Inferior Extremities
A sudden jerk in the left lower extremity, in the evening after falling asleep, so that she started up in fright and was unable to fall asleep again for a long time. Great weakness of the lower extremities while sitting and on rising from a seat, disappearing on moving about. Uneasiness in the extremities in the evening after sitting a long time. The lower extremities, especially the knees, are very painful in the afternoon (fourteenth day). Tearing continuing a long time, mingled with stitches, from the middle of the thigh down to the middle of the leg, disappearing after rising from a seat. Hip. Both hips are painful, most on motion. Violent twinging in the left hip and sacral region, while walking after dinner; followed after five minutes by desire for stool, which was natural, though preceded and accompanied by violent cutting in the rectum. Dull stitches above the right hip. Sharp stitches in the lift hip-joint. Sharp stitches in the left hip, at the outer surface of the bone. Violent painful tearing in the left hip-joint, lasting from 4 P.M. till the next morning (seventeenth day). Painless jerking in the hip, posteriorly, and afterwards also continuing while sitting, at 5.30 P.M. The thighs, from its centre to the knee. Tearing from the left knee up to above the middle of the thigh, not in the knee itself; half an hour after dinner and lasting five minutes. Bruised pain above the left knee, extending to the middle of the thigh, in the none, while walking. Very painful drawing-jerking from the right knee to the middle of the thigh, while standing and bending the leg (fifty-first day). Knee. Hard swelling in the hollow of the knee; he was unable to stretch out the leg on account of the pain in it. Heaviness and painfulness of the knees while walking, from afternoon till evening. A weary pain in the knee, while sitting and still more while walking (third day). The knees are painful, as after a long walk; he can scarcely walk without a cane (after four days). A pain in the bend of the left knee on stepping, as if the tendons were too short, twice in succession, on going into the house from the open air. Tension in the hollows of the knees (after three days). Drawing pain in the knees, extending to the soles of the feet, like a burrowing like a drawing or tension, at 8 A.M. (sixth day). Fine boring in the right knee, frequently intermitting. Sticking in the knee-joint. Tearing in the right knee, while standing. A painful tearing in the right knee, more towards the outer surface. Painful tearing as if in the bone, extending outward in the bend of the left knee; it frequently intermits, and at last extends upward into the thigh; while walking, it feels tense, as if the tendons were too short. Violent boring-tearing pain in the left knee, as if it would be torn open, at 8 P.M. (second day). During the menses, a bruised pain in the knees, while walking. Leg. Great uneasiness in the left leg at night; she was constantly obliged to put it out of bed into a cool place. Drawing pain in the legs from above downward, in the evening (after twenty-four days). A burning painful spot on the tibia. Painful tension in the tendo Achillis, as far up as the calves, when walking rapidly. Cramp in both calves, in the evening in bed, very painful and quieted by nothing (after six hours). Cramp in the left calf at night, on turning over and rising up in bed (after twenty-four days). Cutting pain in the tibia. Two violent tearings in the right calf, in the afternoon. Bruised pain in the tibiae. Bruised pain extending from the left ankle to the middle of the tibia, in the morning while walking and stepping upon it, but disappearing after walking a long time (second day). Foot. During the menses. Painfulness of the feet, even in bed. Violent pain in the feet as if they were too heavy and weary, especially on ascending steps, from 5 to 8 P.M. (seventh day). Cramp in the heels, in the morning in bed. Drawing pain in the soles of the feet. A fine, but piercing, frequently repeated stitch deep in the right heel, extending from above downward, at 9 P.M. in bed. Painfully jerking but not persistent tearing in the left heel, at 10 P.M. in bed (fifth day). Toes. Burning stitches in the great toe. A piercing stitch in the bone of the right great toe, extending to its dorsal surface, so violent that it makes her start and jerk the feet upward, at 7 P.M. (third day). Tearing in the right great toe, extending from the first phalanx to the tip. Violent tearing in the left little toe. afterwards also in the fourth toe, at 3 P.M. while walking.
