Superior Extremities
Paralytic rigidity of the arms. Arms lost all power (4th day). Lancinating and cramp like pains in the arms, with oedematous swelling. SHOULDER. Pain in the tendons of the right shoulder, on motion and touch, like a tension and as if swollen. Paralytic pains in the shoulders, only on the moving them (after 4 days). Transient tearing in the right shoulder and afterwards extremely violent tearing in the right ear. Violent tearing in the left shoulder. Transient bruised pain in the left shoulder. ELBOW. Tearing in the left elbow, now in the shoulders, now in the right elbow (after 17 days). FOREARM. Pain like a tension and sticking in the articular extremity of the radius, on moving the right index finger. Feeling of cramp in the right forearm above the wrist, on moving it (2nd day). WRIST. Tearing in the right wrist, afterwards itching on it, not relieved by scratching, followed by the appearance of an itching vesicle (after 12 days). HAND. Swelling of the hands as if from chilblains. Very characteristic trembling of the hands. Tearing in the metacarpal joints of the fingers of the left hand, in the evening (3rd day). Bruised pain in the margin of the right above the little finger. FINGERS. Very painful swellings on the fingers, like paronychia. Pinching on the first (metacarpal) joint of the left thumb. Tearing in the index finger, from the base to the tip. Tearing in the inner surface of the right ring finger, which is thereby involuntarily flexed and for a long time cannot be extended. Painful tearing in the right thumb as if it would be torn out (5th day). Violent tearing in the inner margin of the right thumb. Violent tearing on the left middle and ring fingers, in the evening (13th day). Extremely violent jerking- tearing and sticking in a very narrow line on the outer side of the left thumb, as if in the bone.
Inferior Extremities
The gait is disturbed. Affected in a lower limbs; his legs gave way under him (4th day). Legs stiff, or weak and unable to support the body. Painful weakness of the legs. HIP. A sharp stitch in the left hip on every step, so that she was obliged to limp. Gnawing in both hip-bones. THIGH. The upper part of the thighs seem to be compressed during menstruation (after 14 days). Some sharp stitches in the upper part of the left thigh (after 16 days). A stitch frequently, now in the thigh, now in the tibia (11th day). Tearing in a small spot in the middle of the left thigh, whereupon the thigh as far as the knee was painful, as if paralyzed (3rd day). Tearing and sticking in the posterior portion of the right thigh (3rd day). Tearing pain in the left thigh-bone (2nd day). Extremely painful tearing in the right thigh, extending to the knee, disappearing when lying upon the sound side; lying upon the painful side; lying upon the painful side or the back, was intolerable, on and after waking at 11 p. m. (after 13 days). A gnawing pain in the middle of the right thigh, while sitting in the evening with the right thigh over the left (1st day). KNEE. Tearing twitching in the right knee. Tearing above the hollow of the knee, immediately afterwards also below it (2nd day). Tearing in both knees, at night (after 6 days). Several transient tearings in the outside of the left knee, while sitting. Violent tearing in the left knee, as if in the periosteum, with a feeling as though it were swollen, at night, lasting two hours (after 6 days). LEG. Swelling of the legs in the evening. Violent gnawing pain in left leg, as if in the periosteum (after several days). Tearing from above downward in both tibiae, in the evening (17th day). Painful tearing in the right tibia. Very painful cramps in the calves. Painful drawing in the calves, while sitting. Tearing and tension in the left calf, while standing, relieved by walking (12th day). Tearing in the left calf followed by weakness of the whole leg (4th day). FOOT. Gouty pains, especially in the heels, which are red and swollen. Throbbing and burning pains in the feet. Violent pain in the left instep as if beaten, in the evening (16th day). Painful tearing in the back part of the left heel, while sitting. Violent tearing in the right heel, while standing, disappearing on walking (12th day). Ulcerative pain in the heels and in all the toes. TOES. Tearing in the whole of the right great toe. Tearing in the second toe of the right foot. Two painful tearings in the left great toe.
