lumbar. Pain in the middle of the back, as if one were pinched with pincers, which extends towards the abdomen. Slow, intermitting, dull stitches in the left side of the back, beneath the lowest ribs. Severe pain in the small of the back, especially aggravated after the slightest exertion, and obliging him to sit down and rest. Sacral. Pressure on the coccyx, as with a dull point. Pain on the left side near the coccyx in the bone, as if some hard body pressed forcibly against this part.
Extremities in General
The weariness of the limbs lasted several weeks. Immediately after eating, all the limbs are tired, with tearing pressure in the left side, beneath the short ribs; the spot is painful to pressure. Rheumatic drawing in the periosteum of the long bones of all the limbs, on motion, as if they were bruised.
Superior Extremities
Shoulder. A severe pain on pressing between the end of the clavicle and the head of the humerus, which extends into the fingers. Tearing pressure upon the top of the shoulder, intermitting. Sensation in the shoulder, as if it were bruised, on stretching out the arm. Arm. Sticking in the upper arm and bones of the little finger; this condition lasted three days, diminishing daily. Wrist. (The wrist feels dead; he is unable to move it). Hand. Heaviness and going to sleep of the right hand; relieved by motion, writing, for instance. Sudden lameness of the hand; he was unable to hold the fork with the fingers while eating; the whole hand trembled on taking hold of anything; it seemed helpless, with painful loss of power in it. Cramplike intermitting contraction of the right hand. Cramplike contraction of the metacarpal bones. A dull stitch in the hollow of the hand, over the carpal bones. Fingers. Cramp in the joints of the thumb, while writing. Stitches in the third finger of the right hand, as if with a needle (after three hours). Crawling in the tips of the fingers, as if they had begun to go to sleep and were numb (immediately after taking). Later in the afternoon, sensation as when severe cold causes tingling under the nails.
Inferior Extremities
Weariness in the limbs, which disappeared when walking (after 40 drops). He feared that he should sink down, such sudden weariness attacked the lower limbs especially; he staggered on the slightest motion of the body, though when walking he seemed to be more steady (after three hours). (The right leg is very difficult to move; afterwards paralyzed, with greater loss of motion than of sensation). (*See note to S. 180*). Hip. A pinching jerking- digging pain in the right hip, which almost makes one cry out. Thigh. When stooping, cramp in the buttocks; must stand erect at once; on repeated stooping, repeated cramp in the same place (after 10 drops). Sitting causes a pain in the right buttock, as if from strong pressure, with going to sleep of the right foot. Painless cramp like sensation in the posterior portion of the right thigh, as if a muscle would begin to twitch. Continued pressure in the middle of the forepart of the thigh, when sitting. In the flesh of the upper part of the thigh, near the groin, sensitive, sharp, needle-like stitches. In the bend of the thigh, at first some jerking shocks, followed by a sensation in the region of the abdominal ring as of distension, and a sensation as if the ring itself were pressed outward. Knee. When going upstairs, the patella snaps sideways. Prickling-burning in the left knee, intermitting. When walking, a drawing-like cramp in the hollow of the knee, which extends along the inner muscles of the thigh. Tearing constrictive pressure in the left knee, in the forehead, and over all parts of the body. Legs. A burning in the right tibia, when standing. Beside the left tibia, in the flesh, a pain from within outward, as if after a severe bruise, and then sticking in the whole left extremity. Cramp in the calves, when walking. Ankle. Sticking and sore pain in the left ankle-joint, relieved by washing with cold water. Foot. Heaviness in the feet when ascending stairs, so that he feels them, as he lifts them. After eating, the feet felt very heavy. Drawing to and fro in the left foot, from the toes to the ankle. Painful throbbing on the back of the feet. Painless tensive stretching in the instep. Drawing and pressure in the heel, when sitting. Toes. Like a cramp in the right toe. A prickling sensation under the left great toe, as when severe cold settles, so to speak, under the nails. Drawing in the ball of the right great toe. Stinging- itching in the ball of the left great toe. A sticking-pressing pain in the little toe of the left foot, where he formerly had a corn.
Generalities
Secretions generally increased. (Hysterical attacks). (*In those predisposed to them*). (Cataleptic spasms of the upper limbs and trunk from time to time, which lasted a quarter of an hour, during which he vomited a yellow fluid, which was followed by some delirium). (*Paralysis and death followed this; the post- mortem showed pus in the kidneys, thickened mucous membranes in the bladder, congestion of the blood vessels of the diaphragm, water in the convolutions, but none in the ventricles of the brain. See note to S. 180*). Indolence and weariness in the whole body. He is indolent and weary, yawns much, and stretches as if he desired to sleep. Weariness, tottering of the knees, and a dull pain in them (after one hour). Great weariness after a slight motion; after going upstairs he lay upon the sofa quite exhausted and unable to move or talk freely. He is more weary in the morning, after waking from an almost unbroken sleep, than he was the evening previous, on lying down. After eating, he was weary and indolent; everything affected him, even talking and writing. Weakness. (Loss of power of the body). (*See note to S. 180*). He felt very uneasy directly after taking; what he wished to write was suddenly effaced from his memory. Subjective. She felt sick in her whole body, could not endure it, must lie down on account of weariness and heaviness of the limbs. An hour after breakfast, discomfort in the whole body, especially in the abdomen, as if inflated, with sticking-cutting pains there, chilliness all over at the same time. Superficial pinching here and there in the flesh, as if the parts were pinched with the finger. Tearing pushes and tearing deeply penetrating stitches in many parts, especially in the limbs.
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.