Extremities in General
Convulsive jerks and twitches, now in the thigh, now in the forearm. Weariness and heaviness of the limbs, followed by trembling of the thighs and knees; the hands refused their service when writing (after seven hours). Sensation of lassitude in the limbs, more during rest and while sitting. Extreme weariness in all the limbs, as if bruised; all the limbs are affected. A pain shoots into one or the other limbs on coughing and sneezing. Crawling sensation in the arms and legs, from the feet upward as far as the throat. Cracking and creaking in the joints of the knees and fingers. After he has lain down, all the joints become stiff, and on rising from bed in the morning, all the joints feel crushed, especially the lameness in the knees and ankles is more severe after rising than during motion. Sensation of stiffness and simple in all the joints, worse when beginning to move, but relieved on continued motion, with catarrh and tough mucus in the trachea. All the joints pain as if dislocated, with a sensation as if they were swollen. All the joints feel crushed in the morning on rising; a paralytic stiff pain on beginning to move, especially in the knees and ankles, relieved by continued motion (after ten hours).
Superior Extremities
Drawing-tearing pain, extending from the right clavicle along the whole arm to the tips of the fingers, lasting three minutes. Shoulder. Pain in the shoulder-joint, as if dislocated. (Drawing paralytic pain above and below the shoulder-joint). Elbow. Stitches in the left elbow-joint, which extend into the hand, with flushes of heat, from which the arm felt as if asleep. Forearm. Tingling pain in the left forearm. Hands. Heat in the hands, but not in other portions of the body. My hands burned and stung so, I washed them in water and then in sweet oil; I felt no more burning, but on washing my hands the next morning in cold water, the burning returned worse than ever. Twitching-jerking, painful sensation in the hollow of the left hand (after eight hours). Fingers. A contractive pain in the left index finger. Violent, deep stitches in the ball of the left little finger.
Inferior Extremities
A sticking-tearing pain from the hip-joints to the feet, especially on coughing. Hip. Drawing pain in the hip-joint (pain like a stiff neck), which was aggravated by touch and by bending the trunk backwards. Thigh. Pain in the muscles of the thighs, like a pressure and a sprain. A deep pressive pain in the side of the thigh, extending into the knee, on coughing. Pain as if sprained in the right thigh; the pain became more violent if the thigh was stretched out, but not otherwise. Drawing digging- sticking pain in the middle of the posterior surface of the left thigh, disappearing on motion. Tearing pain on the inner side of the left thigh. Bruised pain in the right thigh, disappearing on walking, but returning during rest. Knee. Tensive pain in the knee. Leg. An internal pain, consisting of a drawing-sticking, in the left lower leg. Tension in the calves, when walking. Foot. Trembling weakness of the feet. (Bruised pain in the bones of the heels, as if the heels had been benumbed and bruised by a long leap, at times becoming tearing, paroxysmal), (after two hours). Toes. Some stitches in the right great toe, ceasing on stamping the foot. Stitches extending to the tips of the toes.
Generalities
Objective. While caressing, an uncontrollable trembling of the whole body (after twenty-four hours). He shuns all motion. Weariness, more in the morning than in the evening. Great weariness, though not enforcing sleep (after two hours). Complete exhaustion of the strength. All the senses are more acute. (*Reaction of the organism, secondary action, curative action H.*). Subjective. A painless sensation in the body, moving upward and downward, with redness of the cheeks. Sensation over the whole body, as if all parts were asleep (the inspiration of sulphur-fumes speedily relieves). Cramp, first in the left arm, then in the whole body; the arms were stiff, so that she could not straighten them out; the feet also were stiff, on rising after sitting, with crawling as if asleep. Drawing pain here and there in the limbs, back, nape of the neck, shoulder-blades, and in the hands, lasting several hours, and were excited by motion. Transient pressive pain now in one, now in another portion of the body. When breathing, a sticking pain between the shoulder-blades and in the epigastric region, and single stitches in the side of the abdomen, the ensiform cartilage, and sternum; these pains do not penetrate, but seem to be superficial. Bubbling sensation; sudden throbbing in some large veins (after twenty-four hours).
