Extremities
Heaviness in the limbs. Acute pain in all the joints. Soon after she partially lost the use of her right arm, and of her left leg.
Superior Extremities
She could only advance the arm from the body a short distance.
But little use of the right arm. He had no control over his hand and arm while attempting to write. She could raise the shoulder blade and bend the arm in the elbow, but the hand fell with a jerk into the position in which she wished to place it. Pain as from a sprain in the muscles of the left upper arm (third day).
Drawing in the bones of the upper arms in the morning (second and third days). Trembling of the hands (after one and a half hours).
Fingers insensible and asleep in the evening (first day).
Inferior Extremities
She limped with the left foot and dragged the leg in walking.
Tottering gait (after one and a half hours). Drawing and tearing in the right hip-joint. Drawing in both thighs, along the course of the large vessels. Drawing in the thighs, with colic, as if he menses would appear, though she had had them eight days previously. Drawing in outer side of the right thigh, as if in the fascia lata. Drawing along the thighs. Drawing paralytic pain in the left thigh (after thirty-six hours). When standing or walking his feet were placed far apart. Pains in the feet. The ankle-joint was stiff.
Generalities
Symptoms of general excitement. Condition resembling intoxication. When dressing or undressing, though his feet were placed very far apart, his body swayed forwards and backwards.
The symptoms resembled those of malignant cholera. The lightness on walking is absent, the muscles seem stiff, he walks slowly and bent over like an old man (after twelve hours). Remarkable stiffness of the whole body (second day). Occasional subsultus (after three hours). Slightly convulsed. At intervals of ten or fifteen minutes, violent convulsive paroxysms occurred, producing the most frightful opisthotonos. Weakness through the day (first day). Sense of general weakness. Tired and unable to walk; staggered and fell. Weakness and prostration, which unfitted him for every work for two or three days. Very transient weakness.
Strength so completely exhausted, that the limbs on being raised fell heavily back by their own weight. Muscles relaxed (after three hours). Prostration. The whole body feels sick, with vertigo and dulness of the head. Felt faint. Fainted away.
Neuralgic pain in various parts of the body, especially in one or other of the lower extremities. During the two previous years he had been unable to ride on horseback.
Skin
Applied to the skin, turpentine produces rubefaction, and sometimes a vesicular eruption. A scarlet eruption on the skin has been observed to succeed the internal administration. Scarlet eruption broke out upon the body (after five hours, second day).
Often there suddenly appears upon the skin erythematous, papular, often vesicular eruptions, analogous to those caused by certain forms of sea-food. Nettle rash eruption. Herpes on the lips not infrequent. An exanthema, like scarlet rash, breaks out at first on the affected knee, extending down to the ankle, then breaks out on the chest and on the right foot, and gradually extends over the largest part of the body, though it disappears within a day (after five hours). At 8.45, ten drops of Terebinth., that had been standing in water at Fahr., were dropped upon the elbow; it was followed by two successive applications of 10 drops each, after which there was a sensation of some warmth in the bend of the elbow; again 10 drops were applied twice, and there was some itching on the spot. Again 10 drops, at 9 o’clock again 10 drops; the water had now a temperature of 122; this was followed by some redness of the bend of the elbow, and the blood vessels of the corium were distended. The itching increased. The oil flowed down both sides and spread over the internal condyle. The concentration of the oil at one point increased and accelerated its action. After fifteen minutes the 70 drops had already caused considerable redness. Increasing itching provoked scratching, which, however, was avoided on account of this increasing hyperaemia. At 9.12 the itching was associated with some burning. 5 drops were repeatedly applied after 9 o’clock, between 9 and 9.5 as many as eleven times. At 9.15 the whole elbow was somewhat red; on the side over which a large part of the oil had flowed there was considerable itching. In the bend of the elbow the burning increased. The dropping was continued, and at 9.20 the redness had extended transversely across the middle of the bend of the elbow, and the burning increased, and the dropping now became somewhat painful; the part began to burn acutely and fine stitches were felt. The dropping was continued. At 9.25, sticking burning, which increased and became very acute. The redness now spread over the whole bend of the elbow, and the skin became sensitive to touch.
By 9.30, 140 drops had been applied to the elbow. The burning was quite severe. Every new dropping caused increase of the burning.
The breath from the mouth was felt more acutely over the bend of the elbow than over other parts, and caused transient burning.
9.31, burning continued and was quite violent, the reddened cutis was swollen, and when brushed with a feather or the finger, was decidedly more numb than natural. 9.34, the burning increased, there appeared a bright rosy redness with some swelling, numbness, burning stinging pain, and painfulness to touch. 9.40, very violent burning stinging in the whole bend of the elbow, extending also over the whole inner half of the joint to the olecranon process. 9.43, excessive itching and burning, as from the heat of a fire. 9.45, dropped the last five drops, followed by increase of the burning and stinging, with somewhat diffused burning, which was in some degree pulsative; associated with a feeling of pressure and tension over the whole surface, which was red, and sometimes a deep sensation of pulsation. At times stitches were felt over the whole surface, at other times only here and there in the reddened place. The stitches increased to a certain point, and then diminished. There was also at times a sensation of soreness like a smarting. 9.50, the rosy redness and burning continued, with stitches and increased heat; the thermometer was 98.3 Fahr., against 95 in the right elbow. 10 o’clock, the burning continued, the redness was very great, with swelling of the cutis, sensation of heat, numbness, increased sensitiveness, swelling of the hair-follicles; the burning was worse on the inner side of the joint, and pressure caused pain, followed by aggravation of the burning. On the second day there was still some redness, the sensation of touch was not yet normal, and the skin was somewhat sensitive, with increased warmth. On the third day, after some pain during the night, the skin of the elbow was found to be spotted with circumscribed dark redness of the bend of the elbow. On the fourth day there were dark-red spots, some of which were intensely red. The appearance in general was similar to extravasation of blood; in the evening of the same day there were found to be at least five spots in which the epidermis had been completely raised by exudation, and touch caused sore pain. Further account of this erythema is unnecessary. Desquamation and recovery followed. General increased sensibility of the skin of the extremities, especially of the lower extremities, at times associated with very acute pains, followed the course of the large nerves. Burning itching in the skin of the right groin.
Sleep
He became very drowsy, and found it very difficult to keep awake.
The day-nap did not interfere with his night’s rest. Sleepiness in the evening (first day). Unusual sleepiness. Sleeplessness and excitement. Cannot fall asleep for two hours at night, and tosses about the bed. Restless sleep, frequent waking and tossing about, for over a week. Awoke alarmed, but unable to cry out (after two or three hours). (The former habitual dreams disappeared). He had scarcely fallen asleep when he was awakened by nightmare. Anxious dream.
Fever
Chilliness. Chilliness (after half an hour). Violent chill (after one hour and a half). Extremely cold surface. Incessant tossing about the bed, on account of violent cold. Extremities and surface generally cold (after three hours). Heat. Fever. Feverish heat over the whole body. General rise of the animal temperature.
It causes heat, accompanied by sweating of the lower limbs, especially in that affected, and along the course of the nerve affected; it is remarkable that the more violent the pain the more probable it is that it will prove of service. Warmth of the skin. Skin hot, sweaty. Heat of the trunk (after one hour and a half). Sweat. Copious perspiration. Profuse perspiration on the lower extremities, in the evening in bed. Cold and clammy perspiration all over the body.
Aggravation
(Morning), While sitting pain in the kidneys; nausea.
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.