Jerking pain in the left side (after four hours). Painful paralytic sensation about the ligaments of the joints. Stitches in fresh wounds, in the evening. Feels as if tired and worn out, though she has had no work to cause it. Numbness of the integuments, then general anaesthesia. Distressing throbbing in the veins through the whole body, mostly felt during motion.
Troubles from the open air; he dreads it (after six to eight hours). He longs for fresh air, although the colic and qualmishness are aggravated in t he open air (after ten hours).
When lying upon the back the pains decrease, and disappear, but when lying upon either side they increase or recur (after twenty- four hours). The symptoms are especially violent every other evening. Symptoms relieved in the open air (after half an hour).
Skin
Eruptions, Dry. Peeling of the epidermis down, even to the raw flesh, on the outer margin of the lips. The epidermis of the lips becomes fissured (after two hours). (Red, hot spots on the body, that become raised into pimples, as from the touch of burning nettles, with itching to seven days). A hard red elevation on the right cheek, in front of the ear, with burning constrictive pain (after five days). A scurfy eruption appears on the tragus with burning-biting pain, with watery exudation, and a glandular swelling farther down on the neck that is painful to touch. Small (not inflamed) swellings beneath the skin, above the elbow-joint, that are painful to touch. Somewhat elevated and red spot on the back of the foot, very painful, even to touch, with prickling sticking pain, as if an ulcer would form. An eruption of pimples upon the forehead, face, shoulder, chest, and lastly upon the back. A large red pimple in the region of the zygoma. A pimple on the side of the neck that itches; the itching is not relieved by scratching or rubbing (after twenty-one hours).
Eruption of pimples on the beck, below the chin, painful on touch. Pimples on the scapulae, and as far as the middle of the back, with constant itching, especially in the evening on undressing. (Eruption of pimples in the hollows of the knees).
Eruptions, Moist. Several small pimples, as large as peas, containing pus, with burning sticking pains, in the groins.
Pimples, oozing moisture, on the leg, with burning pains.
Blisters on the paralyzed arm, that subsequently filled with matter and desquamated. Eruptions, Pustular. Boils here and there. An abscess at the root of the nose, near the inner canthus, as if a lachrymal fistula would form. The wing of the nose is externally ulcerated and oozes a watery moisture (after six hours). An ulcer (that existed) is inclined to bleed. The redness about an ulcer becomes hard and glistening. Sensations.
Painful sensitiveness, like soreness of the skin, in the lips and face, when touched. A place that had formerly been burned, but was now healed, becomes painful to touch. The pain in an ulcer is aggravated when one is about to eat. Stitches in an ulcer, that cause shuddering through the whole body, with violent sticking pains, that frequently change to a burning, about the ulcer.
Stitches shooting upward into the ulcer on one foot; a burning in the ulcer on the other foot (after twenty-four hours). A burning biting in the region of the scab (of an ulcer), in the morning in bed (together with dry cough), (after twenty hours). A burning, as from glowing coals, near or above an ulcer on the foot, in the morning, lasting two minutes. Biting in an ulcer on the foot, just before dressing it, in the morning and evening. A (burning) itching over the whole body, on becoming warm in bed, before midnight, aggravated by scratching; is unable to sleep on account of it; less during the day, and only after becoming heated from walking or after rubbing; there is no appearance of an eruption.
Biting itching here and there in the skin. Biting itching on the upper portion of the sternum, not relieved by scratching, in the evening (after thirty-six hours). Biting itching on the side of the neck after shaving off the beard, not relieved by scratching and rubbing, but it pains (after five hours). Biting itching on the tip of the elbow-joint, like itching and rubbing with wool (after two hours). A violent sticking-biting pain in an ulcer, with itching about it. A crawling itching in and above the navel, painful after scratching. Itching crawling in the toes, like that in frozen limbs, in the evening. Tickling itching under an ulcer on the foot. Intolerable itching in the evening in bed. Itching, fine sticking sensation in the skin, as from numerous fleas. Unusual itching about an ulcer, as if it would heal. Itching in the region of the chin, especially in the evening. Frequent itching of the scrotum, especially in the morning and evening. Itching of the scrotum, in the morning, before and after rising. Itching of the right nipple, not relieved by scratching (after twenty-four hours). Itching on the neck and on the cheeks; on scratching pimples appear. Itching on the back and across the loins. An itching that obliges scratching, but that is not followed by blisters, on the forearm, especially on the back of the hand and between the fingers.
