Respiratory organs
Frequent hacking cough. Dry cough. Difficulty of breathing and anxiety in the chest, after the usual breakfast, at 9 A.M. (second day).
Chest
Transient oppression of the chest, in the region of the lower true rib of the right side (from the vapor). When walking, he feels a pressure across the lower half of the chest, with oppression of breathing, at 10 P.M. (third day). Darting- tearing pain in the chest. A few sudden jerks, like electric shocks, below the right axilla. Sudden stitches in the chest and in the region of the liver, from within outward, causing him to start in a fright, at 2 P.M. (third day). Frequent stitches in the chest, during a slow horseback ride, at 5 P.M. (third day). Violent stitches and pressing from within outward, in the region of the last ribs, when standing, at 8 P.M. (third day). Dull stitch, resembling a pressing from within outward, in the left side of the chest (below the axilla), during an inspiration especially a deep inspiration; the stitch lasts as long as the inspiration; external pressure excites likewise a sore pain.
Back and Neck
Piercing drawing, with pressure from the nape of the neck to the occiput, when bending the head backwards, at 11 A.M. (after two hours). Drawing pain in the back. Rheumatic pains in the scapulae. Intense pain in the left lumbar region above the hip, as if he had strained the part much, worse when standing, and especially when sitting, than when walking. A drawing transversely across the small of the back, in the evening, when in bed (first day).
Extremities
After walking a little, he feels a stiffness and painful weariness in the bends of the arms and knees, at 5 P.M. Rheumatic pains in the limbs. In the muscles of the left arm, from the shoulder down to the fingers, a very painful drawing, mixed with single stitches; a sort of tearing, which is neither increased or decreased by any position of the limb; after taking at second dose the tearing returned much more violently (although it had disappeared for several hours); it disappeared afterwards while walking, after a violent stitch in the knee (so violent that she was scarcely able to walk), and was replaced by a pain which moved up and down from the knee to the toes, and back again (felt less when walking than when sitting); finally it affected likewise the right foot, although less. Slow painful drawing and jerking, as if in the bones of the upper and lower extremities when sitting quietly. Repeated darts as of electric sparks in the middle of the left thigh, when standing, followed by a bruised pain in the same part. Bruised pain in the limbs. Paralytic numbness in the limbs. Paralytic pain in the knees, elbows and shoulder-joints when ceasing to walk (after four hours).
Upper Limbs
Shoulder. When laying the left arm on the table and bending it, while writing, a drawing pain in the deltoid muscle, from above downward, and in the bend of the elbow; if he lets the arm hang down the drawing changes into a feeling of heaviness, pervading the whole arm as far as the fingers, as if the limb were turgid with blood (after three-quarter of an hour). A stinging pain in the region of the posterior border of the deltoid muscle, at 11 P.M. (second day). Smarting pressure, as from an excoriation or dull stitch, as with a hard blunt instrument, in the region of the shoulder and in other places. Arm. Dull pressure, as with the tip of a finger, in the region of the head of the humerus. Crampy darting tearing, like an electric shock, repeatedly through the humerus, in the bone, intensely painful. Crampy drawing in the region of the biceps, in the right upper arm, from above downward, while writing (from the vapor). Sudden crampy drawing (a sort of jerking) in the muscles of the upper arm, just above the bend of the elbow and in the outer muscles of the thigh, at noon (fourth day). Elbow. Pain as if bruised in the bends of the elbows, when writing, afterwards extending as a drawing pain along the biceps muscle of the upper arm, from 7 to 9 P.M. (third day). (Tearing in the elbow-joint). Stitches below the tip of the elbow, the tip of the elbow, at 6 P.M. (second day). Forearm. Tearing in the inner side of the forearm, from below upward, at 4 P.M. (third day). Hand. Tremor of the hands, heat and redness of the cheeks, with warmth of the rest of the body, while writing; at 10 A.M. (third day). Sudden violent jerks in the hand, which disappear again immediately; the place is afterwards painful to touch. Fingers. Stitches in the middle phalanges of the fingers, in the bones, at 11 P.M. (third day). Crampy jerks through the thumb, as if caused by electricity, several times.
