Sharp stitches above the left hip, extending to the last false ribs. Sharp slow stitches above the left hip, extending to the last false ribs. Sharp slow stitches in the left side of the chest, on a level with the pit of the stomach. Dull stitches in the left side of the chest, above the heart, on motion. Dull stitches in the left side of the chest, opposite the ensiform cartilage. Violent stitches in the first false ribs of the left side, continuing a long time (after 1 hour and a half).
Sticking-tearing in the left side of the chest.
Heart and Pulse.
Great oppression of the heart, with melancholy. Palpitation, with weariness (after a few hours). Severe palpitation in the morning, with irregular pulse and pain in the back. Severe palpitation in the evening, with great anxiety, which made the breathing very short, without any special thoughts (6th day). Anxious palpitation, with rhythmical constriction of the abdomen. On the night of the 15th, when the flow of the urine, which was proceeding at the rate of 2/3 is. per hour, was augmented in two and a half hours by 2/3 xiv, and no fluid was supplied to the system, the pulse became perceptibly small (almost thready) and slow; it remained equal and regular, there was not thirst, no shivering, and no nausea; the skin was dry and warm. In six hours the pulse had quite regained its force and frequency, and the other symptoms had disappeared without any fluid having been taken.
Neck and Back.– Neck.
Jerking motion in the neck near the head. Stiffness in the neck, so that he could not move the head. Stiffness in the neck and throat, with pain in the occiput; the muscles felt bent, so that he could hardly move the head (after 12 days). Stiffness in the right side of the neck, with tensive pain. Stiff pain in the right side of the neck. Burning in a small sport on the right side of the neck, where there is a red spot (18th day). Tension in the cervical muscles, on suddenly becoming erect or on turning the head. A tension and pulling in the cervical muscles, even when at rest. Long continued tension in the right side of the neck and chest, so that it drew the body towards the right side.
A tensive sensation in the neck, as if some one drew her backwards by both ears. A pinching pain in the right side of the neck. Stitches in the neck, at night when lying. Bruised pain in the neck (4th day). Back. Pains in the back during menstruation. Drawing in the back, a feeling as if bruised, from hence the pain extends into the sacrum and abdomen, where there is an accumulation of much flatulence, causing pain, during which leucorrhoea appears. An attack; at first pain in the back like a drawn and beaten sensation, it then extends into the small of the back, and thence into the abdomen, where much flatulence accumulates, with great pain, which is afterwards passed, with discharge of leucorrhoea (after 25 days). Pain in the back, a pressure in the small of the back. Stitches in the back (20th & 27th days). Stitches in the back, as from needles.
Stitches from deep in the chest out of the back. Stitches in the back, followed by pain. Tearing in a small spot in the back. A sticking piercing-jerking in the back and sacrum, which took away her breath. Crawling sensation in the back (after one hour). Dorsal. Burning in the middle of the right scapula.
A severe tensive pain in the upper part of the shoulder-blades, on motion Drawing in the left scapula. Pressive drawing in the scapulae. A pressive sticking pain near the right scapula, when swallowing and hawking, as also on exerting the voice. Violent pressive pain, with tearing, on the border of the right shoulder-blade, extending to the small of the back, increased by bending the right upper arm and head backward, and at last on every motion of the body, even if the part be only shaken, most severe on turning the head towards the left side. Severe stitches in the left scapula, as with needles. Tearing in the right scapula. Tearing in the dorsal vertebrae between the shoulder-blades, extending into the right shoulder-blade, and afterwards also into the left. A stiff pain between the shoulder-blades (after 5 days). Painful tearing between the shoulder-blades at 4 P.M. Lumbar. Stiffness in the lumbo-sacral joint (after a quarter of an hour). Slight lumbar pain (after the large flow of urine). Pain, as if squeezed, in both loins. Sharp stitches in the right lumbar region above the ilium, which extend upward to the ribs, but soon disappear, like electric shocks. Sharp stitches in the left lumbar region by the last false ribs. Pain in the small of the back; she feels every motion of the body painfully in the small of the back. Much pain in the small of the back, and anxious dreams, the two last days before menstruation. Violent tensive pain in the small of the back. A pressive pinching pain in the small of the back, in the region of the kidneys.
