Pimples like chicken-pox, with pus at the tips, surrounded by large red areola, in various points on the thighs, elbows, and forearms. In evening, found on outer side of right lower leg nearer the knee than the ankle, a rather large red pimple, tender to touch, with slight redness and swelling, perceptible to touch around it (fourth day); the pimple had a white head (pus), sometimes painful on walking (fifth day); the pimple is now a rather large irregular pustule, with a well-defined red areola; tender to touch; it is just like varicella, except in its irregularity (sixth day); areola fading; pustule discharges a little pus on pressure (seventh day); a slight scab where pustule had been (eighth day); scab easily rubbed off (ninth day); slight remains of scab (tenth day); slight desquamation where the circumference of the areola had been (twelfth day); scarcely any remains of it (thirteenth day). An ulcerating pustular eruption on the right foot ball heals. Pimples, like real chicken-pox on the knees; they suppurate, do not itch and disappear in eighteen hours. Several small ulcers on the face followed for a long time by bluish spots. The skin of the navel becomes sore and ulcerated for a long time. Ulcer on the finger, with painful glandular swelling in the axilla, healing within three days. An ulcer on the right foot that has healed, becomes painful again, and on the malleolus there are two small openings, which exude a little watery lymph, with occasional violent burning and sticking through the heels, and up to the knee; this pain was relieved by continued eructations. Some moisture discharged from an old furuncle, with sticking in it, also itching of recently-healed furuncle (thirty-sixth day). A furunculus behind the right ear continued a long while, and formed a scab, from which exuded a glutinous moisture; this soon dried and fell off, when another formed; it was sensitive to touch, and lasted four whole weeks.
Furuncles on the neck, which speedily and easily (within one to three days) became ripe, and discharged a quantity of matter.
Small boils in the neck and hollows of the knees, which heal after five days. Several small furuncles on the nape of the neck, which gradually dried up (after twelve months). An itching boil, with a large red areola, near the small of the back. A small suppurating boil on the back (sixtieth day). A large furuncle, stimulating a carbuncle, on the right side of the lower abdomen, with swollen glands in the right axilla, suddenly breaks out with a very exhausting fever, but suppurates in a normal manner, and then gradually heals; followed by improvement and cure of a gonorrhoeal cachexia (sixth month). The furuncle on the mons veneris that had already healed, reopened with sticking pain, and discharged some liquid and blood (thirty-fifth day). A succession of furuncles in the right axilla, with tearing burning pains, becoming abscesses, with sticking, burrowing tearing pains (after twelve months). Furuncles within the right axilla, causing pain in the whole arm. An extremely painful boil in the left axilla. A furuncle in the right axilla, with violent tearing pains, suppurated and discharged much pus; on account of this he passed several sleepless nights, and also on account of violent itching over the whole body, which obliged him to scratch, here and there, with some relief to the itching (after eleven months). An axillary gland becomes indurated, and inflames and suppurates. A small furuncle on the right natis, painfully sensitive to touch and pressure (twelfth day). Boil on the right natis (after six months). An abscess on the right natis (after twelve months). A furuncle in the region of the right trochanter, which at first seemed inclined to disappear soon, but which afterwards became inflamed and very painful, relieved by cold applications (fifteenth day). Profuse bleeding of the condylomata. A panaritium on the first phalanx of the right index finger, with suppuration, which very soon opens, and is followed by a warty induration. Panaritium on the left thumb, coming and going.
Panaritium of the left ring finger, which she had never had before (fourteenth day). A panaritium on the middle finger of the right hand (after thirty-one days). Painful inflamed tubercles on various spots on the body (thirty-first day). Several inflamed tubercles on the face (thirty-sixth day); (eighteenth day).
Subjective. Great sensitiveness of the skin to cool air (twelfth and thirteenth days). Sensation of dryness of the skin, especially of the hands. Tension in the skin of the nape of the neck, on moving the head (after sixteen hours). C(The condylomata about the anus are painfully sore, even to touch). Pinching and cutting pains in the scar of an abscess, in the right axilla (after twelve months). Tickling in the condylomata. Formation of ulcers (after twelve months). Formication of the right hand (after fourteen months). Crawling itching over the whole body.