General Symptoms
Objective. Twitching without pain, in the vessels of the thighs, shoulders, and often also in the face. Tremulous and weak, in the morning in bed, disappearing after rising (ninth day). the body is relaxed (after seven days). Becomes easily sprained and strained; on bending the arm backward, the shoulder pains as if dislocated, and when touched feels bruised; she is unable to turn the head to the left without great pain. In the morning after a good sleep, he is more weary than in the evening on lying down. Easily becomes weary while walking (after six days). Weakness and weariness of the whole body, especially of the feet (seventh day). She was unable to sit up in the evening, on account of weakness (forty-second day). While eating, she became weak. After eating, weakness, paleness of the face, nausea, and vomiting of dark-colored food (after seven days). Weakness after the stool (after seven days). General weakness, suffering expression and some qualmishness (twenty-seventh day). Very weak while sitting and walking, less so while standing, in the afternoon (sixth day). During the menses, great weakness, so that she could scarcely walk. Exhaustion of mind and body (after twenty days). Sudden exhaustion when walking i the open air. Completely exhausted and a bruised feeling in the hands and feet, with trembling and weakness, in the morning on waking; she was obliged to lie down again, after which she became better, though she felt cold immediately on getting out of bed. So exhausted, weary, and sleepy after dinner (of rather indigestible food), that he suddenly fell asleep while standing and talking, with confusion of the head, which made all thought impossible. Prostrated, weak, uncomfortable, with anxious warmth and perspiration (twenty-fifth day). During the menses, very prostrated and weak all day; with perspiration, without thirst. Internal restlessness, with distraction of mind, so that while writing a letter he was obliged to stand up several times and write the letter over three times; with trembling of the hands (after three weeks). He tossed from side to side in bed for two nights, and if this body lay quiet the arms and legs jerked all night, even while awake, but without pain; on waking he knew nothing of the occurrences of the night (after eight days). Subjective. Great sensitiveness of the skin of the head and body, especially to cold; cold creeping through the skin, and chilliness though and through, from every slight draft. Stiffness of the whole body, in the morning on rising. Feels week in the morning in bed (after seventeen days). General heaviness and prostration all day (soon). Extremely uncomfortable, apathetic and weak, in the morning (second day). Pains here and there, in all parts of the body. Burning needle- like stitches here and there. Tearing in the left upper back teeth, and in several other places, generally shifting every moments, in the forenoon (twenty-seventh day). The whole body is sore. Violent jerking tearing, now in the vertex, now in the occiput, upper arms and thighs, all day (twenty-fifth and twenty sixth days); while in bed she was free from pain, but on rising the jerking pains here and there began again (twenty-eighth day). She was attacked with frightful dizzy faintness, with coldness at 9 P.M. after lying down; after which she was qualmish for half an hour; she then fell asleep, but frequently woke; with great nausea from the slightest motion, less when quiet; in the morning after rising it was worse; wherewith she had a very disagreeable taste, almost like bad eggs, and similar eructations, with a pale face and coldness (twenty-fifth day). The symptoms seem to reappear after three weeks. The symptoms seem to reappear after three weeks. The symptoms which occur while sitting are usually relieved by walking, and the symptoms seem better in the open air than in the house.
Skin
Eruptions. Dry. A number of small red spots on the chest, neither elevated nor itching (thirtieth day). On the left side of the navel, spots not larger than could be covered with one digital phalanx, which on pressure pained as if ulcerated (eleventh and twenty-fifth days). Large nodes beneath the skin, with sticking pains, in the axillae and above the elbow-joints. Eruption of large pimples here and there on the body. Fine eruption on the mouth (after three days). A pimple beneath the right, and and another beneath the left ear, with itching, but not maturating (fourteenth day). Eruption of pimples on the left arm, which after scratching disappear, but do not itch; they last two days (after ten days). A number of small pimples on the right side of the chin, almost daily disappearing to give place to fresh ones (after nine days). Numerous small pimples above the knee, not sensitive, that dry after twenty-four hours. Red pimples above the knee, soon disappearing, without sensation. Eruption of hard pimples in both corners of the mouth (eleventh day). A hard pimple on the right temple above the ear, painful only when touched (forty-third day). A hard pimple deep in the skin in from of the left shoulder, which is painful, and stings like a boil only on pressure, with redness, that increases the second and disappears on the third day; above this pimple there is also a smaller one, with red areola. An itching pimple on the inner surface of the left forearm (twelfth day). Swelling, redness, and heat in the right middle finger, with itching pimples upon it, on the days when he had no stool. Itching on the shoulders, on the outer surface of the thigh, and on the throat in the evening before going to sleep and in the morning while dressing; after scratching there appeared on several places-as, for example, on the thighs itching pimples, which did not last longer than twenty-four hours (eleventh day). Violent itching on the nates and inner surface of the forearm in the evening while undressing; after scratching, but disappeared in bed (twentieth day). Small pimples between the fingers of the left hand, that contain no liquid, but itch so much that she could scratch them off; in the afternoon they disappeared (twentieth day). Violent itching on the inner surface of the left forearm while washing with cold water and soap; after scratching, the whole place became filled with red itching pimples, which soon disappeared after drying; in the afternoon (nineteenth day). Eruptions, Moist, On the wrist an itching pimple, exuding clear water on pressure (thirteenth day). A vesicle on the back of the nose, without sensation, in the morning (sixth day). A vesicle on the first joint of the left index finger, near the nail. A vesicle on the lower