General Symptoms
Objective. Puffiness of the whole body in the morning, better in the afternoon Emaciation paleness of the face, dilation of the pupils, and dark colored urine. Violent starting especially in the left leg, as from fright, in the evening, on falling asleep. Jerking now of one finger, now of an arm, now of the facial muscles, now of the whole body, at night in sleep. He is very awkward; things that he usually accomplishes easily, he cannot do at all (after twenty-three days) Very indolent with a feeling as if everything on her were tense, with face and hands swollen, during rest; relieved by motion (eight day). Weary and weak; she slept while sitting at her work, during the day). Weakness in the morning (after nine days). Walking is very irksome; she is weak and pale (twenty-four hours) Great weakness and sleepiness during the day (after two days). Great weakness for a week, following toothache, with fever for three days (after five days). Great weakness during the day, even deathly; the head was also very much affected (after thirty-six days). Physical prostration, with nausea and aversion in the stomach, during the menses. Great prostration, and heaviness of the whole body (sixth day). Restlessness of the whole body, fretfulness (after three days). Restlessness all day, busy now with this, now with that, without fully accomplishing the least thing. Restless and unsteady; does not exactly know what he wishes, nor what he should do. Great restlessness in the evening during mental, as, for example reading. Uneasiness (after three days) Uneasiness in the body all night; she could not go to sleep till towards morning; she was also obliged to urinate an unusual amount. Subjective. Increased sensitiveness of the body; every touch is painful (seventh day). Takes cold easily, and therefore has colic and diarrhoea, or coryza (after ten days). Frequent senselessness. Inclined to lie down (after five days) A disagreeable sensation in the whole body; she thinks she is very sick. (seventh day). Heavy and indolent in the morning on rising; while in bed awake she was bright. Very heavy in the morning. An anxious sensation at night, before falling asleep, as if his whole body had become excessively thick an heavy, for a long time.’ Painful tension of all the nerves, especially in the head, with nausea. Drawing and tension in the lower extremities and jaws, and drawing in the teeth, at night, (after twenty-one days).Sticking in the diseased spots. During the menses, now a tearing, now a stitching, and there in the whole body ) fifteenth and nineteenth days). Cramp like tearing, especially in the upper and lower extremities, also in the whole body; affected by motion or rest (after six hours). On rising from a seat everything hurts, disappearing on walking about. Jerking and beating, in the whole body, with a very sensitive mood. Jerking and twitching in one or another part of the body, in the scapulae, calves, eyelids, and arms. Affected, by playing on the piano a short time, with painful anxiety in the chest, trembling of the whole body, and weakness, so that she must lie down for a long time before she can recover herself (after twelve days). A paroxysm in the evening; it became black before the eyes, with paralytic tearing pressure in the head, eyes, and jaws, weak consciousness, and confused distracted thoughts, lasting an hour and a half; followed by crawling pain in the lips, right arm, and especially in the right hand and tips of the fingers, particularly in the thumb, with timidity (thirteenth day). She could lie only on the right side at night, because it hurt her to lie on the left (after seven days). Dread of motion, that always aggravates the symptoms.
Skin
The skin of the whole body becomes dry, rough, and cracked, here and there. The commencement of warts. Warts begin to bleed, grow larger, and disappear after three weeks. Two red spots, as large as pennies, on the back of the left hand, one behind the little finger, and another behind the index, without sensation; they disappear in half an hour (fourth day). A red spot on the great toe (as from a bruise), from which tearing extends backward, from time to time, along the side of the sole. White spots on the right cheek and side of the neck, without sensation, in the morning (sixth day). Cracked rough hands (after thirteen days). A small burning crack in the lower lip. (eleventh day). The nose desquamates on the back and tip, and is sensitive to touch (ninth day). Eruptions, Dry. Eruption on the right corner of the mouth (after twenty days). Much eruption on the nose and mouth. Dry eruption on the nates and coccyx, with violent itching, in the morning on rising. Papular eruption on he face, by the ear, with sticking pains, like a boil when touched, Papular eruption on the red of the lower lip, with smarting painful soreness in the corners of the mouth. A red papular eruption on the forehead, with burning sore pain, with pus at the tip. A pimple on the left side of the upper lip, without sensation. A pimple on the lower lip. A painless pimple on the left side of the nose (fifth day). A painless pimple, that daily becomes larger, on the right side of the nose. A pimple with burning pain on the chin (twenty- fourth day). Violent itching in the neck, and outer surface of the left thigh, that provokes scratching, after which burning pimples appear, which disappear after a few hours, in the evening (second day). Some itching pimples beneath the lower lip (seventh and eighteenth days). Itching pimples and nodes on the scalp, chest and abdomen (after eighteen days). Itching in the bend of the left elbow; after scratching, a few pimples appear, but soon disappear (tenth day). Violent itching, with hives, after scratching, on the abdomen, genitals, and lower