Heart and Pulse
Violent pinching pain in the region of the heart, extending towards the sternum, at intervals, while walking in the evening.
Palpitation always after starting up in sleep. Pulse strong.
Pulse full with distended temporal arteries and distended veins on the hands. Pulse irregular, frequently intermitting one or two beats.
Neck and Back
Neck. Painful stiffness of the left cervical muscles; it is tense up to the head. Feeling of stiffness in the nape of the neck during rest, disappearing on motion. The right cervical muscles are very sore. Spasmodic drawing in the right cervical muscles, extending to the eye, on turning the head. Drawing-sticking pressure in the nape of the neck, imperceptibly extending towards the occiput, and there disappearing. Pressure in the forepart and sides of the neck. Painful pressure on the left side of the neck, as if it would become sore internally, though aggravated neither by swallowing nor talking. Jerking sensation in the nape of the neck during rest, though more frequent on raising the head.
Burning sore pain on the side of the nape. Pinching pain in a small spot in the neck. Back. Tearing pain in the back, at night.
Painful tearing on the left scapula, while sitting with the body bent forward. A concealed drawing and pressure, like a gnawing, in the bones, beneath the tip of the scapula. Small violent jerking stitches in the middle of the spine. Pinching pain in the middle of the spine. Painful drawing, as if beaten, in the dorsal vertebrae, mostly while sitting. Lumbar and Sacral. Intermitting tearing in the small of the back, on rising after stooping; on standing still, a quiet jerk like drawing. Intermitting, suddenly drawing-pressure pain in the small of the back, mostly while standing, less while walking, disappearing on pressure, sitting down, and on stooping. Burning pain in a small spot just above the small of the back. Pain, as from something alive, in the small of the back, like a drawing and pressure, at times tearing, only distinctly felt while standing. A violent stitch in the small of the back, on rising after squatting down. Stitches in the region of the kidneys. A stitch in the loins on lifting, continuing while sitting, but immediately disappearing on moving about. Fine stitches ion the coccyx and sternum. Itching biting on the coccyx, above the rectum.
Extremities
Bruised pain in all the joints, in the morning, in the arms and lower extremities and nape of the neck. Crawling, as if asleep, and loss of power in the upper and lower extremities. Feeling of contraction in the limbs. Falling asleep of the arms and lower extremities, at night, so that the limbs must be moved by others.
The hands and feet bruised, as if paralyzed. Cramp like drawing in the hands and feet, as if asleep, in the evening and morning.
Superior Extremities.
Shoulder. The eighth day of the proving (the day after the last dose) I experienced an acute boring and drawing pain between the scapulae, followed by restless sleep; on the next morning the pain had extended to the left shoulder-joint, where it remained constantly for eight weeks; it increased daily in intensity, and after two weeks seemed to have reached its greatest severity; it was of a boring, digging, drawing character, and had an almost intermittent type; it would wake me from sleep between 2 and 3 A.M., after which it was impossible for me to fall asleep again; the axillary and radial nerves seemed especially affected; transient pressure on the shoulder had no effect, but lying on the left side aggravated it; there was some relief on moving the shoulder and arm, and also transient relief on raising the left arm over the head; every movement impeding the circulation of blood caused aggravation, but every movement that accelerated it caused relief; it was almost intolerable during absolute rest (for example, when shaving); it lasted from 2 to 8 A.M., when it was better; another aggravation occurred about 2 P.M., followed by a remission about 4; another exacerbation from 7 or 8 to 11 P.M.; beer and wine aggravated it; motion in the open air gave relief; the bone did not seem affected, but the pain seemed to have its seat in the nerves. For three weeks I hoped for spontaneous relief, but I was obliged to take antidotes; Ferrum and Cocculus afforded the most relief. Even after three months there remained perceptible numbness over the region of distribution of the radial nerve of the left hand. Pinching pressure beneath the right axilla, opposite the nipple. Swelling of the axillary glands, disappearing of itself. Pinching pressure on the tip of the right shoulder. Tearing in the left shoulder and hand. Rheumatic-paralytic pain in the right shoulder-joint.