Pressing cramp like pain in the small of the back and region of the kidneys, while sitting (4th day). A pinching cramp like pain in the small of the back and nates. Pressing pain in the small of the back, so that he was obliged to remain bent over (with pressive pain in the lower abdomen). Pressing pain in the small of the back, while sitting. Some itching stitches in the small of the back. Violent pain, as if sprained, in the small of the back, on motion (2nd day). Violent tearings in the small of the back, two in succession. Bruised sensation in the small of the back when walking, but disappearing when sitting. Sore pain in the small of the back, followed by pressing in the lower abdomen, as if everything would come out of the rectum and pudenda, like a flatulent colic (from lifting). Bruised pain in the small of the back, towards evening, lasting several hours, with passage of leucorrhoea (after 31 days). Frequent pulsation in the small of the back. Sacral.
Dull drawing pain in the region of the coccyx. Bruised pain in the coccyx. Jerking pain in the coccyx (7th day).
Extremities in General.
Attacks of twitching in the limbs, in the evening. Weakness and trembling of all the limbs (18th day). Weakness of all the limbs, so that he could scarcely walk, and when sitting the hands must lie stretched out. Paralytic weakness of the limbs (after 3 hours). Painful heaviness in the limbs at night, which did not allow her to sleep (3rd day). Feeling in all the limbs as after a great exertion, after rising from sitting.
Intolerable uneasiness in the limbs in the evening. Gouty pain in all the limbs (after half an hour). Drawings here and there in the limbs. Tearing in several limbs, worse in the joints, and extending from these into the long bones.
Tearing in all the limbs, now in one, now in another, at one time severe, at another slight, though constant (after one hour, and for several successive days). A kind of stitching pain in the joints, after taking cold. Drawing in the fingers, soles, and toes. Very transient drawing pain in the right index finger and in the left second toe. Pressive pain in the arms and thighs. Crawling in the arms and legs, as if they would go to sleep (after 5 days).
Superior Extremities.
Trembling of the right arm if he holds anything at arm’s length. Convulsions in the left arm (which is weaker) up and down, after some exertion, followed by great heaviness of the arm; then a kind of rumbling along down in the muscles, extending into the bone, as from the crawling of a mouse, with which the twitches disappear. The left arm is at times spasmodically flexed. Great heaviness and weakness of the arms. Waking, with inclination to cramp in the arms, and crawling in them, as if gone to sleep, before midnight. Dull tearings in the arms and hands. Drawing pains in the bones of the arm at night, which do not allow him to sleep. Drawing pain in the muscles of the arm.
Single stitches in the arm, extending into the left side of the chest. Severe tearing in the arm and hand, extending into the back. Loss of power in the right arm, almost like paralysis, with feeling of stiffness, especially when writing. Weakness of the right arm, with a troublesome crawling in front of both shoulders. Heaviness in the right arm, a sensation like that left by a severe blow upon the thick part of the forearm. Drawing in the right arm, which seems heavy as if paralyzed (after 14 days).
Pressive pain in the right arm. A slow tearing stitch in the right arm from the shoulder, extending into the hand (after an hour and a quarter). The left arm is inclined to become stiff, at night in sleep, which wakes him. Stiffness of the left arm, when raising it above the head and holding it upright for a long time; it seems as if the blood flowed back into it, together with pain in the right side of the chest, as from contraction of the muscles. Tearing in the left arm and shoulder-joint. Shoulder. Stiffness of the shoulders. Paralytic pain in the left shoulder (19th day). The shoulder is painful the whole day, on moving the right arm (3rd day). The left shoulder pains as if dislocated, from morning till evening (2nd day). At night, the arms pain in the shoulder-joint and in the elbow, as if asleep, which awakens her frequently; in the morning after waking the pain was most severe. A dull stitch in the left shoulder. Gout- like drawings here and there in the shoulder, elbow, and wrist- joints, apparently increased by motion. Pressure upon the shoulder. Sharp stitches in the top of the shoulder, both right and left. Tearing in the right shoulder, with bruised pain on the inner border of the right scapula, if she moves the right arm or turns the head to that side; if she turns it to the left side the place feels tense, at 6 P.M.; this is increased every half hour, and lasts a long time. Tearing in the left shoulder-joint. Pinching in the deltoid muscle, with feeling of coldness that ends in burning. Drawing pain in the deltoid muscle, extending to the clavicle, now in one, now in the other arm. Drawing-cutting in the right deltoid muscle.
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.