Sleep
SLEEPINESS. Frequent yawning, as though she had not slept enough, without sleepiness. Excessive, frequent yawning (15th and 16th days). Invincible drowsiness, after 2 p. m. Heavy and painful sleep in the morning, and after meals. Deep sleep during the first half of the night; wakefulness in the morning. SLEEPLESSNESS. Sleeplessness. Night almost sleepless; she was quite wide awake most of the time, and only became sleepy towards morning (after 13 days). Nightly restlessness. Restless sleep (after 14 days). Restless sleep, from which he awakes with a start and a feeling of distress, as if caused by some strong emotion, or the sense of a great calamity. Sleep restless, especially in the morning, with dreams, which are not remembered on waking. Sleeps much less soundly than usual, but has no nightmare. She started up during the first sleep, but soon fell asleep again (5th day). She wakes every hour, at night (after 14 days). Sleep was disturbed and unrefreshing. She cried aloud in sleep, towards morning, but after waking remembered nothing of it (after 3 days). DREAMS. Joyous dreams. Very anxious dreams (after 13 days). Dream of falling and consequent violent starting up, in the evening, while napping (after 11 days). Dreams that she would be killed (after 14 days). Nightmare.
Fever
CHILLINESS. Chilliness from afternoon till the next morning (after 46 days). Chilliness from 6 to 10 p. m. disappearing after lying down (after 5 days). Chilliness with sleepiness, from 6 to 8 p. m. beginning by creeping up the back, and extending over the whole body (after 17 days). Chilliness, with shaking, at 10 p. m. lasting half an hour (3rd day). Chilliness from 4 to 7 p. m. with thirst; she was able to get warm in bed, but not by the stove (after 14 days). Chilliness, which was difficult to relieve by the warmth of a stove, in the afternoon (10th day). She was so chilly at night that she could not get warm (after 3 days). Shaking chill at night, on frequent waking (after 11 days). Shivering (1st day). Shivering and coldness all over; he feels frozen, and cannot get warm with any amount of covering. Violent shivering fit (1 hour after 4th dose). Constant shivering- creeping, with icy coldness over the hands, with pressure and griping in the lower abdomen, during the menses. Creeping in the back, followed by coldness of the whole body, in the evening (4th day). Coldness of the feet, with swelling. HEAT. Heat of the skin (after 4th dose). Heat, followed by perspiration, in the afternoon, from 1 to 3 (3rd day). Heat, with copious sweat, malaise, itching, and bruised sensation in the skin. Great heat, as after overexertion, followed by excessive coldness, with trembling. Flushes of heat, with dulness in the head and discomfort of the body (4th day). Symptoms of fever (after some days). Fever, especially in the morning on waking, in the evening when going to bed, and during the night. Fever, with languor, coldness of the back and legs, urgent thirst, longing for sugared water, and loss of appetite. Slight attack of fever. Smart fever with the nausea and vomiting (4th day). Heat and head (3 hours after 3rd dose). The head felt hot, while the rest of the body shivered, in the morning. Great heat in the head, with burning and redness of the face. SWEAT. Profuse sweat, especially in the morning in bed. Skin covered with perspiration, without thirst (after 3 hours).
Skin
OBJECTIVE. Redness of skin, as after strong friction. Skin dried up, and as if glued to the bones. Skin in general rough, like hog skin. Skin easily injured, the slightest wound tends to become a bad sore. Swelling resembling condylomata or wens. ERUPTIONS, DRY. Different forms of cutaneous disease, as acne, eczema, and purpura. Cutaneous eruption, sometimes; when these eruptions make their appearance the patient is disquieted; they are generally of the character of urticaria; if the medicine be continued they assume the character of eczema and prurigo; in some cases, especially when the eruption appears on the face, a congestion of the cellular tissue, beneath the skin, is added to the other symptoms, giving rise to slight excrescences, having the appearance of tubercles; the eruption will disappear in a few days, after discontinuance of the medicine. Different eruptions, and more especially eruptions of a psydracious form, somewhat resembling the pustules of acne, with this difference, that they are not confined to the parts habitually affected with acne; thus they are found not only on the face and shoulders, but on every part of the body without exception; in one case we may have eczema, in the other herpes, while in others it may cause simple erythema; in two patients, at two different periods, there appeared an eruption of papulous erythema on some parts, of erythema nodosum on others, and in a patient affected with cancer of the face, to whom it was given in rather large doses, it on several occasions caused an eruption of impetigo on the hairy scalp, and of a rupia, offering the characters of a cachectic rupia, on the legs and forearms, symptoms which disappeared as soon as the remedy was omitted, and showed themselves again when its use was renewed. Miliary