Drawings in the thumb. Drawing in the first phalanx of the left little finger with a feeling of stiffness, which remains even after moving the fingers. Sharp drawing in one or another finger.
Dull pain with feeling of stiffness in the right fourth finger, followed by severe pressure on the upper and outer portion of the left upper arm. Stitches as with needles beneath the finger nails (fifth day). Stitches beneath the nails of the right hand.
Stitches in the tips of the fingers, as with needles. Sharp stitches in the metacarpal joints of the fingers during rest (after one hour and a half). Pain under the nail of the right index finger as if the part were torn and the nail pulled up.
Numb prickling sensation was felt in the fingers, extending gradually to the elbows, producing a stiffness of the muscles of the parts, making it difficult to move the forearm and hand.
Cutting shocks in the last metacarpal joint of the thumb (after forty eight hours).
Inferior Extremities.
Objective.
Staggering while walking. Staggering gait. Gait faltering, vacillating; he staggers as if drunk, dragging his legs after him. Loss of power and heaviness of the legs, especially of the knees, as if they would knock together; they trembled. Painless loss of power in the inferior extremities.
After twenty minutes he got up and walked a mile; but the legs were so weak that they could hardly support him; the knees tended to fall forwards and his gait was tottering. In dismounting about an hour from the commencement of the symptoms (about an hour and a half after taking the dose), I found so much difficulty in walking as to require assistance to reach the house, the inferior extremities appearing nearly paralyzed. So little pain or distress was felt, however, that I laughed heartily at the predicament I had so unwittingly placed myself in. Feeling anxious to get rid of this annoyance, as well as from the solicitude of those around me, I tried what effects smoking tobacco would produce. I had been in the habit of using this luxury occasionally and at this time had a strong desire for it.
Whether from this cause or from rest and composure I soon felt very much relieved. Vision became clearer, the limbs less troublesome and whilst sitting, little or no apparent effects of the poison remained. On rising, however, the inferior extremities persisted in their unwillingness to move but much less than before. The whole day passed without being entirely rid of these feeling. Complete paralysis of inferior extremities, afterwards of the upper or the reverse. Intoxicated sensation while walking, as if his steps were somewhat impeded; he, however, walked very rapidly. Sensation of heaviness in the lower extremities and feeling as though she was unable to move them; the same sensation in the arms with a general feeling of weakness in the limbs distinct from the sensation of paralysis; this latter sensation affected the whole body.
Hip.
Hip joints almost immovable. The right hip is painful and feels as if sprained, in the evening while walking.
Thigh.
Numbness in the thighs. Sensation of weakness, even to trembling, in the right thigh while walking. Cramp like pain in the anterior muscles of the right thigh, while walking in the open air (after thirteen hours).
Dull drawing in the right thigh during rest, relieved by motion (after one hour and a half). Stitches in the hamstring while walking in the open air. Stitches as from needles in the muscles of the left thigh while sitting. Long continued deep stitch at the superior attachment of the gluteus maximus muscle (after three hours and a half). Dull stitches in the thigh near the trochanter, not preventing walking (after a quarter of an hour).
Dull tearing in the forepart of both thighs while walking. Fine crawling in the posterior surface of the thigh.
Knee.
Crackling of the knee (in the patella?) On becoming erect.
Mingled weariness and weakness in the knees and the gait was not so firm as usual (seventeenth and subsequent days). For one hour and half the muscular weakness continued to such a degree that after walking upstairs, the knees ached from sheer weariness and I could hardly prevent myself from tottering, and was glad to come to a state of rest. Upon going upstairs, the knees were so weak as to render the ascent very difficult without assistance by taking hold of the balustrade (nineteenth day). Stiffness, with pain, in the tendons under the left knee, while beginning to walk. Fatiguing pain about the knee, lasting half an hour.