extremities Eruptions, Moist. Moist itching eruption on the nose and mouth (after ten days). Blistered spots on the tips of all the fingers and toes, as if scalded, with festering about them, as if the nails would slough off. Some little blisters near the right wing of the nose, with burning pain when touched (nineteenth day). Small red, itching, vesicular eruptions, filled with water, on the chin (sixth day) Red vesicles, filled with liquid, in the bend of the elbow and groin, with sore pain when touched (tenth day). A white vesicle, with a large red areola, that burns as from nettles, on the first joint of the left index finger (twenty second day). A whitish vesicle, as large as flaxseed, on the red of the upper lip, with sore burning pain when touched; on the second day, a scab formed on it, and on the fourth day fell off (after twenty days). A vesicle as large as pea near and beneath the right corner of the mouth, that dries up in twenty-four hours (after eleven days). A small vesicle, with burning pain as from nettles on the inner surface of the right index finger; it disappears after washing with cold water. A clear vesicle containing matter beneath the right corner of the mouth. Vesicles on the back, itching violently and compelling scratching, especially in the evenings, on undressing (seventh day). Tetter on the left hand (after fourteen days). Two small tetters on the mouth. Eruptions, Pustular. Suppuration eruption on the nape of the neck, with sore pain, only when touched (twentieth day). A tetter exudes a purulent liquid; it becomes larger and is aggravated. Pustules in the mouth. Pustules in the left wing of the nose, with red areola. Small pustules on the small of the back, that are very sensitive to touch (ninth day). Black ulcerating pustules on the heel. A boil behind the ear. A boil on the upper lip. A red boil above the right side of the chin, not painful even when touched, disappearing after two days, without suppurating (seventh day). Small ulcers about the mouth. Sensations. Itching over the whole body, as from fleas. Violent itching over the body, in the evening on lying down till falling asleep (seventeenth day). Burning on the back of the left middle finger, as if stung with nettles, in the morning (eighteenth day) Burning and itching in the third joint of the right index finger, as if stung by a nettle; he also feels a small pimple under the skin, in the morning after rising, lasting several hours (tenth day) Sensation as if a plaster as broad as the hand were lying on the upper surface of the right forearm, so that all the skin was drawn up, at 9 A.M.; it lasts with longer or shorter intervals till 4 P.M. (third day). An itching stitch between the second and third phalanges of the right ring finger, that provokes scratch- ing, and then disappears (third day). The warts begin to pain on slight pressure. Crawling and itching formication over the whole back (after two days). Crawling in the middle joint of the right thumb, as if it would go to sleep in the afternoon (eleventh day). Crawling in the right foot, as if it would fall asleep, at 5 P.M., in bed (seventh day). Crawling in the forepart of the right foot, as if it would fall asleep, in the afternoon, while sitting (fourth day). Itching crawling above the ball of the right thumb, disappearing on rubbing, but returning (after three days). Itching here and there, in the face, immediately disappearing on scratching (second day). Itching on the upper lip, as from a fine feather, and on drawing a finger across the lip a fine piercing stitch in the middle of it, as if a hair would be torn out, at 6P.M. (second day). Itching in the beard, obliging scratching, in the evening (sixth day). Itching and violent stitches in the raphe of the perineum. Itching on and about the genitals. Itching on the prepuce. Itching on the right side of the neck, disappearing on scratching (first day) Itching on the back, was obliged to scratch, as if covered with fleas (sixth day). Itching on the upper and lower extremities (after fifteen days). Itching and biting in the bend of the elbow, so that he was obliged to scratch (twenty-fourth day). Itching on the back of the hand, as from fleabites (sixth day). Itching on the outer surface of the thigh, disappearing on scratching a long time (second day). Itching on the outer surface of the right knee, disappearing on scratching along time, and then burning. Itching on scratching a long time, and then burning. Itching in the hollow of the left knee, that does not disappear on scratching (fourth day). Itching on the right calf, disappearing on scratching (fourth day). Itching on the soles, especially on the balls of the feet. Itching and sticking in the soles and heels. Frequent itching in the bend of the right knee disappearing only after long scratching (third day). Obstinate itching on the right side of the abdomen and hip, not disappearing on scratching (third day). Violent itching in the beard, chin, and on the chest, as from fleas, so that he must not scratch constantly (seventh day). Violent itching and corroding in the abdomen, even during the day (after twelve days). Violent itching in a small spot on the right index finger, towards the thumb, disappearing on scratching, in the morning (tenth day). Intolerable itching over the whole back, disappearing on scratching but returning (third day). Burning itching in the face, in the region of the left lower jaw, that soon disappears after violent scratching (fourth day). Painful burning itching on both great toes. Biting burning itching in the region of the pudenda. Stitch like itching on the lower abdomen and thighs, especially in the afternoon. Stitch like itching, as from vermin, on and about the genitals.
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.