lip, near the right corner of the mouth, which desquamates on the third day (sixtieth day). Vesicles on the hands, with stinging pain. numerous vesicles on both sides of the forehead and the right corner of the mouth (sixteenth day). Clear vesicles, with tensive pain in the left corner of the upper lip (seventeenth day). Clear vesicles on the left side of the nape of the neck, with out sensation, in the morning (second day). Clear vesicles above the right breast and on the right shoulder, in the morning (tenth day). Violent itching of the palm of the left hand, and after scratching a long time some clear vesicles appeared; even on the following day the itching continued (after fourteen days). Crawling and itching, as from vermin, in various parts of the body, especially on the shoulders; after scratching, small clear vesicles appear, which dry up in twenty-four to forty-eight hours; in the afternoon, evening and morning (after thirteen days). Violent itching between the third and fourth fingers of the right hand; after violent scratching, thee appeared two vesicles containing clear water, but not itching, and on the spot that had been scratched on both sides of the fingers, there appeared long white streaks (nineteenth day). Violently itching vesicles on the sides of the nose two days before menstruation (fifty-seventh day). Eruption of tetter all about below the whole mouth. Small red, somewhat elevated, smooth tetter, that afterwards desquamates, without sensation, on the chest and calves (twenty-first day). A blister formed in the scar of an old burn, from which he suffered for six weeks. A small scab, as after a vesicle that had been scratched off, on the left side of the forehead, without sensation, lasting eight days. Eruptions, Pustular. Pustules on the upper lip (second day). Pustules on the lower lip (third day). A pustule on the tip of the nose (ninety- seventh day). A pustule beneath the right nostril; at first it itches, on the second day it suppurates, and afterwards leaves a burning scab (thirteenth day). A number of small boils on the posterior surface of the lower portion of the right thigh with redness, but without itching; next day, most of them had disappeared, and the skin was rough in the evening (fifteenth day). A small pustule in from of the right ear, without sensation (twenty-eighth day). A small boil on the left side of the forehead, and another on the right side of the throat (eighth day). A small boil on the left side of the chest, suppurating on the following day (eighteenth day). Subjective. Itching here and there over the whole body, from evening till 3 A.M. (after twenty-three days). Itching here and there over the whole head; after scratching it always appears in other places; in the evening (tenth day). Incessant itching at night, like a biting through the whole body, so that she often started. Violent itching over the whole body. Violent itching, especially above the hips. Violent itching here and ther over the whole body, that after scratching always appears in another spot, three nights in succession, lasting till 5 A.M. (after forty days). Itching- burning above the upper lip, towards the left corner of the mouth, at 1 P.M. An itching stitch above the right hip, obliging scratching and then disappearing. Extremely fine itching burning stitches, as from fleas, now in the right, now in the left hip, left sacral and right hypochondriac regions. Violent itching biting in the nape of the neck and on the throat, which born after scratching, in the evening. Crawling, as from ants, on the under surface of the first joints of the toes of the right foot; afterwards, the same on the dorsum of the foot. Itching in various places, especially on the forehead, nose, throat, forearms, removed by scratching (second day). Itching on the forehead during dinner. Itching on both sides of th4 forehead, disappearing on scratching. Itching on the right temple, remaining after scratching. Itching behind the right ear, removed by scratching. itching in various places on the face, removed by scratching, at 10 A.M. Itching of the upper lip, with a feeling as if an eruption would break out, in the forenoon. itching on the chin half an hour after dinner. itching on the nape of the neck, removed by scratching, at 6 P.M. Itching on the right side of the neck, with burning after scratching (ninth day). During the menses, itching on the neck and shoulders in the afternoon. Itching on the back, as from vermin, removed by scratching at noon and in the evening (thirteenth day). Itching over the whole back, and burning after scratching, in the evening on lying down (twenty-fifth day). Itching in the middle of the back; on scratching, it appears on the left shoulder, where it disappears after scratching; an hour and a half after dinner. Itching here and there on the posterior portion of the trunk. Itching between the shoulders, and after scratching burning there, at 6 P.M. (third day). Itching on the shoulder, removed by scratching, but returning after half an hour. itching in the left axilla (twenty- seventh day). Itching on the right forearm, from the first joint of the thumb extending up along the radius, removed by scratching at 1.15 P.M. Itching on the anterior surface of the right forearm, below the elbow; after scratching it disappears, but a red spot appears. itching on the inner surface of the left wrist. itching of the palm of the left hand, removed by scratching, in the morning after rising (second day). Itching on the right hip while standing; after scratching, burning (after three quarters of an hour). Itching of all the toes of the left foot, so violent that she could tear them out, an hour after dinner. Transient itching beneath the right ear, removed by scratching. Frequent itching of the pudenda. Constant itching on the nates, not at all relieved by scratching. Violent itching on a spot as large as the hand in the right groin with internal burning, both disappearing after scratching, with chilliness of the body (fifth day). Violent itching on the back, removed by scratching, but frequently returning. Violent itching on the right shoulder; after scratching the spot burns; in the afternoon (third day). Violent itching on the right calf, removed by scratching, at 4 P.M. Violent, prolonged itching between the fourth and fifth toes of the left foot. Voluptuous itching externally about the throat, removed by scratching, but frequently returning. Painful itching of the upper part of the left side of the nose, near the eye (twenty-fifth day). Burning-itching in the small of the back, above the nates.
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.