Lumbar.
Pain in small of back when sitting, going off when rising and walking, or lying down (second day). Severe pain in small of back, in evening (thirteenth day). Severe pain in small of back, with pain in head, at 6 P.M. (second day). Severe pain in small of back, after dinner, with aching pain in knees, and below (fourth day). Severe pain in small of back, worse when sitting (second day), better when lying down (third day). Severe pain in small of back, partially relieved by lying down, not by standing (after twenty-one hours and a half). Aching pain in small of back, felt most when sitting (second day). Pain in the small of the back, always while sitting.
Extremities in General.
Objective.
Trembling of the limbs (fifth day). Trembling of the limbs, especially the legs (third day). Jerks in limbs, when falling asleep (after three hours). Weakness and weariness of the limbs.
Subjective.
Great weariness of the limbs, from walking.
Bruised pains in the limbs, especially in the joints; morning (third day). Bruised pain in all the limbs, afternoon (first day). Stitching pains, here and there, in the arms, legs, etc.
(third day).
Superior Extremities.
Aching pain in the wrist-joints, with occasional stitches (third day).
Inferior Extremities.
Tired feeling in legs (second day). Aching in both legs, half way between thighs and knees, on the front side (in muscles), (second day).
Hip.
Bruised pain in the left hip, in the region of trochanter major, which was worse on motion, and better by rest, morning (third day).
Thigh.
Stitching shooting pain from the region of the liver down to the thigh, 3 P.M. (first day).
Knee.
Weakness of knees, after exercise (fourth day). Weakness of knees after a little exercise (second day). Excessive weakness of the knees, as if they would not support him (second day).
Aching of knees and lower extremities (seventh day). Aching in knees, with itching of skin on the external side.
General Symptoms.
Objective.
Weakness of body, especially the limbs, (second day).
Had to lie down (after nine hours). Restlessness, and go to sleep late.
Subjective.
A very remarkable feeling of being unusually well (first and following days). Languor, in evening, with aching of knees (fifth day). Languidness; disposition to lie down; flushes of heat along the legs (third day). Weak, weary feeling in the whole body, especially the limbs (second day). Soreness and bruised pain in the whole body; no disposition to move, morning (second day).
Aching when sitting (third day). Aching of the bones (second day).
Skin.
Objective.
Eruptions, Dry.
Pimples on back of left ear, near top (third day). Number of painless pimples on nose (second day). Pimples on shoulders, pit of stomach, and buttocks, which bleed easily when scratched.
Pimples on the nates; they bleed when scratched (second day).
Eruptions, Moist.
Appearance of vesicles on the right side of the neck, having an inflamed base, containing watery lymph, being sore to the touch, disappearing slowly, leaving tenderness for a long time afterwards (third day).
Eruptions, Pustular.
A boil begins on right side of chin, and suppurates (after ten days). A small boil comes out on the right forearm, on which three weeks previous there had been several (fifth day).
Subjective.
Much itching, all over, when getting warm in bed. Itching of left side of nose (after twenty-one hours and a half). Intense itching of left side, internally, in evening (second day). Much itching on the shoulders (second day).
Sleep and Dreams.
Sleepiness.
Much yawning (fourth day). Much yawning, all day (second day).
Frequent yawning (second day). Incessant yawning (second and third days). Gaping, after dinner; languid feeling of the whole body (fourth day). Great drowsiness, in the evenings. Position in sleep, bends head down on left arm, and sleeps on left side, while ordinarily on right side (fifth day). Distressing drowsiness, in the evening.
Sleeplessness.
Wakefulness; can do with less sleep. Difficulty in going to sleep (sixth day). Cannot fall asleep, in the evening; but a few hours of sleep are satisfactory, and he wakes up early (30th potency).
Falls into a light sleep, about 1 o’clock at night, with tossing about (after three hours). Sleep disturbed. Frequent waking with fright, could not tell for what (after three hours). Sleepless, with lewd dreams when sleeping (unusual). Sleep unrefreshing (third day). When rising felt unrefreshed, as if he had not slept enough, morning (second day). Awake with wide-awake feeling (fifth day). Awoke earlier than usual, at 6.30 A.M., with wide- awake feeling (second day).
