Extremities
OBJECTIVE. Trembling of the hands and legs, and easily fatigued from walking. Stiffness of the limbs (after 10 days). Laxity and weakness of the limbs. Loss of power in the limbs, they give way. Tickling weakness in all the limbs. So great uneasiness in the limbs, in the evening in bed, that she could find no place where she could lie easily. SUBJECTIVE. The parts upon which she lies fall asleep (the arms and legs). The left leg and right arm go to sleep, at night. Such heaviness in the limbs that she is scarcely able to lift the feet. Limbs feel heavy, especially legs. Uneasiness in the limbs, in the evening; she is obliged to move them about. Uneasiness in the limbs, in the evening; is frequently obliged to stretch them out. Burning pain in the limbs, at night in bed. Drawing pain in all the limbs, with a feeling as if he had been long sick, with great paleness of the face and emaciation. Pressure in the limbs as if in the bones, now here, now there. Pressive pain in the joints, with drawing pain in the long bones. Pressive pain in the joints of the knees, feet, and hands, only during rest. Sticking in the joints and tendons. Transient tearing in the fingers and at the same time in the toes. The limbs pain when he rests them upon any object (after 4 days). Jerkings in the limbs (8th day). Crawling in the limbs, especially in the legs, while sitting, with drawing in the lower legs, which makes him restless. UPPER LIMBS. OBJECTIVE. The arms easily become tired on writing (after 3 days). Weakness and loss of power in both arms. Weakness of the arm, with swelling of the upper arm and hand. Arms powerless, especially the right arm, with which she can hold nothing. SUBJECTIVE. Both arms feel paralyzed (1st day). Both arms fall asleep and become stiff in the cold; even after violent exercise they fall asleep. The arms fall asleep in the morning in bed, with a sensation of internal pressure, as if stiff and lame, they and the hands are without sensation for half an hour. The arm upon which he is lying at night falls asleep. In the cold air the arms lose their warmth, the sensation becomes blunted and they feel almost asleep. Rheumatic pains in arms, especially the right, also in back, chest, and shoulders; worse on moving them. If she wakes at night, the arms, shoulders, and neck feel more stiff than at any other time. Violent tensive pain in the arm for eight days, so that he could not raise it up straight on account of the pain; he can, however, bend it backwards, lie upon it, or take hold of the joint without pain. Drawing pain in the left arm (after 21 hours). Tearing in the left arm, extending from above down to the wrist. Violent tearing in the whole left arm (7th day). Jerking in the arm, on falling asleep, in the evening. Frequent jerking of the left arm. SHOULDER. Cracking of the shoulder-joint, on moving it or raising the arm high up. Shoulders feel heavy. On sitting, fee;s a weight on shoulders as if she could not raise them, or as if tied down. The left shoulder is painful on moving the arm violently, and on making a strong pressure with it. Tension and pressive drawing in the right shoulder, with paralyzed feeling in the right arm. Violent tensive pain in the left shoulder, in the morning, so that he is unable to raise the arm. Drawing pain in the right shoulder (17th day). Pinching pressure in the right shoulder- joint, more painful on inspiration. Fine stitches in the shoulders, during rest and motion. Fine stitches in the left shoulder and afterwards in the tendons on the left side of the neck. Tearing in the right shoulder, while knitting; disappearing while moving it. Tearing in the left shoulder-joint. Tearing pain in the left shoulder, during rest and motion. Pinching tearing in the right shoulder. Bruised pain beneath the right shoulder-joint, especially on moving and touching it. Swelling of the axillary glands. The axillary glands become swollen and painful to touch, as if suppurating (2nd day). Dull cutting and tearing in the right axilla (24th day). Violent sticking in the left axilla. Dull stitches, pressure and tearing below the axilla. Tearing sticking in the right axilla, on raising the arm while writing, in the morning (7th day). Tearing in the left axilla, during rest (10th day). Sore, yet tearing pain somewhat below the left axilla, excited and aggravated by deep respiration. Sensitiveness and burning in the right axilla (15th day). ARM. Twitching in the flesh of the left upper arm. Twitchings of muscles in the left upper arm (18Th, 19th and 25th days). Paralytic pain in both upper arms, mostly on motion. Paralytic tension and drawing in the left arm, extending from the shoulder into the forearm, which is inclined to fall asleep, in the morning on waking (34th days). Burning tension in the right upper arm, just above the elbow. Sticking in the right upper arm. Tearing in the right upper