Itching on the backs of the feet and between the breasts, in the morning in bed. Painful, intolerable itching; an itching-sticking in the feet and toes, that seem inflamed, especially close to the roots of the nails, as if the limbs had been frozen, penetrating the whole body, before midnight, but without subsequent painful numbness on walking, as is noticed in actually frozen feet.
Sleep
Sleepiness. Yawning. (Sleepiness during dinner). Irresistible sleep, in the afternoon. Sleepy at an unusual time, either late in the morning or early in the evening. Constant dreamy sleepiness. He can scarcely keep awake, in the evening, yet without weariness (after four days). Sleep much too long, with closed eyes; at first the sleep is only a nap, full of fantasies and dreams. She feels unusually heavy for sleep (after some days). She becomes overpowered by sleep, and is obliged to sleep in the middle of a meal, at noon. Slumbering, with jerking of the arms and feet. During sleep, the child drew the mouth back and forth, opened the eyes, distorted them and closed them again, and twitched the fingers. While sleeping, he lies upon the back with the hands above the head. During sleep she sat upright, with staring eyes, and said, “Drive that man away. Is frightened in sleep and starts. Screams and starts up in sleep, frightened by a black dog, a cat; tries to drive away bees. He moves to and fro during sleep. Talking of foolish things, that seemed to float before him, while half awake, after midnight. Talking in sleep (after forty hours). Snoring through the nose on inspiration, while sitting, during the nap, in the afternoon. Sleeplessness.
Sleeplessness, with rush of ideas. Sleep before midnight prevented by a fixed idea; for example, a melody constantly recurred to his mind, yet sleepiness prevented activity of memory and fantasies. Sleeplessness on account of orgasm of blood.
Sleepless; he became perfectly wide awake every three hours during the night. Sleeplessness, with extreme restlessness.
Cannot fall asleep, in the evening, on account of an anxious sensation of heat (after four hours). Could not fall asleep for a long time, in the evening, in bed, then woke earlier than usual without being able to fall asleep again. He is unable to fall asleep at night before 2 A.M. Sleep dull, stupid, restless, during which he tosses about. Sleep at night restless; on account of an intolerable sensation of heat he was obliged to throw off the covers, with internal warmth of the hands, without perspiration. During the first three nights, he could sleep only while sitting with the head bend forward, or to one side, and could not fall asleep before midnight. After lying down, in the evening, he slept for an hour and a half without dreaming, then woke and remained wide awake until morning; was constantly obliged to turn over. Is unable to fall asleep, in the evening.
Quite restless sleep, with tossing about the bed, as from too great warmth. He easily woke, in the evening, before midnight.
She woke before midnight and dreamed a great deal; quiet sleep only after 2 o’clock; the next forenoon she was so weary that she could have slept half the day. Waking very frequently during the night and remaining awake; during the day sleepy. Woke frequently on account of vivid dreams; for example, that he was falling. At night he woke as if frightened and dazed; did not know where he was, and was not quite conscious (after five, and twelve hours).
She frequently sprang out of bed, because it seemed as though she would feel better out of bed. A very light superficial sleep; afterwards it seemed as though he had not slept at all. Dreams.
Vivid dreams of a subject that had happened or been spoken of during the previous day. Very vivid dreams and fantasies, after midnight, that uninterruptedly exercised his thoughts and caused weariness; an almost constant recurrence of the same subject till he woke (after forty-eight hours). Slumber full of dreams of disconnected subjects, that she dreams of one by one, with the echo of words, though the names do not correspond to the subjects of the dream; hence disconnected loud talking during such a sleep. Dreams of quarrels (after twenty-four hours). Dreams of frightful thing; for example, that he had been beaten and was unlucky; sobbed and wept aloud in sleep, and on waking the dream seemed so vivid that he was obliged to take deep breaths, as if sighing. Confused dreams at night; (after six to seven days).
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.