Unrefreshing sleep. One formerly used to rise early, who now had for a week distressing drowsiness in the evening, slept from ten to eleven hours without intermission, all night and was still hardly able to get up in the morning; after Cobaltum is immediately able to be up and awake in the evening, and rise at five o’clock in the morning, feeling as well as ever.
Dreams.
Sleep, with many dreams (second day). Sleep disturbed by dreams (fourth day). Sleep much disturbed by dreams, not vivid or remembered, but making sleep unrefreshing, causing headache, which lasted all day (third day). Lewd dreams (after three hours). Lewd dreams and emissions.
Sleep disturbed by lewd dreams, and frequent (three) copious emissions, with partial erections (sixth day). Awoke at 6 A.M., with lewd dreams and pollution, with pain in end of urethra (second day). Dreams of having the back part of the hair cut.
Fever.
Chilliness.
General chilliness, with yawning (after nine hours).
Chilly, from 11 to 12 A.M. (second day).
Heat.
Fever and sweat, from 12 to 2 P.M. (second day). Warm sensation through the whole body, with flushes of heat and much perspiration.
Sweat.
A sourish sweating of the feet, with an odor like sole leather, like what he had years before, reappears, and is most between the toes (first day).
Conditions.– Aggravation.
(Morning). Dullness, etc., in head; headache, etc.; when rising, headache; after rising, pain in forehead; pain in temple, etc.; pain in occiput; bad taste in mouth, etc.; mucus in throat; when rising, dry throat; when hawking, sore throat; one hour after rising, pain in stomach, etc.; on taking deep inspiration, soreness of region of stomach; at 5 o’clock, colic; expectoration of mucus; sexual desire; backache; pains in limbs; pain in hip; soreness, etc., in body.
(Forenoon). Head feels dull etc.; headache; pain in temple; desire to urinate; pain in larynx; from 11 to 12 o’clock, chilliness.
(Noon), Pain in head; headache, etc.; headache in occiput.
(Afternoon), From 1 to 8 o’clock, pain in head; slight headache; rising of water; pain in limbs; from 12 to 2 o’clock, fever, etc.
(Evening), Pain in eyelids; pain in ear; hawking of mucus; after supper, sour stomach, etc.; pain in abdomen; pain in small of back; drowsiness.
(Night), Pain in abdomen.
(Open air), Headache in occiput; pains in eyes; lachrymation, etc. (Bending forwards), Pain in head.
(Cold air), Lachrymation, etc. in eyes; pain in teeth.
(Cold water), Sensation in larynx.
(Contracting walls of abdomen). Pain in umbilical region.
(After dinner), Rising of water in mouth; pain in small of back, etc.; gaping, etc.
(After eating), Especially after dinner, pain in stomach; pain in umbilical region.
(Deep inspiration), Pain in region of spleen; stitches in chest.
(Light). Pains in eyes.
(After a meal), Pain in stomach.
(Mental excitement), The sufferings.
(Motion), Pain in temples; pain in hip.
(Pressure); Sensations in Larynx.
(Rising from seat), Pain in top of head, etc.
(In room), Headache.
(Sitting), Pain in back; pain in small of back; aching.
(Sitting down after rising), Pain in back.
(While standing), Pain in urethra.
(Standing still), Desire for stool.
(Stepping), Sensation in brain.
(Stooping), Pain in forehead.
(During stool), Feeling in head.
(After stool), Colic.
(Empty swallowing), Sensation in larynx.
(Walking), Headache; feeling in side.
(Writing), Pains in eyes.
Amelioration
(Open air), Headache.
(Discharging phlegm from throat). Generally much relief.
(Eating), Pain stomach.
(Lying down), Pain back; pain in small of back.
(Rest), Pain in hip.
(When sitting still), Feeling in side disappears.
(Walking), Pain in back; pain in small of back.
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.