Lower Limbs
Hip. Twitching and jerking in the muscles of the right hip. Paralytic pain from the ischiatic region and great trochanter of the right side down to the patella, so that walking was very difficult. Feeling of heat like a burning pain in the left hip in bed, at 11 P.M. (third day). Thigh. Drawing in the outer side of the thighs from above downwards; it is felt only when extending the lower limb sideways; early in the morning (after two hours). Crampy pain in the front part of the thigh, extending as far as the groin, at 10 P.M. (second day). Pain as if bruised from the middle of the right thigh to above the knee, along the outer side, while riding in a carriage, especially when the carriage jolts; in the afternoon (after six to eight hours). Crampy tearing (tearing- darting) pain in the outer side of the thigh, extending into the skip; in the afternoon (fourth day). When beginning to walk, especially when making a false step, a clawing pain above the bend of the right knee, at 4 P.M. (second day). Knee. Excessive weakness in the bends of the knees of the knees, with a bruised pain transversely across the thighs and in the small of the back, in the morning after rising (after ten hours, third day). Dull pressure recurring at intervals above the left knee, transversely across the thigh; afterwards descending again from the thigh to the knee. Tensive pain from the bend of the knee through the whole calf, when sitting; at 1 P.M. (second day). Pain in the patellae (fourth day). Tearing in the bends of the knees when sitting or standing; from 11 to 12 P.M. (second day). After a violent stitch in the left knee she feels a pain extending from the knee to the toes, and back again, afterwards affecting also the other limb; preceded by pain from the shoulder to the fingers. Leg. Excessive heaviness and lassitude of the legs when standing, going off when sitting (after a quarter of an hour). Bruised pain in the front part of the middle of the tibiae when walking, as if the bones had been broken in that part, and had not entirely healed (continuing for days). Lassitude and tension in the calves when standing, in the afternoon (third day). Heaviness in the calves; when walking she feels as if she could not get a along. Twinging pain in the outer side of the calf, when sitting, at P.M. (second day). When laying the right limb across the left, tearing in the left calf, at 4 P.M. (second day). Pulsative tearing in the right calf, when sitting, in the afternoon (third day). Even, dull pressure, as with the tip of the finger, on the left side, below the left knee. Stitch in the front region of the tuberosity of the tibia, at 11 A.M. (third day). Ankle. Continuous sticking directly over the left malleolus, in the region of the tendo Achillis, at 1 o’clock (third day). Drawing and a weak feeling along the tendo Achillis, towards the heel, as if the part had lost all strength, when sitting; disappearing when rising from a seat (from the vapor). Pain, as if bruised, in the left ankle, while riding in a carriage, when the carriage jolted, in the afternoon (after six or eight hours). Transient pain as if sprained in the right ankle; the pain came on after running upstairs fast; it was most felt when standing, scarcely when walking; on the contrary, the pain seems to disappear when walking. Sudden pain as if bruised, in the outer malleolus of the right foot; he feels the pain more when standing than when walking. Drawing in the tarsal joints, when sitting, at 4 P.M. (second day). Foot. When sitting, the heels, especially the right heel, feel painful (fourth day). Constant pain in the heels (third day). Stinging and pain in the heels, when sitting (fourth day). Tearing in the balls of the soles, with subsequent warmth, in the afternoon (third day). Darting tearing in the inner border of the right foot, repeatedly, as if caused by electricity (after half an hour). Toes. The tips of the toes feel painful in the evening (fourth day). Heaviness in the tips of the three middle toes, accompanied with a drawing pain, and as if there were subcutaneous ulceration, and with a cooling sensation, as if a current of air were moving through the soles as far as the calves, at 4 P.M. (second day). Tearing in the dorsum of the toes, especially the great toes, from 11 to 12 P.M.
(second day).
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.