Transient tickling sensation shoots upward through the abdomen.
Stitches, at times, in one side of the abdomen, arresting breathing.
Hypogastrium and Iliac Region.
Sensation as though something were living and moving about deep in the lower abdomen, towards evening. Repeated bubbling in the lower abdomen (after two hours). Sensation of heaviness in the inguinal region. Pressure in the groin, as to menstruation.
Rectum and Anus.
Sensitive dull stitches on the right side above the anus. A sensitive dull, long stitch, near the left side of the anus, from time to time. Crawling in the anus, as from thread worms.
Intolerable cringing in the anus. Itching in the anus, that obliges scratching (first evening).
Stool.
Stool earlier than usual, though difficult. Passage of some blood with the stool.
Urinary Organs.
At night he was awakened by desire to urinate, and a bruised pain with sensation of numbness in the left humerus, upon which he was lying; he found only the lower portion of the body from the middle downward covered with sweat; on rising he was dizzy, staggered, and he had a sensation as though a cold wind were blowing upon the sweaty parts, together with a feeling in the feet as though a cold sweat were trickling down.
Sexual Organs.
Male.
Intermitting sharp sticking from the genital region up into the right hypochondrium, as if a knife were forced in this direction with sudden thrusts, piercing farther each time, and becoming more severe (after six hours). Excitement of sexual desire.
Female.
Fatal hemorrhage of the uterus, especially after parturition. Metrorrhagia on the lightest movement. Sensation as if menstruation would appear, with colic and pressing towards the genitals (after a few hours).
Respiratory Organs.
Larynx, Trachea, and Bronchi.
Stitches in the air-passages, more towards the posterior portion (after four hours).
Voice.
Hoarse voice, with some cough (second morning). Much hawking, on account of collection of large quantities of mucus, which makes the voice rough and scrapy.
Cough and expectoration.
Much cough. Paroxysm of dry cough, as from constant and excessive irritation in the trachea.
Very violent attack of exhausting dry cough, relieved by laying the hand on the pit of the stomach. Expectoration of large masses of easily detached mucus, with slight cough.
Respiration.
The breath, which is usually sweet, has a very offensive sickly odor. Slight rattling on inspiration, followed by mucus in the throat and hoarseness; the mucus immediately disappears on hawking. Dyspnoea. Frequent choking, caused by tickling in the upper part of the trachea, during inspiration.
Chest.
Heaviness of the chest frequently obliges him to take a deep breath. Aching in the whole of the chest. A sudden transient ache in the lower portion of the chest and pit of the stomach, with slight nausea (after three-quarters of an hour). Oppression of the chest (after eight hours). A kind of oppression that renders complete yawning difficult; it can only be accomplished after several attempts (after ten minutes).
Sides.
Sticking in both sides of the chest, rather externally which afterwards extends farther forward and becomes a burning, without influencing respiration or motion (after one hour). Short sticking in the right side of the chest. Dull stitches in the left chest. A kind of jumping as from something alive in the lower portion of the right half of the chest, as if beneath the ribs. Some dull shocks beneath the right short ribs, near the pit of the stomach, and on inspiration, an aching there, as if a pain were caused by breathing (after two hours). Jerking-like shocks in the left side of the chest, feeling as though they would take away the breath. A peculiar jerking pain in the left side of the chest, internally, as if it were being drawn at intervals towards the back by a thread.
Heart and Pulse.
Precordium.
Warmth about the heart, with anxiety and some oppression of breath, so that she cannot breathe deeply, with inclination to take a deep breath; she feels relieved every time after frequent yawning. Sensation of great emptiness in the precordial region.
Drawing in the precordial region, extending to the stomach, like colic. Stitches beneath the heart, aggravated on inspiration (after two hours and a half).
Heart’s Action.
Palpitation; anxiety at the heart, with a sensation of weakness extending thence through the whole abdomen, and continuing down to the soles of the feet (second day). Very frequent palpitation.
Neck and Back.
