Respiratory Organs
Contraction in the trachea, with pressive pain in the pit of the throat. Voice. Hoarseness, lasting two days (after twenty-two days). Complete hoarseness, towards evening. Transient hoarseness and rawness in the throat in the forenoon, disappearing after dinner. Cough and Expectoration. Cough towards 3 A.M. in two paroxysms, with expectoration of mucus (second day). with scraping in the throat once (after one hour). Frequent cough in the afternoon, caused by tickling in the throat (third day). Violent cough, with difficult salty expectoration. Vexatious cough, also at nights. Paroxysms of spasmodic cough, all night. Hollow, dull cough. Cough from becoming heated in the slightest degree. She expectorates mucus and clots of blood of a sweetish taste, at 5 P.M. Soft, pea-yellow, very offensive nodules, which he is obliged to hawk up, frequently get into the larynx from the fauces, as if he had swallowed the wrong way. Respiration. Short breath, while walking (sixteenth day).
Chest
Constriction about the chest, weariness in the shoulders, and pain as if dislocated in the right middle finger, all of which disappeared on eructations, at 9 P.M. Constriction about the middle of the chest, as if pressed together, with short breath, at 6 P.M. Feeling of constriction and pinching in the chest, with difficult and short respiration, while sitting and walking, at 3.30 P.M. Tightness of the chest; the feet are weary and painful on ascending (eleventh day). Great tightness of the chest in the afternoon, as if screwed in, with short breath, though not constantly (fifteenth day). Pressure and heaviness on the chest; as if tight, which, however, has no effect upon respiration and does not last long; in the evening. Sudden painful pressure upon the chest, takes away her breath (sixty-eighth day). Great oppression of the chest and at times deep respiration (after six days). Very acute cutting and sticking in the middle of the chest, which, however, has no effect upon the respiration, from 6.30 to 7 P.M. (fourth day). A sensation as if cut to pieces in the chest, and in the morning yellowish purulent expectoration, for several days (after sixty-seven days). Extremely painful sticking and cutting deep in the middle of the chest, not affected by walking or inspiration, lasting from dinner till towards 5 P.M. A stitch in the left costal region on inspiration, extending upward beneath the left scapula, while standing at 5 P.M. (thirteenth day). A long sharp stitch while standing, extending beneath the right breast and up through the shoulder, at 1.30 P.M. (fifth day). Some violent stitches in the lowest left ribs, obliging her to cry out, mostly while sitting (after ten days). Bruised pain in the pectoral muscles, on motion and touch (after eight days). Front. Violent sharp stitches in the sternum above the ensiform cartilage, at 1 P.M. Fine stitches lasting a long time in the lower portion of the sternum, with short breath, at 9 P.M. while walking. A painful stitch extending inward to the right of the ensiform process. Sides. Sticking- burning and bruised pain above the left hip, extending up to beneath the shoulder, aggravated on stooping towards that side, and generally worse for three days, when it gradually decreased; together with dry cough, with violent stitches in the side; it was somewhat relieved by pressing the hand upon the painful spot and bending herself together; from 7 to 9 P.M. (after sixty days). Stitches in the left side of the chest beneath the shoulder, at 3.30 P.M. A cutting stitch in the ribs beneath the right axilla, not affecting breathing. Throbbing in the left side of the chest, in the evening on falling asleep. Mammae. A burning internally beneath the left breast, and a sweetish taste in the throat, followed by cough and expectoration of a piece of tenacious brown mucus, at 10 A.M. while sitting (tenth day). Violent dull stitches in the left breast, extending to the shoulders on breathing, lasting two minutes, at noon. Sharp stitches beneath the right breast, extending towards the navel, at 10 A.M. Some sharp stitches beneath the left breast, not affecting respiration, half an hour after dinner. A sharp stitch beneath the right breast, on inspiration. Fine stitches beneath the left breast, at 9 P.M. While sitting; disappearing, but returning in the sternum. Several fine painful stitches in succession beneath the left breast, while sitting at 7 P.M. Cutting stitches beneath the left breast, while yawning at 1 P.M.
Heart
Praecordium. A stitch in the praecordial region at 1 P.M. (tenth day). Sudden very sore pain in the heart, with distinctly audible creaking (after a meal), together with tormenting nausea. Heart’s Action. Palpitation.
