Superior Extremities.
Aching, very considerable, of the right shoulder and fingers, whilst writing (after fifteen minutes). Heavy pain in the radial muscles of the left arm (half an hour after first dose); in the same part of right arm (after second dose, first day). Stiff numb feeling in the palm of the right hand (after twenty-nine minutes). Sticking pain in the left thumb, fleshy part of the last phalanx (after twenty minutes).
Inferior Extremities.
Hip. Pain in both hips, occasionally (after twenty minutes and after several hours). Knee. Sensation of coldness, as if from the weather, with aching, in both knees through the day (fifth day). Leg. Pain in the lower part of the right tibia and in right ankle (after sixty-five minutes). Stitching pain in left tibia (after forty-five minutes). Ankle. Rheumatic pain over the right inner ankle (fifth day). Foot. Pain in the upper part of the left heel (after two hours). Pricking or stinging in the soles of both feet; sensation as if asleep. Toes. Pain in the fleshy part of the last phalanx of great toe, left (after twenty-three minutes). Sore pain in the joints of the left big toe (sixth day).
General Symptoms.
Lassitude, after dinner (sixth day). Transient pain over the left kidney, and soon afterwards in the left hypochondrium half an hour after first dose, first day).
Skin
(Itching here and there on the skin, worse than usual), (first day).
Sleep
Drowsiness, but inability to sleep, when lying down after dinner (sixth day). Slight drowsiness, and oppression over the eyelids (after first dose, second day). Restless sleep, with frequent wakings through the night (sixth night).
Fever
Chilliness. Cold sensation, as if alcohol had been spilled on the outer portion of the left thigh (eighth day). Coldness of hands and heat of forehead (after twenty minutes). Heat. Flashing of heat in the back, shoulders, and face, with burning of ears (after forty five minutes). Heat of forehead and coldness of hands (after twenty minutes).
Conditions Aggravation
(Night), Headache; after lying down in bed pain in back. (After dinner), Headache; face flushed, etc.; borborygmi; lassitude. (Drinking cold water), Dyspeptic sufferings. (Lying down), Flushed face, etc. (Moving about), Dizziness. (Reading), Pain in fore head. (Writing), Pain in forehead.
Amelioration
(Open air), Face flushed, etc.
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.