Skin.
Objective.
Blueness of the whole body. Skin blue and covered with cold sweat. Yellow spots on the fingers (fifth day).
Petechiae. Inflammation of the skin of the whole body which is painful and burning.
Eruptions, Dry.
Fine, scarcely visible eruption on the face, back and rest of the body; itching like a creeping under the skin.
Papulous eruption on the forehead, with tensive drawing pain (fourth day).Papulous eruption on the chest, which is painful to touch. A large papulous eruption on the mons veneris, which was painful to touch.
Pimples on the forehead with tensive pain, which, during and after itching, becomes tearing in their whole vicinity (second and third days). Eruption of several pimples above the forehead, one of which became as large as a hazelnut within fifteen days; the tips were painful to touch (after twenty four hours). A pimple appeared in an old “liver spot” on the cheek. Breaking out on the lips, following slight fever.
(* Hahnemann’s S. 227, corrected by Dr. Hughes. *) Eruptions, Moist.
(Eruption of white transparent pimples, which become filled with an acrid moisture, and form scales similar to scabies, together with localized, offensive biting sweat.)(* Critical, with S.
1353, in a gouty patient. –HUGHES. *) Vesicles on the upper lip, on the vermilion border, with smarting pain. An eruption of two vesicles as large as the head of a pin, filled with colored fluid, surrounded by a bright red areola. Small vesicles, with bright areola near the knuckle of the left little finger. Three small vesicles, with a red areola and itching, which is worse after scratching, between the thumb and index finger on the back of the right hand. Small itching vesicles on the back of the ball of left thumb.
Eruptions, Pustular. Pustules on the feet. A pustule in the fold near the right wing of the nose.
Ulcers.
Ulcers with inflammation around the finger nails, and throbbing, suppurating, burning pains. The margins of an ulcer became black, with discharge of offensive ichor. Offensive ichor from an ulcer.
Cold gangrene in a portion of an ulcer. Bleeding of an ulcer. (* In mammary cancer.–HUGHES. *).
Subjective.
Slow itching biting burning stitches here and there on the body.
Itching stitches as from fleas, in rapid succession, here and there over the whole body, always singly, never two at a time.
Transient itching here and there in all parts of the body.
(Pain shoots into an ulcer on coughing). (* See note to S. 766.– HUGHES. *).(Increased pain in an ulcer, tensive pain in an ulcer). (* Variations of an open cancer of the face while the patient took Conium.– HUGHES. *). Burning and sensitiveness of the skin on the side of the left little finger with redness of the part. Burning, with great sensitiveness of the skin above the left knee. Painful burning and sensitiveness of the skin on the back of the left forearm and even on the slight touch, but nothing was visible. Severe burning in the skin on the right side of the forehead. Violent burning in the skin of the right temple, afterwards in the tip at the side of the nail of the left thumb.
Painful tension of the skin behind the ears and on the mastoid process, even without moving (after one hour and a half). Drawing pain in an old wart on the upper lip. Sticking in the skin on the left zygoma. Itching, needle like stitches on the posterior surface of the thigh, worse while sitting. Sensitiveness of the skin on the back of the hands.
Smarting in the skin of the face, as if it were sore, after washing and drying the face. Crawling in the affected parts.
Crawling and agreeable itching in the glands. (* Not found.
–HUGHES. *).Crawling in the toes.
Crawling under the skin of the right cheek, extending to the corner of the mouth.
Crawling on the back of the nose (after one hour and a half).
Itching crawling on the tip of the nose and in the nostrils.
Itching crawling in the forearm, only transiently relieved by rubbing (after one hour). Itching around the left eye.
Itching of the upper lip (after half an hour).
Itching on the pit of the stomach while walking.
Itching in the abdomen.
Itching shivering from the nape of the neck to the head (fourth day). Itching of both breasts; on rubbing the skin becomes rough and red, with a burning sensation. Agreeable but violent itching in both nipples (after four hours). Itching on the small of the back. Itching of the limbs. Severe itching in the ball of the left hand. Itching on the back of the fingers. Itching on the flexor surface of the right wrist.
