General Symptoms
Objective. Emaciation and hectic fever; in men of a dry constitution. Indolence in work. Indolence and dread of motion.
Weakness, especially of the thighs and upper arms, as after great exertion. Subjective. General discomfort of the whole body (after seven hours). On waking in the morning, everything seems too tight and he tosses about the bed. The symptoms almost all appear while sitting, mostly in the morning immediately after rising, or in the evening shortly before going to sleep; a few from 9 to 12 A.M.
Skin
Objective. A hardened pimple with a white tip in the right eyebrow, with very sore pain when touched. A sore painful pimple on the nose. Subjective. Burning itching in the skin, aggravated by scratching. Grumbling in the skin of the whole leg, with feeling of heat in it. Itching stitches like fleabites in the skin of the thigh, especially in both sides of the kneecap, disappearing on scratching. Crawling on the chest. Crawling in the thighs and legs, extending to the toes, as though the limb would go to sleep, while sitting. Corrosive itching on the back, during the day.
Sleep and Dreams.
Sleepiness. Yawning and stretching, with comfortable sensation (after half an hour). Yawning and stretching, of the limbs, with a sensation of loss of sleep, the whole day. Great sleepiness, in the afternoon. Sleeplessness. He is unable to fall asleep for two hours, in the evening, in bed, tossing about the bed. Falls asleep late in the evening and wakes earlier than usual in the morning. Frequent waking from sleep, as from fright, or as though he were falling. Unrefreshed on waking in the morning, as though he had not slept at all. Dreams. Sleep full of dreams. Vivid dreams of scientific subjects. Dreams of fights. Dreams that she was being pierced by knives. Nightmare, while lying on the back, and waking with cries.
Fever
Chilliness. Chilliness behind a warm stove. Chilliness, in the forenoon for two hours, and also in the evening before going to sleep, which even continued in bed; in the morning some perspiration. Internal chilliness over the whole body, immediately followed by heat, especially in the face, without thirst, towards evening. Febrile chill in the back, in the afternoon (after eight hours). Shivering in the breasts.
Shivering in the back, in the afternoon. Heat. Heat of the whole face, with thirst, without redness and without sweat.
Some perspiration every morning. Much perspiration, especially on the head, when walking in the open air; pearly sweat on the forehead. Profuse perspiration on the back, at night.
Conditions.-
Aggravation. (Morning), At breakfast-time, while standing, loss of ideas, etc.; sensation in brain; on rising, drawing in muscles of cheek; perspiration.
(Afternoon), Hunger; towards evening, chilliness; chill in back.
(Evening), In bed, on falling asleep, sensation in face.
(Night), Headache; perspiration in back.
(Walking in open air), Pain in thigh.
(Inspiration), Cutting through abdomen; stitch beneath scapula.
(Sitting), Headache externally; stitches in nates; stitches in ankle; almost all symptoms.
(Stretching out leg), Pain from thigh to knee.
(Touch), Tension in thighs.
Amelioration
(Motion), Pain in back of foot.
(Sitting), Tension in thighs.
(Walking), Throbbing in head.
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.