Extreme prostration and weariness of the limbs. Cramps in hands, feet, and legs (after thirty minutes). Pains in the left knee, and in the palms of the hands and left thumbs, as if they would be stiffened (after five hours and three-quarters, fifth day).
Violent pain in left upper leg and arm, at night (forty-second day). Violent darting pains in the muscles of the arms and hip-joints (thirty-sixth day). Violent pain in the limbs, especially in the feet, with spasmodic jerkings. Rheumatic pains in the arms and legs (fifty-fifth day). Rheumatic pains in right hand and left foot, in the afternoon (twenty-seventh day).
Rheumatic pains in the muscles of the arms and left hand, also in the knees, coming on at short intervals (twelfth day). Rheumatic pains in front of thighs, and in forearms and fingers (twentieth day). Sharp cramp pains in the palm of the left hand and sole of left foot (tenth day). Darting pains in the muscles of the arms and in calf of left leg (third day). Sharp tearing pains in the muscles of the arms and in the right knee, with tremulous feeling (twenty-first day). Cutting pains in the calf of left leg and in the left wrist-joint (eighth day). Sharp cutting kind of pains in the left ankle-joint, and shortly after in the left arm, at 9 A.M. (third day). Sharp pains in the right wrist, and then in the left arm from the shoulder to the wrist (second day).
Sharp pain in the little finger of right hand, and at the same time such an intense aching in the ankles that she must sit down, at 10 A.M. (third day). Tingling of fingers and toes (fifty-third day). Crawling in the limbs after spasms.
Superior Extremities.
In about a half hour washed his hands, and immediately felt a sense of numbness, extending from the thumb to the whole of the hand and wrist, and rapidly to the elbow and shoulder. After two hours I found considerable swelling of the joints of all the fingers, and also of the wrist, but all the numbness had passed off. At the time he despatched the messenger the arm was “enormously swollen, and so dead that he could bang it against the wall without feeling it.” On the following day the arm had recovered its normal size and appearance. Arms rigid and extended (after twenty minutes). Arms stretched out, hands clenched.
Twitching of the arms (after one hour and a half). Jerking and trembling of the arms (twenty-seventh day). He had but little control over his arms; as soon as he let go his grasp on the bedstead they would jerk violently, and continue thus until he laid hold of something solid and immovable. Stiffening and twisted sensation in the arms and hands (twenty-seventh day).
Rheumatic pains in the hands and arms, coming on at intervals during the day (forty-fourth day). Spasmodic jumping of the muscles of the arms, passing off suddenly (sixth day). At night when falling asleep, a peculiar spasmodic jerking, at times in the left arm only, afterwards in the right hand (third day). A peculiar sensation about the arms and neck, accompanied with slight twitching of the muscles (soon). Shoulder. Soreness of the muscles of the shoulders and chest (twenty-second day). Rheumatic pains in the back part of left shoulder, and in the muscles of the arms and legs (fifteenth day). Sharp rheumatic pains in the socket of right shoulder, in the evening (fortieth day). Severe sharp pains in the shoulder-joints and in the muscles of the chest, at 7 P.M. (third day). Sharp darting pains in shoulder and elbows (sixteenth day). Sharp momentary pain in top of left shoulder, shooting down to the breast (after one hour, seventeenth day). Sharp needle like pains in socket of right shoulder (fifty-fifth day). Arm. Soreness of muscles of upper arms, as if beaten, in the evening (thirty-third day). Soreness in the muscles of the arms (forty-fifth day). Tenderness of muscles of upper arms (forty-second day). Keen sharp pains in the back part of the left upper arm and in forepart of thighs, in the afternoon (eighteenth day). Sharp pains in muscles of left upper arm, in the evening (thirty-ninth day). Sharp pains in muscles of upper arms (fifty-second day). Elbow. Sharp pain in the right elbow-joint, coming on at short intervals, at 5 P.M. (sixth day). Sensation as though a drop of cold water was dropping off the right elbow at short intervals, at times as if cold water dropped off the right shoulder (thirtieth day). Wrist.
So much subsultus tendinum, that I was unable to feel his pulse (after six hours). Hand. Trembling of the hands; (twenty-fourth day). Visible twitching in the veins of right hand; it seemed as if the blood had stopped and then flowed on again (forty-seventh day). Hands partially paralyzed, so that he was not able to hold anything between the thumb and fingers; he held the cup awkwardly between the two hands as a bear might do. Hands spasmodically clenched. The left hand feels partially clenched (eleventh day).