Itching on the back of the balls of both thumbs; on the next day some small vesicles appear at this place. Itching on the sides of the third and fourth fingers, transiently relieved by rubbing.
Itching in the left thumb and little finger. Itching of the thighs and arms. Itching in the hollow of the right knee. Itching and sticking on the legs and feet, and also in the palm of the left hand; with stitches as from needles. Itching on the right lower leg, followed by burning sore pain, lasting some time; the spot remained slightly red; on the next day this burning had extended and was much increased by touch of the hand, but there was nothing visible externally; during the next day a small bright red spot appeared, which did not disappear on pressure, and in which the burning was most severe; the spot, as also the skin about it, was very sensitive to the slightest touch. Itching on the back of the toes and fingers. Frequent itching in various places on both wrists. Much itching on the right half of the body. Severe itching about the chin. Severe itching and itching pimples on the soles of the feet. Intolerable itching in the fossa between the nates. Sticking itching across the whole external chest, which only transiently disappears on scratching (after one hour). Continued sticking itching in the cheek and right side of the face, only relieved by repeated scratching.
Corrosive itching, always commencing with sticking, in the evening in bed, only on the right half of the body, especially when lying upon it, with uneasiness in all the limbs, easily relieved by scratching, but constantly reappearing in another place. Itching corroding on the forehead, only transiently relieved by rubbing.
Sleep and Dreams.
Sleepiness.
Frequent yawning, as from insufficient sleep.
Sleepiness during the day; he cannot keep awake while reading (after three and eight hours). Sleepiness during the day, without being able to sleep. Great sleepiness in the evening and disinclination for all occupation. Sleepy in the morning on rising. Sleepy in the afternoon; is obliged to lie down and sleep in spite of everything.
Very sleepy and weary in the morning on waking (first two hours).
Drowsiness (one hour and a quarter). Dozing, even while walking in the open air. Usually in half an hour the patient is asleep.
Quiet sleep, especially in the morning it is very sound and much longer than usual (in part curative action). Stupid, much too sound sleep, after which the scarcely noticed headache becomes steadily worse. Is unable to arouse himself from sleep at the usual time of waking and for a long time afterwards feels sleepy.
Slumbering the whole day with great prostration. Coma. At the time of general paralysis coming on there is more or less coma, collapse or a condition between the two; there is foam from the mouth and death is apparently the result of coma. Comatose, unconscious, breathing with extreme difficulty.
Growling in sleep at night. He uncovers his arms in sleep.
Sleeplessness.
Falls asleep late, only after midnight.
Interrupted sleep. He awoke at midnight with sweat. Waking earlier than usual in the morning. Anxious half waking from a sound sleep. Loss of sleep. Loss of sleep on account of uneasiness and heat; tossing about the bed.
Dreams.
Confused dreams, with uneasy sleep. Many confused dreams during the night. Vivid voluptuous dreams. Bad dreams frequently interrupt sleep (first day). Dreams full of shame. An anxious dream before menstruation. Anxious dreams full of threatening dangers.
Anxious, vivid dreams. Anxious, frightful dreams. Frightful dreams. Many frightful dreams at night, and towards morning.
Frightful, anxious, very vivid dreams. Dreams full of anger and vexation. Dreams of physical mutilation. Dreams of wretched diseases.
Many dreams of dead people and of the death of those living.
Nightmare.
Fever.
Chilliness.
Chilliness (after one hour). Chilliness in the morning for two hours with headache and nausea (third day). Chilliness in the afternoon from 3 to 5. Chilliness at the end of the evening meal.
Chilliness with every stool. Chilliness with trembling in all the limbs so that she was constantly obliged to go into the sun.
Chilliness with cold hands and hot face, accompanied by nausea.
Awakened about 5 a. m. by internal chilliness (almost without thirst).
with cold hands and soles of the feet and hot face, lasting eight hours; followed by indifference, with depression. An internal coldness, with numb sensation extending from the thigh to the foot. He awoke at 4 a. m. on account of becoming cold, with pain in the head and scapulae, on turning the body, as if bruised, with pains in the abdominal muscles of the epigastric region, on deep inspiration, which took away his breath. Surface of body cold. Shivering (immediately).
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.