Burning internally about the bone; heat which amounts to painfulness about the first joint of the right index finger, in an undefined spot of the size of a penny, together with an itching prickling sensation in the skin (after one hour). Slowly jerking, repeated burning in the tip of the left little finger, at 10 A.M. (second day). Aching in the left index finger (fourth day). Pain in the first joint of the right little finger, as if it were being pulled out of joint (after fifteen minutes).
Stitches from within outwards in the tip of the left little finger. A violent burning stitch in the fleshy part of the left thumb, often returning and passing out at the tip, at 11 A.M. (second day). Prickling in the tips of the fingers, which was the forerunner of the most violent pains, together with chilliness of the left arm, and soon afterwards of the whole body (after one hour). Pricking in the ends of the index-fingers, most in the left; also in the right thumb (fourth day). Acute prickings, as with a needle, in the fingers. Prickling in the ball of the left thumb. Jerking in the left thumb occasionally, extending to the middle of the forearm, during the forenoon. An almost painful electric jerk, along the left radius to the thumb, which moves involuntarily, several times, at 12 o’clock (second day). Jerking pain in the left middle finger. Now and then a pain resembling a contusion in the ends of several fingers, as it were in the bones; when it appears it is frequently repeated, in the evening (fourth and following weeks). Painless sensation beneath the nail of the left thumb, as if something were working gradually its way out, in the forenoon (second day).
Inferior Extremities.
Trembling in the lower extremities (part of S. 380). Walking is difficult, because the legs feel tired; he is hardly able to drag them along; they are so heavy that he finds it necessary to hold on to the arm of some one else for support. Drawing pain in the whole left leg. Burning, shooting pain, as if in the nerve, from the right hip downwards, particularly on the inside of the knee; farther down less severe (second day). Hip lameness in the left hip (second day). Pain in the right hip (after seventy-five minutes). Acute stitches in the right hip-bone, spreading over the glutei muscles (after one hour). Soreness and pain, on motion, in the left hip, particularly felt on getting in and out of bed; worse in the morning (third day). Thigh. Slight numbness of the right thigh, only whilst crossing the legs, in the evening (after three hour). Pain in the left thigh, on the outside above the knee (part of S. 176). Pain in the inner condyle of the left femur (after eighty minutes). Pain in the right ischiatic nerve, in the afternoon. A violent, slightly burning, quick, nervous pain proceeds from the region of the bladder, down to the right thigh, whilst lying in bed (first day). Pressing pain in the fleshy part of left thigh on the outside. Soreness in the muscles of the thighs (second day).
Bruised pain of the thigh, particularly in the posterior and inner portion (second and third days). Violent pain like an electric shock from the region of the bladder, down into the right thigh (first day). Burning, itching pain in the back part of the thigh (after olfaction). knee. Dead feeling in the right knee-joint (first day). Pain on the inside of the right knee, in the evening (after fifteen minutes). Pain in the right keen- joint, with pain in the bones of the right forearm (after four hours). Severe pain in the left knee, on the outside, disappearing after friction at 8 P.M. Deepseated pain below the right knee, in the evening (after fifteen minutes). Pressure in the knee. Penetrating pain on the outside of the left knee (fourth day). Tearing pain in the right knee from below upwards; after that a sudden, very transient pressing pain in the left temple. Leg. Trembling of the lower legs. The left falls asleep, easily in the forenoon while sitting after resting it over the right leg, and the back of the foot feels like a cushion, yet motion is unimpeded (ninth and tenth days). Drawing pain in the left leg and foot. Drawing pain in the calf of the right leg, beginning at the hollow of the knee, and extending to the tendo Achillis; the next forenoon. Ankles. Pain in the right external ankle, in the evening (after fifteen minutes). In the evening during a walk, drawing pain in the right ankle-joint, spreads gradually over the whole leg, producing a lameness in the knee and ankle, so that he is hardly able to proceed; it disappears during rest, but returns on renewing his walk, when it also affects the right ankle-joint (sixth day); the same pain and weakness during walking, also on the seventh day, but in a less degree. Sprainlike pain in the left ankle joint during walking (sixteenth day). A sensation of lameness, like a sprain, in the right ankle-joint, for a quarter of an hour, in the afternoon; it passes all around the joint, and is very painful at every step; after walking and resting for a while it gradually disappears; (after a small dose of tinct. Colchicum). Foot (Right foot quite lame, and a dull aching pain in the os femoris, tibia, and fibula). Pressing pain in the left foot. Pain and burning in the right instep (third hour). A pain in the left instep, in the evening (after two hours). Heat in the sole of the right foot (after fifteen minutes). Burning feeling in the sole of the right foot (after two hours). Crawling sensation in the sole of the right foot (fourth day). Pain in the right heel (part of S. 124). Pain like a rush of blood shoots into the left heel, in the evening (after two hours). Toes. Pain in the toes of the right foot in the first joints (after three hours). Pains for a short time in right small toe (part of S. 104). Pain in the right little toe, following pain above the right eye. Severe pains in all the left toes except the large one (after 18th dose). Violent burning pain in all the toes, so that he could hardly walk (after three and four hours). Burning stitches under the toes of both feet, in the morning (fifteenth day). Very acute pricking pain in the tips of the toes of the right foot (the next forenoon). Pain in the corns of the right foot.