Neck and Back
Neck. Tension extending from the shoulder to the angle of the lower jaw, so that he could not stoop on account of the pain, nor close the jaws. Severe sharp stitch in the nape of the neck while sneezing. Tearing and drawing in the tendons of the right side of the nape of the neck, at 6.30 P.M. (thirteenth day). Violent tearing and jerking in the neck, afterwards extending down the back, and gradually ceasing. Back. Violent pain in the back and small of back at night, so that she was unable to lie (second day). Two painful dull stitches in the back, extending inwards, but very transient, at 2 P.M. Violent pain in the back, at night in bed, as if beaten to pieces, worse on motion, though also during rest. A tightened feeling in the back above the hips. Lumber. During the menses, frequently intermitting pains in the small of the back. During the menses, drawing pain in the small of the back, relieved by stooping and aggravated by stretching. Preceding the menses, dragging, cutting, and pains in the small of the back, as if contracted and beaten, especially while sitting, relieved by walking; the flow was at first scanty, but next day very profuse and brown, with relief of the pains; on the third day very scanty, and on the fourth ceased entirely; the flow in general was especially profuse at night. Stitches in the small of the back. A sharp stitch in the small of the back in the right side, followed by jerking in the same place, at 1.30 P.M. Two violent tearings causing shuddering in the lower portion of the spine, so that she was bent backward; followed by stitches in the same place, at 5 P.M. (twenty seventh day). Violent pain in the small of the back, as if bruised, from 4.30 until lying down at 9 P.M. (eighth day). After the menses, violent pain in the small of the back as if beaten, when stooping and when not, in the afternoon and evening. Sacral. Sudden, piercing pain in the coccyx.
Extremities in General
Great weariness of the limbs. A kind of paralysis of the left leg with pain in the hip and knee-joints; next day it occurred in the right leg and in the arms; when walking he had a constant pain and was obliged to plant the feet far apart. A crawling uneasiness in the limbs in the evening, so that she must keep the feet in constant motion. All her limbs were sore, and she turned from side to side.
Superior Extremities
Weakness of the arms. Drawing in the arm from below upward. if she raises the right arm without thinking of it, it pains as if dislocated; on raising it voluntarily (probably meaning cautiously), it is not painful (nineteenth day). If she holds the right arm somewhat elevated and still, she experience fine stitches under the arm extending to the axilla; they are not felt on moving the arm. Jerking in the arms. Shoulder. Pain in the right shoulder. Violent painful contraction in both shoulders and tearing extending down the back, in the morning (twenty-ninth day). Pressure upon the shoulder. Pains in the shoulder as if dislocated, in the afternoon on moving the right arm; also in bed, but not on every motion (sixteenth and seventeenth days). The right shoulder-joint pains as if dislocated, with a feeling as if the arm should be allowed to hang down, in the evening. During the menses, pain in the right shoulder as if dislocated, so that it was difficult to raise the arm, in the morning and afternoon. Tearing in the right shoulder, gradually extending to the lower portion of the scapula, at 8 A.M. Tearing in the left shoulder extending to the elbow, at 5 P.M. (sixth day). Tearing in the left shoulder, extending to the middle of the upper arm, in the forenoon (eighth day). Painful tearing in the right, shoulder, extending thence to the wrist; on turning over the hand, the pain also occurred in the finger-joints, in the forenoon (twelfth day). Paralytic bruised pain in the left shoulder, only on moving the arm and trunk, and on yawning (fifty-eighth day). Arm. Some very painful cramplike grips in the upper arms, above the elbows, appearing by paroxysms and intermitting, with stony hardness of the muscles, by day and night, relieved for a time by compressing with the other hand (twentieth day). Violent tearing pains extending from the left shoulder down to the wrist, both on raising the arm and during rest (twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth day). Elbow. The elbow- joint is painful on flexing the arm. Sharp drawings about the right elbow, as if in the bone, in the evening in bed. Stitches in the right elbow, on moving the arm, at 8 A.M. (sixth day). Tearing in the under surface of the right elbow-joint to the middle of the forearm, as if in the periosteum, while standing. Tearing above the right elbow, extending into the middle of the outer portion of the upper arm. Violent tearing in the right elbow-joint as if it would be torn out, while knitting, at 10 A.M. (fifth day). Gnawing pain in the left elbow, at 7 P.M. lasting three-quarters of an hour. Forearm. Drawings in the right forearm, extending into the hand, also during rest; the arm was difficult to raise (after twenty days). Extremely violent stitches in the tendons of the right forearm, on the anterior surface, a hand’s breadth above the wrist, in the forenoon. Wrist. The right wrist above the thumb was somewhat swollen and red, and the bones painful to pressure (twentieth day). Hand. The left hand upon which she had lain at night was asleep in the morning (second day). Burning in the palms of the hands, at 1 P.M. Drawing pain in the hands. A fine stitch in the palm of the left hand, followed by violent itching in the same place, that disappears on scratching. Fingers. Inflamed swelling, with sticking pain in the first joint of the index finger. Tension in the middle joint of the left middle finger, two mornings in succession, disappearing after a few hours (after twenty-one days). Cramplike sensation in the finger-joints. The first joint of the right middle finger is painful, as if dislocated, at 6 P.M. Tearing in the first joints of the fingers of the right hand, at 5 P.M. (thirteenth day). Violent tearing on the dorsal surface of the first phalanx of the right little finger at 9 A.M. Violent tearing in the tip of the fingers of both hands, extending to the backs of the hands, lasting half an hour, in the morning after rising (thirteenth day). Fine tearing in the first joint of the right thumb forward to the nail. Tearing pain about the left thumb and index finger, followed by transient paralysis of both fingers, for two evenings. Violent boring gnawing pain in the first phalanx of the left thumb, as if in the marrow, in the forenoon. Throbbing pain as from an ulcer in the tip of the left thumb, ceasing on pressing upon it, soon after dinner.
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.