and urticarious or vesicular eruptions, with itching and burning, which allow no rest. Purpura, in a predisposed subject, and of course erythema and other symptoms of iodism. Many small yellow spots appear, now in place, now in another, which exfoliate, like herpes. Blotches on the face and other parts of the body (after a few doses). Red blotches on different parts of the face. I have seen it produce on three several occasions, after a fortnight’s use, a genuine spotted disease on the legs of a gentleman; in the case of a lady I ordered it for removal of very serious tertiary symptoms of syphilis; it caused towards the termination of the cure a petechial eruption on the lower limbs. Erysipelatous swelling and redness of both cheeks, extending towards the temples, with a few spots on the forehead. (2nd day). Several pimples on the chin and nose (after 5 days). Red pimples, miliary eruptions, with great itching of the vulva. A sticking-burning pimple in the skin, below the corner of the mouth. A sensitive pimple on the cheek, surrounded by redness and swelling (after 6 days). A very sensitive pimple on the nostril (after 5 days). Miliary eruptions, with burning itching and palpitation in the face. Dry tetter as large as a penny on the cheek, with violent itching (after 10 days). Itching tetter on the face (after 14 days). ERUPTIONS, MOIST. Scaly herpes, with larger copper-colored pimples on the face. Syphilitic-looking herpes, difficult to cure, especially on the cheeks, and in the beard. Eczema impetigenoides (in one case). A small pimple on the chin, which itches very much, and exudes water. Vesicles and yellow liver-spots on the face. After tearing in right wrist itching on it, not relieved by scratching, followed by the appearance of an itching vesicle (after 12 days). Eruption and herpetic scabs behind the ear. Herpetic eruptions and obstinate ulcers on both lips. Severe corrosive herpes on the prepuce. Erysipelas of the face (after taking it 3 or 4 days); sometime afterwards it was given again with exactly the same result; after an interval of several months, he began to take the medicine a third time; after about a fortnight he was attacked with erysipelas of the face, scalp, neck, etc. rather severely. ERUPTIONS, PUSTULAR. The most frequent eruption is the pustule of acne, which shows itself from the end of the first to the second day; it most frequently occurs on the face; it does not usually last as long as the treatment, that is, it disappears in fifteen or twenty days. A long-continued use of Iodide of potassium will, in some subjects, occasion an eruption, generally of a pustular form (almost always ecthyma). Pustular herpes, often ulcerated, and with small red veins on the face. Phlegmonous swellings, as from bruises. Suppurating ulcers, such as arise from burns and bruises. Inflammatory swellings, which assume a gangrenous character. Small ulcers, with raised borders and grayish bases, on the vulva. Ulcers corroding to the bone, on the head, nose, arms, and legs. Eruption on the face (after some days); subsequently all over the body; maculae first of a dark-red color came out, which gradually got darker, until the spots resembled purpura; the cuticle next became raised over some of the spots, and was filled with a fluid of a purple color, constituting large bullae an inch in diameter; on the cuticle giving way, the true skin was found sphacelated underneath; the ulcers continued over a month. He presented a most grotesque appearance, looking more like a leopard than a man; he was mottled all over with spots; those on his face were purple, whilst those on the lower extremities were of a dark-red color; the spots on the legs came out last; there were two large bullae on the forehead, one on the lip, two under the left clavicle, two on the inside of the right thigh, one on the side of the prepuce; after a few days the prepuce corresponding to the bullae had sphacelated, and the integuments of the penis, as far as the pubis, were involved in mischief; mortification had also seized upon the lip and the other parts specified as having bullae; the eruption disappeared first from the face, and afterwards from the lower extremities; the sphacelated parts were thrown off, including the whole penis, body, and integuments, from the pubis, not leaving a vestige of it behind. The tip of the left thumb is ulcerated and yellow, as if it would break, which, however, it does not to (after 41 days). Ulcerated chilblains. SUBJECTIVE. Some patients have experienced only a feeling of heat and pricking of the skin, attended at times with more or less pruritus. Great itching all over, especially on the face, arms, and thighs. Violent biting on the nape of the neck and on the forehead, which burn after scratching (4th day). Itching on the right nates, disappearing after scratching (after 18 days). Itching on the inner side of the right upper arm; after scratching there remains for several days a dry, red spot, which at first itches (after 15 days). Itching on the right instep, worse after scratching, in the evening (after 4 days). Great itching of the pubis.
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.