Neck.
External swelling of the neck (inflatio colli). Painful stiff sensation in the neck, on moving. Sudden drawing in the left side of the neck, internally and externally, at the same time extending in to the ear (after a quarter of an hour).
Back, Lumbar.
Pains in the small of the back, in the morning and at night, in bed, on motion. Tearing pain in the small of the back, worse on breathing (after one hour).
Sacral.
A slow dull stitch, extending from time to time from the anus through the sacral region and into the left inguinal region, where it remains as an aching, aggravated by inspiration, gradually disappearing.
Extremities in General.
Cracking of the joints, not without a painful sensation on moving them. Loss of power in different limbs; even slight motion caused a bruised sensation, especially in the hip-joint. Falling asleep of an arm, hand and foot.
Superior Extremities.
Falling asleep of both arms. Falling asleep of the arms and hands, at night, in sleep; she was awakened by the crawling pain (after eight hours). Falling asleep of both arms and hands, with a kind of immobility (after a quarter of an hour);recurring several times during the day and lasting half an hour. The arms especially in the forearms, feel very heavy, and if as bruised.
Dull pain with sensation of paralysis, in the left arm.
Bruised pain, immediately, on slight motion of the arms.
Shoulder.
Muscular twitchings on the top of the shoulder, in the morning, while lying in bed; both visible and felt. Cracking in the shoulder-joint on moving it suddenly, with sensitive pain as if the arm would be dislocated. Feeling in the left shoulder-joint as though the arm would be easily dislocated, as if it were lying loose in the joint (after a few days). At times, on moving the upper arm, a pain within the shoulder-joint as if the head of the humerus were lying loosely within the capsule of the joint and would be dislocated.
A tensive aching in the shoulder-joint, with cracking in it, on moving the upper arm outward. Bruised sensation in both shoulders. Some sensitive shocks in a small spot on the back of the shoulder.
Elbow.
Sudden, violent tearing pain in the right elbow-joint, soon disappearing.
Forearm.
A pain in the right forearm extending obliquely to the thumb. A slight pain in a small spot on the left forearm, not far from the elbow, whereby the elbow is spasmodically and involuntarily thrown upward, causing him to start (after nine minutes).
Hand.
Dull pain in the right hand. A kind of intermitting drawing, so that every intermission causes a transient burrowing in a small spot; worse when resting the forearm upon anything, whereby a benumbing warmth spreads over the hand. Tensive drawing in the left metacarpal joints.
Fingers.
An old indurated bruise of the finger began immediately to suppurate, became painful and sore (after one hour). Violent sticking in the left index finger (immediately). After coming into a moderately warm room from having walked in a somewhat raw air, a sudden uneasy burning-crawling motion in the tips of the fingers, as if they were asleep, with a tensive sensation as if they were tightly bound up and the blood could not circulate freely; he bends the fingers up into a first, when only the burning-crawling sensation remains, which soon disappears (after twenty-three hours).
Inferior Extremities.
Sensation of paralysis in the legs, after walking, especially in the knees and metacarpal joints, so that farther walking became very difficult, and even standing was irksome.
Hip.
Violent cracking, like a report, in the right hip-joint, on stretching out the thigh and moving it outward.
Thigh.
A sensation of weakness of the thigh extending down to the knee, especially while sitting (after half an hour). Aching in the lower surface of the thigh, after sitting a long time. Sudden shuddering sensation in the nates while sitting, as from a violent fall upon them.
Knee.
On stooping down, immediately an audible noise in the knee-joint, with a sensation not entirely painless. The knees knock under even while standing. Weariness in the knees, even to sinking down. A painful tension in the knees on sitting down; on standing it becomes a painful sensation as if the joints were dry from want of synovial fluid, and as if they would crack and creak on moving them.
Intermitting, very painful drawing in the bent knee. Tearing in the knees, extending down to the malleoli, where it then continues aching and drawing back and forth, so that she is frequently obliged to change the position of the feet at night.
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.