Involuntary clenching of the hands, especially when taking hold of anything (twenty-first day). Involuntary clenching of the hands (twenty-seventh day). Stiffening of the hands; she feared to take hold of anything, and when she did she could not grasp it firmly; when stretching out her arms, the hands became involuntarily clenched, at 6 P.M. (fourteenth day). Slight stiffening of left hand (thirty-seventh day). Momentary stiffness of the muscles of the hands, with intense itching of the fingers (forty-third day). Stiffness of the hands (fiftieth night).
Rheumatic pains and momentary stiffness in the hands (twentieth day). Rheumatic pains in the hands (twenty-third day). Rheumatic pains in left hand (forty-second day). Rheumatic pains and stiffness of hands especially the fingers of left hand (forty- ninth day). Rheumatic pains in the hands, with stiffness of the fingers (fiftieth day). Cramplike pains in the palms of the hands; she can scarcely extend them (seventh day). Contractive pains in the palms of the hands, at 10 A.M. (sixth day).
Violent sharp pains in the right hand (nineteenth day). Prickly numbed sensation in the left hand, at intervals during the day (seventh day). Numbed, prickly sensation in the left hand at intervals, and lasting a short time (twelfth day). Fingers. Sharp pain in the right thumb and right great toe, at 5.30 P.M. (fourth day). Sharp needlelike pains in the ends of the fingers and toes (sixteenth day). Sudden, prickly, tingling sensation in the fingers (fiftieth day).
Inferior Extremities.
Painful convulsions of the lower extremities and nape of the neck, with lightning-like pains in the lumbar region constantly shooting. Very rigid tonic contraction of all the muscles of the lower extremities, rendering them fixed in a straight, extended position; no flexion of the legs could be accomplished, either at ankle, knee, or hip, without making use of greater force than I though justifiable; the jaws were also firmly set, and the patient could not open his mouth by any effort he was able to make; the muscles of the trunk, chest, and upper extremities were but slightly, if at all, affected (after seven hours). Lost use of his legs. Loss of power in the lower extremities, Weakness of the lower extremities trembling and loss of power, without loss of consciousness. The gait is feeble and tottering, and a general tremor pervades the whole body on attempting to walk. Hip. Rheumatic pain and stiffness in the hip-joints (twenty-third day). Thigh. Stiffness in the extensor muscles of the thighs, as if they were made of the thigh (twenty-seventh day). Rheumatic pains in the muscles of the thighs, at noon (nineteenth day). Severe aching in right upper leg (fifty-fourth day). Sharp cutting pains in the muscles of the left thigh, and in both arms (fourth day). Sharp needlelike pains in the inner part of the thighs, in the afternoon (twenty-eighth day). Knee.
Slight trembling of the knees (third day). Shaking of the legs, especially the knees (seventeenth day). Extreme stiffness of the knee-joints (eleventh day). Stiffness of the knee-joints (twenty-second day). Stiffness of the knee-joints and the calf of the left leg, in the morning (twenty-fifth day). Sore stiffness in the knees and in the calf of right leg (nineteenth day). Stiff kind of pains in the right knees, when sitting (ninth day).
Rheumatic pains and stiffness of the knees and hips (sixteenth day). Rheumatic pain and stiffness in the knees and hips (twenty- sixth night). Rheumatic pains in right knee (thirty-second day).
Drawing pains, starting from the muscles of the knees.
Keen needlelike pains, at intervals, in the right knee-joint (thirtieth day). Sharp needlelike pains in left knee (fifty-third night). Needle like pains in right knee-joint (seventeenth day).
Sharp cutting pain in the right knee, at night (twenty-third day). Leg. He draws his legs towards his body very slowly, they seem very heavy to him. Trembling in the legs, with a sensation of falling (eleventh day). Shaking of the legs, with stiffening of the muscles, the stiffness being much worse, after sitting (twenty-first day). Trembling of the legs; on rising from he chair she almost falls to the ground, so unsteady and powerless does she feel in the knee-joints; immediately (twenty-fourth day). Trembling of the legs (twenty-seventh day). Sudden jerking of the legs, at night (eighteenth day). Jerking of the eyes, at night (thirty-first day). Hard rigidity of the muscles of the legs (eleventh, fourteenth, and thirty-fourth 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.