Tearing on the posterior portion of the left calf, disappearing on moving the foot. Pain, as from ripping, extending down the left calf, posteriorly Ankle. Severe cramp in the inner right malleolus, waking him at night; he is obliged to walk about, when it disappears. Tearing from the external malleolus towards the forepart of the foot. Drawing-tearing near the right inner malleolus. Foot. Burning of the feet, Cutting pain in the sole of the right foot, not disappearing on stepping upon it. Toes. Intermitting sticking-burning in the toes. Pulsating tearing in the first and second left toes.
General symptoms
Objective. Sudden swelling of the body and puffiness of the limbs, at times painful or accompanied with a sensation as if going to sleep C. Emaciation. Lassitude; he avoids motion. Weariness C. Great, continued weakness. (* After much sweat.- HUGHES. *) Trembling. Twitchings of the tendons. Sudden jerkings like electric shocks through the whole body, with piteous cries; the jerkings seemed to be caused by violent pains in the abdomen; they did not last a long time, after which the body began again to mutter. Spasms. Convulsions from time to time. Convulsions, first of the facial muscles, then of the whole body. Almost immovable. Sudden attacks of weakness like faintness. He is obliged to lie down. Unrest. Extremely restless, could scarcely be held; scratched his father. Subjective. She has to get up at night and walk about the room; sinking sensation all over; she fancies she would sink through the bed. Pain as if the body would be cut off above the hip, obliging him to move back and forth, though without relief. Dull stitches here and there in the limbs and other parts of the body, mostly from within outward. Itching pinching stitches in various parts. Symptoms subsided forty-eight hours from first incursion of pain. The symptoms seemed inclined to occur especially towards evening. No relief from coffee.
Skin
Eruptions, Dry. Red spots on the body. Red spots like flea-bites. Red spots like scarlet rash over the whole body. Red elevated spots, as from burning nettles. (* On the seat of vanished dartres.-HUGHES. *) Eruption of red spots, with vesicles itching violently. (* On parts affected by dartres.-HUGHES. *) Bright-red pointed pimples on the skin, which after a few days fill with pus. Nettle-rash over the whole body, without fever (from one drop of the 1st dil., in a child). Eruption like nettle-rash over the whole body. Tetter-like rash, especially on the hands. (* Critical.-HUGHES. *) Tetter-like crust over the whole body. (* Critical. See S. 489.- HUGHES. *) Eruption of white wheals with red areolae; sticking, itching, and with burning after rubbing, on the arms and thighs. Elevations, lines on the forehead, with sticking pain when touched. Pimples in the angles of the nose. Pimple in the inner side of the left wing of the nose, with an ulcerative pain. Pimples and ulcers about the mouth, with tearing pains on moving the parts. Red pimples in the bend of the elbow, noticeable morning and evening, in the warmth of the room with fine sticking itching and burning after scratching, lasting twelve days. Itching pimples on the chin.
Small, moderately itching pimples on the chest and abdomen. Tetter-like rash on the labia majora. (* During dartrous vagina and ulcers. -HUGHES. *) Warts cover the hands. Eruptions, Moist. Moist eruptions on the cheeks. (* Not found.-HUGHES. *) Subjective. Agreeable tickling on the outer margin of the right scapula. General itching over the body, which gradually increased and soon became intolerable; the itching was worse on the nates, where the skin was red, partly of itself and partly from rubbing, and showed a striped swelling like wheals; the swelling was always renewed on going to bed, without regard to time, when also sweat broke out over the whole skin; the rest at night was greatly disturbed; the patient was able to sleep only towards two or three in the morning. After the sixth day the eruption began to break out over the whole body, reaching its greatest severity on the tenth day, when the patient was attached with chilliness and heat, with inclination to sweat, with which the eruption became very prominent; it was especially marked on the back, less violent on the arms and legs. The character of the eruption and the annoying sensations were different in different parts of the body; on the back the skin was covered with red points as large as the head of a pin, and there the patient had a sensation as though she were lying in burning nettles up to the hips; this remained for two days, with copious transpiration, on account of which she kept herself warm and in her room; the eruption continued for several days. The cooler the patient kept the better she felt, and the less she went to bed the better the itching and eruption; especially the warmth of the bed and sweat greatly aggravated the eruption; it was also aggravated by coffee and every kind of food; as soon as the patient had taken only a frugal meal great heat of the body developed, soon followed by itching in all parts, Violent itching of the whole body. (* See S. 489. *) Burning, suddenly creeping itching here and there as from ants; he is obliged to scratch violently, which at first aggravates, but afterwards relieves; less during the day, generally at night, and mostly between twelve and three o’clock; he is awakened thereby after a short sleep (fourteenth day), Sticking itching in various parts of the body C. Itching of the cheeks close to the wings of the nose. Itching on the outer side of the left leg, soon returning after scratching. Itching, ending with an itching stitching on the outer side of the right leg. No sleep at night on account of itching, as from flea-bites, on the anterior portion of the body and thighs, together with heat and offensive transpirations, without moisture. Unpleasant itching in the middle of the right forearm, soon returning after scratching, which he is obliged to do. Burning itching externally on the right upper arm, provoking scratching; the place was red, with a burning pimple upon it. Burning itching on the thighs, so that he was obliged to scratch.
