Chest.
A pain, frequently repeated, deep in the left chest, an inch to the side of the nipple and about an inch deep; lasting from ten to twelve hours (after two to three hours), again (after one hour and a half, and in the evening). Oppression of the chest, weakness, and yawning. Suffocative swelling up in the middle of the chest, behind the sternum, taking away the breath, and when violent becoming painful, as from the beating of waves in the aorta (after forty-five minutes). Violent pain below the sternum (which he had never had, nor anything like it), seeming like a transient cutting from above downward, and from right to left; especially on stretching out the right arm; in the forenoon, then at noon, then at 2 o’clock (sixth day).
Back.
Pain in the back (second day). Pains in the small of the back and loins; a bruised feeling on bending backwards (from taking cold?), (third day).
Extremities in General.
Weariness in the limbs. Sick feeling in all the limbs, with coryza; feels relieved when it becomes fluent. Cramp like sensation in the limbs (second day).
Superior Extremities.
Violent pain in the metacarpal bone of the left hand; then a kind of shivering and coldness, with headache above the eyes,; again in the hands.
Inferior Extremities.
Painful sensation of fullness in the lower limbs. Pain in the right hip-joint, posteriorly, as if dislocated; especially sensitive on certain motions and positions, even while sitting, at 6 P. M. (second day); on the fourth day it was very deeply seated, and farther backward, as if behind the joint; sometimes worse when stooping, very troublesome on getting into a coach. Violent bruised pain in both hip-joints, worse in the left (third day). Great weariness in the knees and above them (after four hours). Violent sticking, cramp like pain in the middle of the leg beneath the right groin, in the evening (second day). The soles of the feet and heels ache from standing and walking (first day); especially the right heel feels benumbed on stamping upon it (second day). Remarkably sore pain in both heels, when walking and stepping (third day). Pain in the joint of the left great toe (after five to ten minutes).
General Symptoms.
Objective. Relaxation of mind and body. Very weary; could scarcely sit towards evening; must lie down; went to bed at 9 o’clock. Sudden great weakness and disinclination to work, even in the open air, the whole afternoon (after three hours). Excessive weakness, especially of the limbs (third day). Most extreme exhaustion of body, and just as much mental fatigue, with inclination to yawn and stretch. Subjective. The heat of the day at noon was intolerable. Very well feeling (after half an hour). Inclination to stretch. Confused feeling of the whole body; in the abdomen it increases to heat and a kind of burning, in the evening (first day). Singular feeling of dulness over the whole body, as if the nerves were too full. A peculiar feeling as if possessed; above all, here and there pains, which cannot be described; they are at first to be compared with streaks of heat (first day). A cooling weary sensation and confusion of the head. Much yawning, oppression of the chest and weakness, that compelled him to lie down in the evening. Frequent rush of blood to the face and painful fullness of the whole right half of the body, especially here and there, and in the lower extremities (first day).
Skin.
Objective. Burning spots, here and there, continuing all the evening (after four hours, first day). Burning-itching points, here and there, immediately. Small burning-itching spots, especially on the face and shoulder, more on the left side. Small burning-itching spots in the face. Small brownish spots on the backs of both hands; examined through the magnifying glass they looked like small rugose spots, as if warts would form; some spots are somewhat more elevated than others (third day). A white spot with a darker areola, like the beginning of lepra, on the back of the fourth finger between the second and third knuckles (third day). A red, very fine eruption, itching but little, in the bend of the elbow (fifth day). Itching and eruption like small weals on the left shoulder and in the hollow of both knees, lasting for more than a week, especially on the right side. Numerous red pimples in the skin of the right side of the face, as if an acne would form (third day). Small reddish vesicles between the knuckles of the right third and fourth fingers, and afterwards in the left hand on the radial side of the fourth finger, preceded by violent itching and scratching (second day). Eruption on the hands, small vesicles, especially on the backs of the fingers, most on both fourth fingers (third to fifth and following days). Subjective. Prickling as in perspiration, with only a moist skin (second day). Violent itching in the hollow of the left knee (first and second days), lasting a week in both, continuing still longer in the right.
Sleep
Inclination to yawn and stretch. Much yawning, with weakness, in the evening. Frequent very deep yawning, with inclination to stretch, followed by a cooling weary sensation and confusion of the head. Sleep and sleepiness, all day (third day). Sleep at night bad.
Fever.
Chilliness. Chilliness with constant trickling from the nose (second day). Chilliness with fluent coryza. A kind of coldness and shivering. Cold and white like marble, in cholera. Heat. Feeling of heat in the face and over the whole body (second day). Feeling of heat in the face, in the afternoon (fourth day). Reflection causes heat of the face, in the evening (first day). Heat in the face, alternating with confusion of the head, in the evening (first day). Heat of the face, with palpitation. The general confusion of the whole body increased to heat and burning in the abdomen. Constant heat in the face, especially after motion and thought, in the afternoon and evening (first day). Burning in the palms of the hands (second day). Sweat. General perspiration with nausea.
Conditions.
Aggravation.
(Afternoon), Difficulty of breathing; heat in face. (evening), Confusion in head, etc.; coryza, etc. (Night), On going to bed, pressure in head; on going out, pain in hemorrhoids. (Drinking water), Respiratory troubles.
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.