Fingers.
Unusual burning of some pin scratches on the fingers, also in the face and head. Burning pain in one point in the right middle finger. Tensive pain in the left thumb, impeding its motion.
Violent drawing pains in the right thumb as if in the tendon, commencing in the ball and disappearing in the tip of the thumb (after five hours). Pressure in the right fingers (tenth day).
Rather violent pressing pain in the left little finger about 6 p.
m., particularly towards the middle joint, soon disappearing; then the same pain in all the right toe joints, except those of the great toe, lasting eight minutes. Drawing tearing pains in the finger joints of the left hand Bruised pain in the right middle finger at noon.
Inferior Extremities.
His legs were unusually weak; going upstairs was hard work.
Heaviness of the lower limbs. Severe boring pains in the joints of the lower extremities, worse towards evening, more frequent when sitting than when walking or standing (twenty seventh day).
Pressing throbbing pain on the upper part of the inner side of the right leg, extending to the posterior side of the thigh upwards towards the ischium (when sitting and walking). Pains in the lower extremities increase until noon, so as to be frequently troublesome in walking.
The pain in the lower extremities disappeared after drinking beer; the headache was aggravated.
Hip.
Transient stiffness in the hit joint. Pains in the hips and knees, in the morning (tenth day). Boring in the right hip joint (ninth day). Dull stitches in the region of the right hip, suddenly appeared and just as suddenly disappeared, during a walk of some hours; they were so severe that I was obliged to cease walking for several minutes at a time, and became so frequent that I was obliged to cut short my walk and return home; while sitting there was some relief, but instead of stitches there was a sensation as of a heavy weight in the lumbo dorsal region, somewhat relieved by lying upon the left side, with some increase of the temperature and sensibility of the part affected; Con rising and walking about this latter sensation disappeared, while the stitches returned; the pain disappeared at night in the warmth of the bed, but awoke from sleep about 4 a. m. when it had changed its character, is so much that it was now throbbing and almost boring, but persistent in this locality; the origin of the trouble lay in the sacral region, corresponding to the position of the plexus ischiadicus, thence it extended through the incisura ischiadica major towards the hip joint, down the posterior portion of the thigh into the fossa poplitea.
Drawing twitching with dull throbbing in the region of the left hip, and in the right loin over the crest of the ilium, towards the buttock.
Thigh.
Weariness of the thighs; especially perceptible when going upstairs. The right upper thigh is painful, only when walking, as if the psoas muscle which raises it were too short (after thirty two hours). Burning and drawing in the muscles of the thighs (fourteenth day). Boring in the muscles of the thighs (tenth day). Cramp on the middle of the left thigh (after three hours). A drawing tension in the right thigh. Drawing in the inner side of the left thigh, as far as the flank. Drawing in the inner side of the left thigh, the whole afternoon. Drawing in the external condyle of the right femur, in the elbow, fingers, toes, but especially in the knees on motion. Transient drawing in the left trochanter, followed by drawing pressing in the left metatarsus, and when this ceased, drawing in the teeth, in the forenoon. Drawing pain on the outside of the right thigh, during which there was a toothache in the left upper molars. Drawing pain in the right thigh, as far down as the knee, continuing with nearly equal intensity through the next three days.
Pressure in the middle of the left thigh. A great deal of pressure in the muscles of the thighs (sixteenth day). Severe pressing pains in the muscles of the thigh when sitting (twenty seventh day). Burning pressing pains in the muscles of the right thigh, so that he can only walk with difficulty (fourteenth day).
Drawing pressing pains in the muscles of the thighs (twenty first day). Long stitches on the inner side of the left thigh, from the ischiatic tuberosity towards the knee, in the forenoon, when walking; frequently repeated for several minutes. Sticking tearing in the thighs, while sitting and standing.
Clucking in the left buttock.
Knee.
Stiffness in the left knee, when sitting, disappearing when walking, yet frequently recurring. Heaviness in both knees; tear ing in the left knee, disappearing when walking, in the evening.