Sleep and Dreams.
Sleepiness. Frequent, violent yawning. Sleepiness the whole day, with much yawning. Great sleepiness, indolence, and yawning. Deep coma. Violent snoring in his sleep, with open mouth immediately. Sleeplessness. Sleeplessness, uneasiness, jerking. Sleeplessness, orgasm of blood, sticking and itching of the skin. Uneasy sleep, tossed about in discomfort. Uneasy sleep after 4 A.M., no matter how he lay. Restless, anxious, interrupted sleep, full of heavy dreams. Restless sleep, with profuse sweat, and interrupted by confused dreams. Tossing about in bed the whole night, with dullness of the head. In the evening while falling asleep he started a from fright. A kind of waking, with closed eyes, towards morning. Awakened early, was unable to fall asleep again, stretched himself with great weariness, and turned from one side to the other, because the muscles of the occiput seemed lame and he could not lie upon them. No sleep towards morning, and yet weary in all the limbs and lame, as after enduring great heat. Dreams. Fearfully confused dreams. Frightful dreams, which made him jump out of bed (first night).
Fever
Chilliness. Skin cool, in the evening. Frequent chilliness, heaviness of the head and general exhaustion, after taking cold. (* See note to S. 223.-HUGHES. *) Shivering as from chilliness and nausea, with sensation of coldness, and coolness of the whole body, so that he could not get warm by a hot stove, with shuddering from time to time (immediately). Chilliness and discomfort in all the limbs. Chilliness of the back, without thirst, in the open air, but especially in a draft. Chilliness over the back, nape of the neck, and occiput, towards evening (with a feeling as if the hairs stood on end), lasting ten days. Heat. Increased warmth of the skin. Hot, dry skin, with orgasm of blood. (* Not found.-HUGHES. *) Heat and uneasiness. Heat of the body, burning of the face, with constipation. Heat and sensation of heat over the whole body, especially of the hands, with thirst, and even slow, full pulse, followed by chilliness. Dry heat at night. Dry burning heat of the whole body. Increased warmth of the body, with sweat and great redness of the skin, annoying sensation of heat, with itching and burning, and an eruption, especially on the face, of numerous thick pimples, so that the face seemed to be decidedly swollen. Violent fever, with violent heat, dryness of the skin and delirium, daily, returning every fifteen or sixteen hours. (* Critical.-HUGHES. *) Double tertian fever. (* See note to S. 223.-HUGHES. *) Burning in the skin of the whole back, as if he were sitting by a hot stove, with sweat in the face and moderate heat. Sweat. Sweat, lasting more than five days ), (* Critical in rheumatism.-HUGHES. *) Body covered with sweat. Sweat all over at night, during the day in the axillae and palms of the hands. (* Not found.-HUGHES. *) General sweat, especially on the back. Profuse sweat in the morning over the whole body, but mostly over the whole head (after twenty hours), Cold sweat covered the skin. Offensive sweat, together with copious discharge of transparent urine. (* Not found.-HUGHES. *) Dryness and heat of the skin, constipated stool and painful retention of the urine, with soft, full, slow, jerking pulse. (* Not found.-HUGHES. *) Dryness, heat, and burning of the skin (*A youth hereditarily dartrous and in bad health, after taking D. had S. 403, 436, 250, 125, with hard and tense pulse. Then came S. 422, with relief of all symptoms. D. was continued and he got well.-HUGHES. *) Much sweat upon the palms of the hands.
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.