Drawing and throbbing in the shoulder-joint. Arm. The arm (that had been injured) became stiff and painful on every motion; the hand became as heavy as lead; in an ulcer there were picking and sticking and tearing, and sticking in the ball of the thumb and in the fingers; a painful burning was felt internally in the hand, and on allowing the arm to hand down blood seemed to shoot into the hand. Weakness of the arms, so that he trembled, in the forenoon. Drawing in both arms, downward from the shoulders.
Drawing in the upper arm, extending from the elbow to the shoulder. Muscular jerkings in the upper arm, relieved by motion.
Painful jerking tearing in the arms, fingers, and limbs generally. Paralytic pinching pressure in the upper arms, aggravated by touch. Burning, as with glowing coals, here and there in the arm and on the shoulder. An itching stitch in the upper arm, not relieved by scratching. Elbow and Forearm. Drawing cutting in the elbows, wrists, and first finger- joints. Burning sensation in the tip of the elbows. Pain in the elbow-joint on touch. Pinching pressure in the forearm, extending inward and outward. The forearms are painful, as if bruised, when lying upon the table. Painful pinching heaviness in the right forearm.
Pinching pain above the right wrist. Paralytic pain in the forearm externally, below the elbow, not preventing motion of the arm. Sharp sticking boring on the inner side of the left forearm, near the bend of elbow, worse during rest. Wrist, Hand, and Fingers. Sensation of stiffness and pinching in the wrist, aggravated by motion. Violent spasmodic tearing pains in the left wrist (possibly from taking cold in the hands when out of bed), (first night). Tearing transversely above the right wrist.
Trembling of the hands while writing, with crawling and itching in them. Griping pinching between the right metacarpal bones, as if they were squeezed together. A tearing rolling up and down, at times with stitches, in the bones of the hands, fingers, and forearms. Drawing stitches in the palms of the hands. Falling asleep, paleness, yellowness, and wrinkling of the fingers, with slow, very small, scarcely perceptible pulse. Sharply circumscribed deadness on one side of the left index finger, during the chill. Numbness of the tips of the fingers. Painful pressive drawing in the little finger, especially in the joint, disappearing on bending the finger into the hand. Tearing in the fingers, especially in the joints, with tension on motion, as if the tendons were too short. Cramp like pain in the fingers of the left hand, without affecting motion. Violent sharply sticking tearing on the first phalanx of the right middle finger. Stitches in the finger-joints. Intermitting dull stitches in the ball of the thumb. Fine stitches through the back of the right thumb, extending as far as under the nail.
Inferior Extremities.
Muscular twitches here and there, especially in the lower extremities. He thought that he staggered while walking. Falling asleep of the lower extremities, while sitting. Rheumatic paralysis of the whole left leg. Heaviness in all the joints of the lower extremities, soon becoming painful. Tearing in the lower extremity extending from the thigh to the great toe. Hip.
Heaviness and lameness in the hip-joint when beginning to walk after sitting, disappearing after some motion. The hip-joint is painful when walking and on touch, as if broken. Tensive and bruised pain in the right hip-joint, worse on motion. Pain in the hip-joint, on rising from a seat. Cramp in the hip-joint, tearing through the whole leg, intolerable while eating and sitting.
Thigh. Weariness and anxious restlessness in the thighs while sitting, so that he is obliged constantly to move the foot. The thighs feel weary; can scarcely proceed; worse after sleep. Cramp like drawing in the left nates, while walking. Itching jerking in both gluteal muscles. Sharp pressure on the muscle of the right thigh, extending to the knees. Tearing pressure in the upper part of the outer surface of the thigh, and at the same time in the tibia. Pressure in both thighs, a hand’s breadth above the knees.
Dull pressure in the thigh. Pressive-pinching pain in the right thigh. Burning sensation in the posterior femoral muscles while standing, disappearing on walking. The thighs and legs are painful, as if bruised, when walking. Bruised pain transversely above the middle of the thigh, as if it would break, while walking, so that he staggered. Bruised pain in the femoral muscles. Tearing in the upper part of thigh, as if it would break, while walking, so that he staggered. Bruised pain in the femoral muscles. Tearing in the upper part of the thigh, as if extending up from the hollow of the knee. Painful pulsating jerking extending from the middle of the thigh to the knee.
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.