Skin
Eruptions, Dry. The eruption spread upward to the scalp, and downward to the soles of the feet; was accompanied by considerable swelling, but the features were not much disfigured; the swelling consisted more of a bagging of the cheeks and neck; the left side of the face was more affected than the right, and the left ear twice the size of the right, which was but slightly enlarged; there was no peculiarity of position to account for this, and it did not hold true of the body (fifth day). Red points on the face and on the forehead, a tetter, with corrosive itching (after two and twenty-four hours). (Red round spots on the abdomen and thighs). (Pimples, with a biting sensation, as from salt, on the left side of the face). Skin from the neck to the knees covered with a papular eruption; accompanied by intense itching and burning, worse at night, but towards morning she grew quiet and slept from five till eight or nine, and continued more comfortable all day till the nightly aggravation (fourth day). Papulous eruption on the inner surface of the cheeks. Eruptions, Moist. The eruption appeared at first as distinctly papular, and the papules were filled in with the erythematous redness; then vesicles appeared, which did not change their character, excepting that where the perspiration was confined the skin was raised and broken, as if the parts had been scalded. The papular eruption became filled with a bright erythematous redness, and in the afternoon vesicles commenced to form; they were most abundant wherever the perspiration was most confined, as in the folds of the axillary region, where the bindings of the skirts came, etc. (fifth day). Sensations. Burning and itching of the skin (second morning). Corrosive burning on several tender portions (the lips, mouth, nose, tip of the nose, wings of the nose, eyelids, etc.), (from the dust). Crawling here and there in the skin, as from an insect. (Itching, even after rubbing the part). Itching here and there in the skin, mostly in the face and nose. Sticking burning- itching on the whole body, but mostly on the chest and face. Fine sticking pain in the skin of the wrist (from the dust). Corrosive itching on the scalp as from vermin, which obliges her to scratch; after scratching the roots of the hairs and the scalp become as sore as if the hairs had been pulled out. Itching in the hair of the head, and in small spots on the rest of the body, which was relieved by scratching. (Itching on the nose mingled with stitches).
Sleep and Dreams
Sleepiness. Yawning almost uninterruptedly (after half an hour). Frequent yawning after eating. Drowsy all day (eighth day); comatose all day (ninth day). Great sleepiness after the heat; she could scarcely keep awake, especially after eating (after five hours). During sleep he snores, on inspiring through the nose, as if he could not get any air through it, and it would impede respiration (after one hour). Sleep interrupted by crying and starting up as if he fell down from a high place. Sleeplessness. He wakes several times after midnight. He becomes wide awake in the night and cannot sleep again (after fifth and ninth hours). He becomes wide awake after midnight, and also later. Dreams. Sleep full of dreams. Dreams full of difficulties. Dreams, of a sad character, of past experience; on waking he did not know whether it was real or not.
Fever
Chilliness. Trembling on account of shivering. Shivering and chilliness after every drink. Gradual diminution of the warmth of the body. Coldness over the whole body; the limbs are cold without shivering. General coldness in the evening after lying down, followed by coryza (after seventy-two hours). As the coldness of the body increases, (*I have seen this increase speedily for twelve hours from Capsicum, and again decrease for twelve hours to complete disappearance. H.*) so also the ill- humor and the contraction of the pupils increase. He becomes chilly from a little air in bed. Chill in the evening. Chill and coldness the first night; the following nights sweat all over. Chill in the afternoon, lasting some time (half an hour or an hour); during which she lay warmly covered; after the chill the skin burned and itched more than before (fifth day). (Febrile chill in the evening, with thirst (without heat and without yawning or stretching), with great weariness, short breath, sleepiness, and fretfulness; shivering on the slightest motion, without cold sensation and without being cold; he did not feel too warm, though he was in a hot room). He is averse to the cold air, especially to a draught; he cannot endure it (after twelve hours). Shivering and coldness of the back in the evening, without subsequent heat or thirst, but followed by slight sweat. Sensation in the thighs as though they were covered with cold sweat, when walking in the open air (as if cold air below against the sweaty parts); the thighs, however, did not sweat. The feet are cold as far as above the ankles and cannot be warmed, with general warmth of the rest of the body, in the morning (after twelve hours). Heat. General heat and sweat without thirst, which lasted some hours, followed by shivering at 6 P.M., with shaking and chattering of the teeth, during which he was thirsty and cold all over, with anxiety, uneasiness, loss of the senses, and intolerance of noise; the next evening at seven a similar shuddering, shivering, and coldness, with thirst. Heat over the whole body follows the disappearance of the pressure in the stomach, with increased redness of the face (after four hours). (Internal heat, with cold sweat on the forehead). Heat, with shivering and thirst. Heat of the ears, and hot, red tip of the nose, towards evening. Glowing hot cheeks, with cold hands and feet, without shivering, at noon, after eating, recurring at the same time for two days. (Burning hands, feet, and cheeks; the latter are swollen). Sweat. Sweat all over in the morning. The perspiration was so acrid that it caused the hands of any person brought in contact with the skin of the patient to burn and tingle. Sweat on the forehead. Sweat under the arms (after eight hours). Sweat on the hands (after three 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.