A pimple, painful only when touched, in the skin of the lower jaw. Eruption of itching pimples, the larger of which are surrounded by redness, on the chin. Burning-itching rash on both thighs, during the menses. Itching-biting pimples on the nates.
Corrosive itching eruption, on the pudenda. Eruptions, Moist and Pustular. Itching eruptions. Eruptions, with itching burning.
Some pustules on the cheeks. Eruption of pustules, as large as millet-seeds, about the lips. Ulcerative scurf on the margins of the lips, an eruption that, while appearing, causes sticking pain. Corners of the lips ulcerated. An ulcer, with a scab and burning pain, on the red of the lips. Tetter like eruption on the chin. Hot swelling on the thumb, painful to touch, that by the joint develops into an abscess. A boil on the anterior portion of the thigh (after six hours). A boil on the thigh, with violent sticking pain (after twenty-four hours). Boils on the posterior portion of the thigh (after twelve and thirty hours). Tearing pain in the ulcer on the thigh if exposed to the open air, but if protected from the air and covered the pain disappears (after four and twenty hours). A kind of small boil on the knee, that makes the whole foot stiff. Inflamed redness about a previous ulcer on the leg, when walking and on other motion. Sensations.
Excessive itching all over the body, extending afterwards to the head (after four to five days). Insensibility of the skin.
Terrible pricking, stinging, and itching of the skin, so much so that she had to take off all her clothes to scratch herself (after four to five days). Jerking and twitching under the skin of the limbs. Burning-itching stitches in various parts of the body. Biting itching here and there, especially on the outer portion of the body, on the limbs and joints, in the evening, after lying down (after four hours). Burning itching over the whole body, in the evening, in bed. Burning itching over the whole body. Fine burning-itching sticking (like needle stitches) here and there in the skin, as from fleas, in the evening, after lying down (after five and a half days). Burning itching on the upper arms, thighs, abdomen, and back, in the morning, while dressing, and in the evening, while undressing, and even at night. (Sensitiveness of the skin of the whole body, as if it were sore; on touch, it seems as if different places were asleep). Crawling from the feet upward. Crawling in the skull externally. (Itching and gnawing and the scalp and nape of the neck, as if an ulcer were healing, especially in the forenoon).
Itching and crawling in the face, as if fleas were creeping about, disappearing on scratching, but soon returning. Crawling on the forehead and vertex. Pain in the skin, above the left eye, as if it had been burned. Itching of the lids, towards the inner canthus, in the evening (after twelve hours). Itching in the forepart of the lids (after one hour and a half). Soreness as if ulcerated, of the margins of the nostrils, on moving the nose, especially in the evening. Itching as though the arm were falling asleep, though without prickling, followed by a sensation of contraction. Itching on the finger-joints. Biting itching on the glans penis (after two hours). Itching on the glans penis, in the morning. Itching on the glans penis (after two hours). Corrosive itching on the glans penis, in evening and morning. Burning itching on the posterior portion of the glans penis (after six hours). Itching on the perineum, after the midday nap (after sixteen hours). Itching on the scrotum (after two hours). Itching on the thighs, when walking. Itching on the left thigh and foot, especially in the evening, when getting into bed. Itching in the hollows of the knees, in the morning; he was obliged to scratch.
Itching on the leg, at some distance from the ulcer. Itching in the toes, as if the limbs had been frozen (after one hour).
Itching burning in the toes, as from freezing, in a mild time of the year, especially if he goes into a warm room or in bed.
Sleep
Sleepiness. A long-continued attack of yawning, followed by great weakness (after one hour). Yawning, in the morning, immediately after rising (after sixteen hours). She was constantly yawning and sleepy, during the day, so that she was unable to be wide awake. Yawning, that causes cough. Much yawning and stretching, in the afternoon. Sleepiness (after one hour).
