Pulse 56 (after half an hour); (two hours just before death). The pulse during the period of greatest influence and while I was sitting, beat with undeviating precision 60 strokes in a minute; this is, perhaps, two or three beats below its normal velocity when the body is at rest. It was also fuller and stronger than usual. It might have been modified by the general condition of the system on that day but this influence would probably have increased its rapidity (nineteenth day). (Pulse unequal in strength and rapidity). (* See note to S. 488.–HUGHES. *).Pulse large, slow; between these, without regularity, there are several small rapid beats. The pulse is felt in the whole body. Pulse small and weak. Pulse small, hard. Pulse was soft and feeble but not more frequent than usual.
Loss of pulse. Pulse not to be felt.
Neck and Back.
Neck.
Apparent thickening of the neck. Tensive pain in the nape of the neck, during rest, with sensation of dryness in the throat.
Drawings in the nape of the neck, when walking in the open air (after one hour). Drawings in the right side of the neck, extending to the shoulder joint, during rest (third day).
Throbbing drawing on the nape of the neck, whence it extended to the right shoulder (after eight hours). Sticking in the muscles of the nape of the neck on the right side and in the left calf, as with needles. Stitches and pressure in the muscles of the nape of the neck.
Back.
(Tensive pain in the back). (*See note to S. 818.–HUGHES.
*).Cramp in the back with severe aching and drawing. Pain as if sprained in the left side of the back, during the first day.
Crawling in the spine as if asleep. Dorsal pain between the shoulders and in the lumbar region. Painful tension in the muscles beneath both scapulae during rest, much aggravated by raising the arms. Drawings beneath the right scapula. Drawing pain in the right scapula. Pressive stitches between the scapulae, also in the lumbar region, in the region of the short ribs and in both hypochondria. Severe pressure beneath the right scapula on every motion of the arms.
Dull stitches between the scapulae.
Lumbar.
Great pains in the loins. Drawing through the lumbar vertebrae while standing (after half an hour). Pressure in the right lumbar region. Pressure in the left lumbar region and beneath the margin of the left ribs. Stitches in the lumbar muscles with painful stiffness on moving the back while sitting. Pains in the small of the back. Pains in the small of the back on bending backward.
Severe pains in the small of the back on walking a little, followed by nausea and exhaustion. Stitches in the small of the back with drawings through the lumbar vertebrae, while standing (after three hours).
Sacral.
The ischia pain on rising from sitting, not while sitting.
Extremities in General.
Objective.
Knees and elbows much swollen. Trembling of all the limbs.
Partial loss of power on moving her joints; cannot raise her hands to her head or extend her legs. Without power to move the arms or legs. Difficulty in using his limbs, so that he was unable to walk. She dropped an ink stand which she was holding in her hands and was unable to walk, and she was placed in a recumbent position. Complete paralysis of the limbs, with complete unconsciousness. A numb feeling in the lower extremities with utter want of power to move them; this was followed by a similar state of the upper extremities. Along with the numb feeling there was a sensation of stiffness in the limbs different from the feeling of powerlessness of motion. The numb powerless sensation then extended over the whole body, but was not accompanied with coldness of the surface. The sensibility of the skin was normal. On the next day such a feeling of weakness in the limbs that they shook under her, as if she “had been recovering from a fever” Subjective.
All the limbs are affected before menstruation, with weeping mood, restlessness and anxious solicitude about every trifle. The limbs fall asleep. Sensation of an unfastening of the joints of the arms and legs, which causes weakness. Gritty sensation in her joints when moved. Pains in the joints of the hands, feet, fingers and toes. Pains and swelling in her joints and numbness, after exposure to cold and wet. Weary pain in all the joints.
Drawings in the limbs. Drawings in the right fingers and in the right great toe, and in the evening on the anterior portion of the right lower leg and in the left toes in the evening in bed.
Dragging sensation in limbs. Pressure and tearing in the joints of the arms, legs, fingers and toes. In the morning a pressive pain in the joints of the upper arm and upper thigh arouses him from sleep. Cutting pain in the flesh below the nail of the left thumb and on the right great toe, with burning.