Paralytic pain in the hollow of the knee, as in dropsy of the knee joint. Rheumatic pain in the knee the whole day (fifteenth day). Dull pain in the knee on stepping. Dull pain in the left knee on stepping. Drawing beneath the right patella. Pain as if sprained in the right knee. Frequent stitches in the knees.
Tearings about the patella while sitting. Tearing pain about the knee joint. Bruised pain or feeling as if the patella were broken in the whole left knee, causing loud cries, while walking and standing in the open air, with anxious heat all over, on exhausting one’s self in walking.
Leg.
A place on the leg that had been bruised twelve days previously and had remained painful to this time, because blue and mottled, and pained on the slightest motion like the cutting of a knife, with a feeling as if bruised, on walking or on touch. (Swelling of the legs). (* See note to S. 328.–HUGHES. *). Slight occasional movements of left leg. Jerking and uneasiness in the legs, at times followed by shivering at night. The legs go to sleep while sitting. Drawing on the outer side of the right leg.
Drawings in the muscles of the right leg, as far as the foot and toes. Drawing and tearing in the left leg with great uneasiness so that she could not keep still a moment. Severe oppressive sensation and weakness in the anterior surface of the right leg, extending down to the foot, in bed; afterwards the same sensation in the left lower leg, obliging him to rise and walk about, whereby it was relieved for the moment. Tearing in the leg, extending upward from the inner side of the foot in the open air.
Dull tearing along the leg, extending upward from the external malleolus, in the open air. Tingling pressure on the tibiae on stretching out the limbs while sitting. Tearing on the tibia in the evening in bed (first day). Cramp like tearing in the tibia while walking in the open air. Bruised pain in the tibiae.
Tensive stiff pain in the calves. Drawing in the right calf.
Drawings in the left calf and back of the foot. Drawings in the lower portion of the left calf and sole of the foot. Drawings on the inner side of the left calf and on the back of the right foot. Pressure in the right calf.
Ankle.
Dull pain in the ankle. Stitches in both right malleoli, at first fine, then sharp, for two days and nights, waking him from sleep, at last extending into the calves, slower while sitting but more frequent and severe while walking. Tearings in the ankle from noon till evening, worse while sitting and walking. Bruised pain in the left ankle with tension and feeling of stiffness on moving
it.
Foot.
Swelling of the feet, painful and not disappearing during sleep.
Swelling of the whole foot with burning pain. Trembling of the feet in the morning on rising. (Arouses the podagra). (* In gouty subjects. –HUGHES. *).
Numbness and insensibility of the feet. Burning and throbbing sticking in the bend of the foot. Numb prickling sensation in the feet, creeping slowly upward until it reached the upper part of the thigh.
Tearings on the back of the foot in the evening in bed (first day).
Tearings in the soles while walking. Crawling pain in the soles of the feet while stepping upon them but stitches in them while walking.
Numbness of both heels with prickling as from needles while sitting.
Heavy clogging sensation in the heels (after three quarters of an hour). Sensitive burning pain beneath the heel on stepping upon it, with redness and swelling of the place. Sharp drawings beneath the heel. Much sticking in the right heel while walking and standing.
Toes.
Burning pain beneath the toes while sitting. Drawing in the toes.
Drawing in the left toes. Drawings in the lower surface of the left great toe. Pressure in the ball of the right great toe.
Cuttings at the tips of the left toes. Stitches and burning in the tip of the left great toe. Stitches in the tip of the left great toe, as if under the nail, while sitting. Pulsating stitches in the little toe, which is also painful while walking.
Tearings in the ball of the great toe in the morning while standing and sitting. Burning tearing in the metacarpal joint of the great toe, on waking from sleep while lying. Prickling in the toes. The tips of the toes pain as if suppurating.
General Symptoms.
Septic dissolution of the fluids. In the bones, especially in the middle of the long bones, concealed caries, with burning gnawing pain.
Consumption. (* In Collins’s case the end of mesenteric disease in which Conium was given.– HUGHES. *). (Dropsy).(* The end of a case of mammary cancer. *). He walks about as if half asleep.
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.