Soreness of all his corns, like a boil (after three hours).
General symptoms
Objective.
While sitting, pleasurable movements of the whole body, unawares.
Hands, fingers, toes, feet, jaws, lips, eyebrows and lids, muscles of the face, etc., all are in motion (in ten hours). Writhing about in indescribable agony. Increased ability to exercise his muscles without fatigue, regardless of the most excessive heat. (* The prover resides in Norfolk, Va., situate 36* 50 of N. latitude. *) In summer, or in the cold of winter, he is able to perform with the greatest facility, his usual daily walk of several miles, which every day previously he thought very fatiguing and annoying; indeed he takes the same walk once again afterwards, and is still inclined to take exercise which is not at all required; he can use the same or other groups of muscles, as it may happen, without being at all fatigued, and without noticing it. (He can bear the summer heat much better, and feels less lassitude than usual; for several weeks). Is less tired than usual after a walk in the evening (eighth and eleventh days). Lassitude (part of S.257). Excessively languid, in the forenoon (after second dose). Weariness while walking at night. Weariness, nausea, and eructations, the whole day. An unusual very great weariness, in the evening suddenly. Weakness, nausea, and eructations, the whole day. Singular indescribable weakness, like a numbness, as if she had received an electric shock, particularly in the head and hands, with nausea in stomach, without desire to vomit; she never experienced a similar sensation; a few days previously she had taken Acid. nitr., after that Acidum fluoricum Lameness of the whole body. A higher grade of well being; he is more decided in his movements (fourth and following days). In the morning he feels better than usual, though he had internal fever during the night (first week). The left side feels stronger than usual (third day), (F. G)., (Hering). A sensation almost like rush of blood, though rather as if caused by the nerves, somewhat resembling numbness and confusion or burning, first in the right side of the forehead, afterwards in the upper and lower jaws of the same side, and appearing in the lower part of the occiput and in the bladder, and so on in various places (first evening and second morning); also, and, but not so decidedly and not in the head. Slight erratic pain in the left half of the body, in the arm, chest, thigh, etc., with a sensation of slight itching (after half an hour). Violent but transient jerking, burning, almost boring pains, confined to a small space. Pressure and sensation of lameness, particularly in the hand, arm to the elbow, and in the foot. Pressing pain in different parts of short duration, in the evening; on the chin, neck, in the right forearm, in the left knee, right foot, also in the right shoulder, and left arm, sometimes below, sometimes above the elbow, in the evening. Jerking pains in different parts of the body, behind the left ear, in the left middle finger and in os sacrum (during first hour). Whilst sitting, a frequent sensation of a general shaking, with a dull pressure and compression in the occiput, particularly towards the right, with the continual internal sensation of numbness in the left forearm, and a severe pricking in it whilst stretching it (first forenoon). Even a very small, hardly visible quantity would produce the same effects, although only after several hours. Most of the symptoms are on the right side (F. G)., (Hering). Almost all symptoms appear in the room, while reading or writing. Many symptoms are worse when standing, though better when standing than when sitting.
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.