Superior Extremities
Inflammation of the arm from the finger to the shoulder. Violent inflammation about the arm, with fever and delirium, followed by gangrene of the arm. Jerking of the arms. Shoulder and Arm.
Stitches and pressure on the top of the right shoulder (third day). Jerking pain in the right upper arm (third day).
Rheumatic pain in both elbow and shoulder-joints, early in the morning (fifth day). Forearm. Visible spasmodic contraction of the skin and muscles in the region of the styloid process of the left ulna (after twelve hours). While writing he feels sudden tearings (stitches, jerkings?) in the right forearm and between the thumb and index finger (tenth day).
Violent stitches dart through the forearm; some time after they are likewise felt in the left thumb (second day). Wrist. Tearing in the left wrist-joint, extending along the dorsum of the hand, in the forenoon (second day). Hand and Fingers. The hands tremble while threading a needle (first day). Jactitation of some muscular parts of the hands (first and second days). Jerking of the left hand while it is lying quiet (fourth day). Tearing in the ball of the left thumb; the place is afterwards sensitive to touch; in the afternoon (second day). Pain under the nail of right index finger, as if a splinter had been thrust in there and bad produced suppuration, in the afternoon (third day). Frequent tingling in single parts of the fingers (first day).
Inferior Extremities
Great weakness in his lower limbs, in the forenoon, when walking (fifth day). Hip and Thigh. Drawing pain in the right hip when walking, in the evening (third day). Painful drawing in the posterior and inner sides of both thighs down into the calves, especially perceptible in the region of the inner hamstring, in the afternoon, while sitting (third day). Tearing boring in the middle of the left thigh, early in the morning in bed and afterwards when standing (seventeenth day). While walking, in the evening, he feels a cramp like tearing in the outer side of the right thigh, from the center downwards, skipping the bends of the knees and commencing again in the calves (fifth day). Knee and Leg. Tearing in the inner sides of both knees when walking (second and following days). Weakness in the bends of the knees; they give way involuntarily (second and following days). Cracking in the patella when going up hill, as if it would become sprained (third and following days). Tension in the right tendo Achillis when walking (third day). Foot and Toes. Stiffness in the right tarsal joint and the whole of the right leg, with vertigo deep in the brain, when walking in the open air (after three hours). Violent and constant pain in the tarsal joint, in the evening, when rising from a seat (seventh day). Tearing in the left tarsal joint, in the evening, when sitting (tenth day). Pain in the tarsal joint, extending half way up the tibia, as if the tendons were too short, when walking (after twelve hours). Drawing aching continuous pain in the dorsum of the right foot (eighth day). Cramp in the dorsum of the foot when walking, suddenly in the articulations of all the toes, as if he had sprained them in making a misstep (after eight days). Stitches in the dorsum of the left foot when sitting (thirteenth and following days). Acute pain in the heels for two evenings, as if the boots pinched him, which however he had taken off (fourth and fifth days). Pulsative stitches in the left heel when standing, in the afternoon (second day). Sore pain and stitches in the tips of the toes, in the evening (fifth day). Feeling of soreness and stitches between the toes (after twelve hours). Violent stitches in the fourth toe of the left foot, when entering the room and coming out of the open air (after four hours). Stitches in the dorsa of the toes, in the evening (after fourteen hours). Stinging pain in the toes when walking (second and following days).
Generalities
Physical uneasiness (first day). Frequent turns of sudden weakness, in the afternoon, when sitting down; they seem to arise from the head; he feels as if his senses would vanish (after ten hours). Great weakness all day, his head feels as if he had not slept enough, although he performs his occupation with ease if he chooses (second day). Weak and debilitated during an afternoon walk; trembling of the limbs (fourth day).Tired and broken down all day, he would like to sleep all the time (after ten days). In the morning, while writing and standing, he feels so weak all of a sudden that he comes near falling.
Lassitude, ill-humor, with pain in the back, and pain as if bruised in the region of the short ribs (third to fourth day).
