Pressing pain in the articulations of the thumb.
Inferior extremities.-Knee.
Weakness of the knees. Pain in both knees. Pain in the right knee. Leg. Pain in the patella. Pain in the right instep. Pain in the right malleolus. Foot. Swelling of the feet, principally of the right Foot. Pain in the heels. Bruised pain in the right great toe.
Generalities.
One appears intoxicated. Pulsations in the arteries, felt over the whole body. Weary with everything, even of talking. General feebleness and prostration. Desire to walk, which scarcely satisfies, and changes to desire to rest. One prefers to lie upon the left side rather than upon the right, and, at times, it seems better to lie upon the back.
Skin.
Dryness of the skin. Redness of the whole skin. Red spots over the whole skin. Slightly jaundiced hue of the skin. Yellowish spots on the skin. Miliary rash. Miliary rash, in a nursing child. Furuncles, with pain and fever. Eruption of itching pimples, on the face. Red spots on the face and arms, in a child. Eruption of red points on the nates, with itching an heat.
Vesications, as from a burn, with purulent secretion from the groin, and in the folds of the skin about the neck. Eruption on the thighs. Prickling sensation, as from a thorn, over the whole body. Prickling over the arch of the orbit. Skin of the face burning. Burning itching in the left cheek, near the mouth.
Itching in the axillae. Itching in the pubis. Itching on the scrotum. Itching of the forearms, at night. Itching on the backs of the hands. Itching on the tip of the left thumb.
Sleep.
Incomplete yawning. Sleepiness during the day. Starting up during sleep. Late falling asleep, in the evening. Sleeplessness, at night. Sleeplessness, in infants. Restlessness, at night, in a child. Lascivious dreams, with emissions.
Fever.-Chilliness.
Attack of coldness, in the evening, principally in the hands.
Alternations of cold and heat. The suffering part is colder than the rest of the body. Coldness of the head. Hands cold. Hands alternately cold and hot. Constant sensation of coldness of the feet. Coldness of the extremities of the feet. The toes are always cold. Heat. Fever, followed by thirst. Febrile attack, at noon, with general or partial coldness. Attack of fever, at noon.
Fever, which was manifested by perspiration. Attacks of fever during the night. Fever at night, sweat in the morning. Fever at night, in an infant. Attack of general heat, followed by a sensation of coldness in the head. Heat over the whole skin.- Flushes of heat in the head, followed by a sensation of cold.
Heat on the head, on waking. Heat and itching over the head. Heat and redness of the external ear. Face heated, especially the right side. Flushes of heat in the face, worse in bed. Hands very hot. Sweat on the palms of the hands.
Conditions.-Aggravation.
(Noon), Fever.
(Evening), Pain in head; coldness.
(Night), Toothache.
(During evacuation), Burning and itching in anus.
(Emotional excitement), Palpitation of heart.
(Going upstairs), Pain in kidneys.
(Lying down), Vertigo.
(Laughing), Heat in lower abdomen.
(Mental efforts), The symptoms.
(On rising from bed), Vertigo.
(Sitting), Vertigo.
(Stooping). Pain in scapulae; lancinations in shoulders.
Amelioration.
(Lying on back), Pain in kidneys.
(Urinating), Weakness of limbs.
(Walking), Vertigo.
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.