arm, above the bend of the elbow, in the evening. Tearing in the left upper arm, at times extending into the shoulder (11th, 16th and 20th days). Tearing in the upper part of the right upper arm and in the elbow (12th and 22nd days). Sticking tearing in the left upper arm. Bruised pain in the right upper arm, especially on raising the arm. Throbbing pain in the upper arm wakes him at night. Pulsating pain in the left upper arm by pauses. ELBOW. Pain in the elbow as if it were stiff, on stretching out the right arm, after it had been bent. Drawing and tearing in both elbows, with at times a sensation of warmth, very frequently repeated. Violent stitches in the bends of both elbows, in the morning in bed, disappearing after rising. Tearing stitches in the bend of the left elbow. Tearing in the bends of both elbows (3rd, 6th and 22nd days) FOREARM. Tensive pain in the forearm. Drawing pain in the forearm. Tearing in both forearms, extending towards the wrist. Tearing in the upper portion of both forearms. Tearing in the middle of both forearms. WRIST. Weakness of wrists as if sprained, especially left. Drawing on the inner surface of the left wrist, aggravated by motion. Stitches in the left wrist, on moving it; afterwards during rest, some sharp stitches. Tearing in the wrists (11th and 20th days). Tearing in the right wrist, while knitting, frequently repeated (4th day). Tearing in the styloid process of the radius (29th day). Fine tearing in the left wrist, extending to the ring finger, frequently repeated (4th day). HAND. Trembling of the hands, in the morning when writing. Loss of power in her hands. On waking, at night, finds she has lost the use of the hands. Restlessness of the hands, at night. The hands fall asleep, in the morning, on waking, with dull headache, which increases on rising, with frequent empty eructations, which last till noon. Hand and fingers numb. Palms feel dead, and especially tips of fingers. The metacarpal bones are painful on grasping. Burning on the left hand, as from glowing coals. Violent drawing from the arm into the hand (after 2 days). Paralytic, dull, painful drawing extending from the left forearm into the hand, in the evening. Dull pressive pain on the back of the left hand. Violent tearing in the back of the left hand, as if in the marrow of the bone, scarcely endurable. Dull pressive tearing in both hands, between the thumb and index finger (12th, 16th and 21st days). FINGERS. Inflammation at the insertion of the nail of the index finger, like a suppuration of the nail; upon pressure thin matter oozes out for seven days. Stiffness and paralytic weakness of the thumb and index finger, when writing. Paralysis of the thumb, from knitting. The thumb falls asleep towards morning in bed. The tips of the fingers fall asleep, mostly in the morning. Numbness and insensibility of the right thumb, lasting a few weeks. Middle fingers feel stiffer than the rest, the stiffness extending up back of forearm to elbow. Burning of the tip of the little finger. Burning pain as from glowing coals on two fingers of the left hand. Burning pain at the insertion of the nail of the middle finger. Drawing pain in the metacarpal joints of the fingers. Jerk like drawing back and forth in the finger, in the morning in bed, followed by numbness, difficult motion, and chilliness in the fingers. Stitches in the fingers of the right hand. Painful stitches in the right index finger, as if a needle and thread were being drawn from the lower portion toward the tip; relieved by bending the finger, renewed on stretching it out. Fine painful stitches beneath the nail of the left middle finger. Fine acute stitches, as in suppuration, in the tips of the four last fingers of the right hand. Fine intermitting stitches in the middle joint of the right index finger. Tearing in the phalanges and joints of the fingers. Tearing in the left thumb. Tearing in the middle joint of the index finger. Tearing in the joints of the left middle finger. Tearing in the left little finger towards the tip, during motion, frequently recurring. Tearing beneath the finger-nails (34th day). Tearings beneath the nails of the thumbs. Dull tearing in the ball of the thumb (9th day). Violent tearing extending from the back of the left hand into the fingers. Violent tearing in the lower portion of the right index finger, extending towards the tip. A sticking tearing beneath the nail and in the tip of the index finger. Some fine tearings in the left little finger. Burning tearing in the tip of the index finger (10th day). Drawing tearing in the tip of the little finger. Sore pain in the morning in the last phalanx of the middle finger, especially under the nail, not aggravated by touch. Ulcerative pain in the first joint of the left thumb, in the evening. Crawling in the tip of the right middle finger.
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.