Almost irresistible sleepiness, for several hours after eating (after five hours). Unusual sleepiness during the day, as from stupefaction of the head. Very pleasant, almost overpowering, sleep, late in the morning (after twenty hours). Sleepiness, till midnight, with a sensation of heat, without thirst (after twenty hours). Great sleepiness, in the evening, with yawning, two hours before bedtime; in the bed he immediately fell asleep; woke, after midnight, for a long time, then slept till late in the morning; with vivid dreams full of the events of the previous day; in the morning he did not wish to rise. (He slept well), (first night). Difficult waking, in the morning. Great aversion to rising, in the morning, without knowing why (after twelve hours). Inclination to lie down again, in the morning. Inclined to lie down, in the forenoon. Inclination to sleep, before dinner, about 11 A.M. Sleeplessness. Delirious; frightful ravings at night. Starting up in fright, on falling asleep. Starts up in fright from sleep, so that he does not wake to complete consciousness. Starting from sleep at night, and during the day while awake. (He sprang from bed delirious, during the evening nap). Affright, and jerking through the whole body, like an electric shock, in the afternoon nap, as if he would fall to the ground. He dreams and talks aloud, in the midday nap.
Unintelligible prattling at times in a morose or complaining tone, in sleep, before midnight. Anxious whining prattling, in sleep, very early in the morning (in the fourth hour), followed by the emission of flatus (after ten hours). He woke in fright at the slightest noise. (Waking early, at night, apprehension.
Waking, at night, from horrible dreams (after ten hours). Sobbing moaning in sleep. Uneasiness and anxiety, in the evening, after lying down, so that he was constantly obliged to stretch out the limbs (after eight hours). Uneasiness in the arms, at night, which at one time he wishes to cover, at another to uncover.
Uneasiness in all the limbs, before midnight, and an almost voluptuous, agreeable, but intolerable sensation that prevents falling asleep, that always wakes him if he tries to fall asleep, and compels him to alternately draw up and stretch out the legs.
Very great uneasiness, at night, without pain (after twelve hours). He lies at night, on the back, with one or both arms stretched above the head; take in sleep, and wakes, after midnight, between 2 and 3 o’clock. He lies on the back, during sleep, with head bent backward, the arms above the head, so that the hands lie on the nape of the neck. He always seeks to lie on the back, during sleep, especially to lie with the head low (after thirty-six hours). He lies mostly on the back, during sleep, with one or the other arm under the head. Snoring inspiration in sleep, before midnight, as if the posterior nares or palate were constricted and drawn together. Loud snoring respiration, in sleep, before midnight. The patient sleeps little and uneasily at night. Sleep agitated, and attended with convulsive movements from time to time (third day). Sleep restless and full of care. The night seemed too long and wearisome, with a kind of stupid slumber coma), with dreams full of strife and excitement. He falls asleep late in the evening, kept awake by many conflicting ideas. Slept after taking, but not very soundly, for an hour and a half, his rest being interrupted by dreams, some of which were of delightful description.
Sleepiness, only in the morning, after daybreak. He is able to sleep only from 11 to 1, and is obliged to rise as early as 3 O’clock. She was unable to sleep at night, or if she slumbered a little she had frightful dreams, from which she woke to remain awake for hours, and if she could fall asleep she had other frightful dreams, and after waking knew what she had dreamed. He woke frequently at night, and could not easily sleep gain; when he slept he had very vivid dreams. Falling asleep late in the evening (after two hours). Complained of its bitterness, slept about five minutes, and then awoke, crying “I am burning.” Dreams. Frightful images, causing fear, in a dream. Dreams that he is very much engaged in absorbing occupations. Dreams that all the teeth fell from the mouth. Dreams that teeth are falling out.
Dreams that the filling of the teeth is falling out. Dreams of sick or mutilated people. Indifference in a dream of horrible mutilations and lacerations (after six hours). Dreams, causing terror (as, for example, of wild beasts). Disagreeable dreams of things that happened or were talked about the day before. Dream of lice and vermin. Half-waking dream, at night, accompanied by fatiguing thought (after a few hours). Very anxious dreams and weeping, in sleep. Sad fantasies while half awake, at night, as, for example, of the heads of deceased acquaintances without bodies.
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.