Great heaviness and lassitude in the whole body, in the forenoon (after seven days). Jerks through the whole body, in the evening, when lying down to sleep (second day).
The whole body feels bruised, especially in the hypochondriac region (second day). The symptoms of Ranunculus bulb are especially perceived in the morning and evening.
Changes of temperature, for example, on going from a warm room into the cold air, or the reverse, cause many symptoms.
Skin
Eruptions. In the first quarter of an hour the powdered bulbs, when applies to the fingers, cause an itching of the same, which is always followed by a blister, even if the skin should not be changed. On applying a piece of the bulb between the fingers, a burning was experience after the lapse of two minutes, which soon ceased after the removal of the bulb; after the lapse of two hours the place became red, and in ten hours a blister was formed, emitting a large quantity of thin, yellowish, burning fluid. Vesicles on the fingers, especially those of the right hand, as if caused by burns or a blister (of the size of the hazelnut and still larger); after being opened with a pin, so that the skin of the blister was preserved, they emitted for eight days a yellowish lymph, with burning pains the bright-red skin shining through the blister (from the skin being touched by the juice while expressing it). After the blisters had been healed for a fortnight, and the new skin which had been excoriated had like wise been healed again, small, deep, transparent, dark- blue, little elevated blisters, of the size of an ordinary pin’s head, are formed (as if the pores were raised in the shape of small, blue, transparent vesicles); they are crowded together in oval-shaped groups of the size of a shilling, with intolerable burning itching (as is felt in the spots caused by nettles upon the skin, which the vesicles resembled); when the vesicles are opened they emit a dark-yellow lymph, and afterwards became covered with a herpetic horny scurf, itching intolerably, and emitting a clear fluid when scratched or even of itself. After the horny scurf, which had formed after the vesicles had been scratched open, had crumbled away of itself within eight or ten days, new blue vesicles appeared again, with intolerable burning itching, inducing frequent scratching; the scratching brought on a shining-red, loose swelling of the fingers (they felt like sheepskin), with inflammation, and intolerable burning-stinging itching.
On applying hart’s grease to the swollen fingers, to suppress the itching, the horny scurf no longer formed, but, in places of the size of a shilling, crowded groups of small holes, of the size of pin’s head (as if they were the pores), were formed, emitting a yellow lymph in the shape of drops of sweat, and changing to small, flat, spreading ulcers, healing with difficulty, with corroded sharp borders and intolerable burning stinging itching, depriving him of rest for weeks, day and night.
Ulcers of the fingers, penetrating down to the flexor tendons. Sensations. Creeping in the face, especially about the chin and nose (first day). Crawling in the skin of the fingers (after six hours). Prickings, termination in itching, in various parts of the skin, in the upper arm, thigh, etc.
Frequent and violent itching of the forearm, which he frequently had had in his healthy days, especially at night.
Coarse itching in the hollow of the hand (after four hours). Stinging itching in the palm of the right hand (eighth day). Burning itching of the palm of the left hand, passing off soon (fourth day). Itching of several parts of the hands, sometimes slight and passing off soon, with redness. Violent itching in the inner side of the knee, in the tarsal joint, in the evening (second day).
Sleep
Great drowsiness in the evening, he falls asleep over his work; nevertheless he is unable to sleep several hours after going to bed (third day). Great drowsiness in the afternoon; he sleeps three hours after dinner, and has done so for three days past (eighth day). Irresistible desire to sleep two afternoons (third and fourth days). Sleep before midnight; remains afterwards wide awake until 5 A.M., when he fell into a sleep full of dreams (third day). Awoke early in the morning with perspiration (third day). Frequent waking at night, he remains awake a long while, owing to want of sleep and anxiety in the chest (third day). Wakes up earlier than usual, and is wider awake (second day). Falls asleep late in the evening, and wakes early in the morning, with perspiration (second day). Falls asleep late in the evening and wakes several times at night, not from any pain, but because he is not sleepy (fourth day). Falls asleep late in the evening, is not sleepy; is unable to lie on the right side, wakes early in the morning (seventh day). Falls asleep late several nights.
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.