Tearings in all the limbs, almost as from a sprain.
Wandering tearing in the arms and legs, as also in the teeth (first days).
Bruised sensation in all the joints during rest; less or not at all during motion. Bruised pain in the arms and legs. Severe bruised pain in all the limbs. Tearing in one or another limb in bed in the evening. Buzzing and tingling in the limbs.
Superior Extremities.
Objective.
The arms when lifted fall like inert masses and remain immovable.
Tickling in the armpits excites no motion of the arms.
Twitchings in the arms and hands at night in sleep, preceded by ill humor; the eyes are open and staring, and are turned here and there.
Subjective.
Sensation of great weariness in the whole right arm, frequently repeated. Sensation of weakness in the arms. Drawing pain up and down the arm, mostly on moving it.
Axilla.
Sticking in the left axilla. Stitches in the left axilla.
Sharp stitches in the right axilla. Sharp stitches in the left axilla, shooting along the inner side of the upper arm, several in succession.
Arm.
Mingled weariness and weakness in the lower part of the biceps brachii muscle. I particularly studied this feeling and can give no other idea of it except by comparing it, as already done, to a mixture of weariness and feebleness or debility. It was not unpleasant and there was a constant disposition to flex and extend the forearm (eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth days).
Pain as from fatigue in the soft parts of the outer and upper portions of the right upper arm, so that it was difficult to raise it several times during the day. Drawing on the inner side of the right upper arm. Drawings in the posterior surface of the left upper arm. Drawings in the inner side of the right upper arm. Paralytic drawing pain in the upper arm during rest (after one hour and a half). Stitches on the inner side of the upper arm and in the axillae. Tearing through the upper arm in the evening in bed (first day). Tearing alternating with stitches in the upper arm during rest, only transiently relieved by motion.
Elbow.
Cracking in the elbow joint, especially in the evening.
Heaviness in the elbow joint with fine stitches. Cramp like pain in the muscles of the forearm, especially when resting on the arm (after one hour and a half). Drawings in the left elbow and in the right heel. Cutting pain in the bend of the left elbow from within outward during rest (after fifty hours). Stitches in the left elbow. Tearing pain in the elbow on walking in the open air.
Bruised pain in the left elbow. Bruised pain in the right elbow joint.
Forearm.
Drawing and pressing in the forearm. Drawing in the extensors of the right forearm. Drawings in the muscles on the outer and inner side of the left forearm. Drawing on the lower portion of the right forearm. Dull drawing in the forearms, worse during rest than during motion (after seventy two hours). Pressure extending from deep in the left forearm to the fingers. Stitches with sensitiveness of the skin to touch on the dorsal surface of the right forearm. Bruised pain in the extensor muscles of the right forearm. Bruised pain in the outer side of the left forearm, worse when touched (after sixty two hours).
Wrist.
Cracking in the wrist, especially in the evening. Paralytic drawing pain in the wrist during rest. A pressing in the flexor tendons above the left wrist. Sticking pain as if sprained in the articulation of the metacarpal bone of the left thumb with the wrist, especially on bending it inward. Fine stitches in the wrists (after ten minutes).
Hand.
Deadness of the left hand, especially of the palm. Boring pain in a small spot in the palm of the left hand at the point where the line surrounding the ball of the thumb meets with that of the third finger.
Fingers.
Yellow finger nails (sixth day). Twitching of the muscles of the ball of the left little finger. Long continued visible twitching of the muscles of the ball of the left thumb, which draws the thumb and metacarpal bone back and forth; if the thumb is forcibly kept straight by the extensors the twitching can be seen under the skin; when the force of the extensors is relaxed the thumb begins to twitch again. Numbness of the fingers.
Numbness and coldness of the fingers and toes. The fingers become spasmodically stiff and cramped on cutting with shears. Burning pain on the flexor surface of the index finger and afterwards a hard, long continuing lump at that place. Drawing in the fingers.
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.