Sensation of creeping of insects in the face and hands (after twelve months). Creeping, of a handsbreadth wavelike, as though a roll of blood, an inch thick, were forcing itself through a contracted opening, and as though the skin were raised as much as an inch by it, extending from the right to the left shoulder, in the evening in bed (forty-third day). Burning pain in the itching spots of the body, after rubbing. Burning in an eruption after washing, especially in the face and neck. Burning pain in the condylomata when touched. Burning and painful stinging in the condylomata. Burning, as of ants on the neck and upper part of the sternum, where there is nettle rash. An itching burning in the palms of the hands and between the fingers. Burning in the skin of the right lower leg (thirty-first day); (twenty-second day). Burning-itching redness on the ball of the left great toe, as if frozen, worse on walking about (sixty-second day). Sticking pain in the scar of an old ulcer that had existed many years previously (thirty-first day). Stitches in the furuncle that had just healed (thirty-fourth day). Sticking in an old furuncle that was also moist and sensitive when lying upon it (thirty- ninth day). Sticking burrowing pain in the place where an ulcer had been several years before (forty-second day). Sticking pain in the scar of an old ulcer (seventy-ninth day). Frequent sticking, as of needles, especially in the chest, upper and lower extremities. Sticking, as with a fine needle, in the place of an old ulcer that he had thirty years before, the scar of which was now scarcely visible, and in an abscess which he had at the beginning of the proving, a sticking burrowing and boring pain at times (after six months). Violent stitches in the condylomata on the genitals. Fine stitches in the condylomata by the anus when walking. Painful stitches in the skin of the left elbow. Constant biting stitches in the skin of the right patella, with twitching jerking in the skin during the sticking (after half an hour).
Biting on the whole body (thirty-third day). Fine prickings in various parts of the skin, as if with needles, which sometimes changed to a burning (ninth day). Sticking itching over the whole body at night till after 1 o’clock, with no sensation left after rubbing. Violent itching on different parts of the skin, particularly on the breast, with a sensation as if the skin at those points was pierced with many very fine needles, which irresistibly obliged him to scratch (seventh day). Itching over the whole skin, especially on the abdomen, as if covered with an eruption, on going to bed (thirty-first day). Itching over the whole body, especially in the evening and night. Itching and scratching, as though the bed were full of fleas, lasting till after midnight (after eleven months). Itching stinging in the condylomata. Tickling itching in the condylomata. In spots a stitch, leaving behind an itching, as if they had been bitten by fleas or ants. Itching in the face, so that he is obliged to scratch. Violent itching on the nape of the neck and right natis, which were covered with small pimples; the itching commonly alternated between the nape and the natis, and returned every two to four hours, and he was obliged to scratch (after nine months). Itching in the forepart of the neck, provoking scratching. Itching, as from fleabites on the abdomen, back, arms, and lower extremities, especially in the evening and night. Intolerable itching on the groins, occurring every evening on going to bed, not during the day, or only very transiently (twelfth day). Violent itching in places in the upper and lower extremities, back, anus, mostly on getting into bed, with a perfectly clear skin, the itching seems to be internal in the tendons and bones. Itchings on the right knee, left shoulder, on the scrotum and various other places, soon. Crawling itching in the upper arm, followed by fine stitching in a small spot.
Itching on the fingers, as after freezing, on becoming cool (after six months). The inner side of the upper thigh and the parts of the genital organs covered with hair, were very unpleasantly affected with itching and scraping, frequently lasting from five to ten minutes. Violent itching in distinct points on the inner side of the thigh, and on the parts of the genitals covered with hair. Voluptuous itching on the inner side of the back of the right foot (after one hour). Voluptuous itching beneath the toes of the right foot, noticed in all positions (after ten hours and a half).
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.