Tired feeling in the knees, aggravated by sitting (tenth and eleventh days).
Continuous pains in the left knee joint, impeding walking.
Paralytic pain in the knee, when walking, as if the joints were tightly bound.
Painful feeling of tension in the left patella, in the evening; the next day the pain became so considerable that walking was painful; patella hot and somewhat swollen on undressing in the evening, with an indistinct pulsation in the swelling.
Troublesome cramp pain in the knee and calves. Drawing in the right knee joint, in the forenoon, and on this ceasing, drawing in the right thigh. Drawing and feeling of stiffness alternating between the right and left knees, frequently recurring (after half an hour). Drawing and pressing in the knees and shins (eleventh day). Boring in the right knee, at 6 p. m., several times repeated (first day). Boring and drawing in the knees (twentieth day). Boring and pressing in the knees, when sitting (seventeenth day). Drawing in the left popliteal region, as if the tendons were too short, on getting out of bed. Towards noon when walking, drawing and tension in the interior of the right knee joint, disappearing and recurring several times. Drawing pains in the knees (fourteenth day). Drawing and pressing pains in the knees, when sitting; with bruised sensation and general malaise (ninth day). Frequently repeated pressing in the right knee, in the evening (twenty second day). Pressing pains in the knees and ankle (fourteenth and fifteenth days). Drawing pressing pains in the knees, when sitting (twenty first day). Sticking in the right patella comes on when walking, and disappears on continuing to walk. Sticking pains, as with needles, in the hollow of the knee, only on motion; they at last became itching sticking. Bruised feeling in the knees, when sitting (twenty second day). Pulsation in the left popliteal space.
Leg.
Weakness of the legs as from fatigue. The legs feel as if asleep.
Compressive squeezing around the middle of the left leg, as from a narrow ribbon. Cramp in the legs. Drawing in the legs and feet (twenty first day). Drawing in the right leg, when sitting (ninth day). During a walk, drawing in the legs, in the knees, bruised sensation; the same symptoms when sitting (sixteenth day).
Drawing sticking pain on the outer side of the leg, while walking. Itching stitching in the right leg, even on motion. Dull stitches in the left leg. Bruised sensation in both legs (ninth day). The hitherto painless varices of the legs become painful.
Tensive pain in the tibiae, even while sitting. Cramp in the muscles near the tibia, at night, towards morning, aggravated by bending the knee. Frequent drawing in the tibia (twelfth to fifteenth day). Sticking drawing along the left tibia into the ankle bones, accompanied by burning pressure in the left eye; these pains disappeared again in five or six minutes, in the evening. Itching stitching in the right tibia, most violent during rest. Tearing in the left tibia and ankle, on waking at midnight.
Twitching in the right calf, during rest, disappearing on motion.
Feeling as if asleep, longitudinally along the outer side of the right calf, as though in the track of a nerve. This feeling increased in extent, as if the nerve were swollen in its periphery, passed gradually into a dull pressing constrictive sensation and slowly disappeared. Soon afterwards, the same feeling on the dorsum of the first joint of the great toe of the same side, and a similar but weaker sensation under the nail of the left great toe. Cramp in the left calf. Violent cramp in the calves, especially after coition. Boring pressing pinching in the muscles of the calves (sixteenth day). Boring and pressing in the calves, when standing (twenty second to thirty first day).
Drawing in the calf and thigh. Drawing in left calf and tibia; the pains are worse and more frequent when sitting (twenty first day). Drawing and burning in the muscles of the calves and thighs, while walking, so that flexure of the lower extremities becomes painful, a symptom several times repeated during the day, and rendering walking difficult (seventeenth day). Cramp like drawing in the right calf. Pressing in the calves (twenty second to thirty first day). A sharp cutting in the left calf, on the inner side, during rest.
Itching stitching in the right calf, not disappearing on rubbing.
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.