Superior Extremities
Shoulder, paralyzed feeling in l., then in r. forearm; painful tension in l., then r. forearm, paralytic pain in l. while sitting; sticking in tendons of r. while using hand; sticking tearing in middle of l., along upper surface, to wrist; tearing in spot on inner surface of l.; tension in tendons of l., while knitting, (>) moving fingers; sudden weakness while knitting; weakness near r. wrist extending to little finger. Stitch in l. external styloid process. Hand; tearing on back of r., in tendons of thumb; tearing in metacarpal bone of index, l. and r. Thumb sticking in ball of l., on flexing, (>) extending thumb; stiff feeling l., twitching tearing as in marrow, between first and second joints of l.; twitching of l. Fingers, fine sticking on l. side of tip of r. index, (>) pressure; tearing on lower surface of third joint of r., little; tearing between little and ring, (<) stretching them.
Inferior Extremities
Weakness. Hip, pinching externally, in r., sticking and drawing into l. thigh; tension in r. in afternoon. Thigh, paralytic pain in middle of r. while sitting, (>) motion; sticking in upper part of l, Sticking in r. knee in evening when standing. Tearing deep in r. instep in afternoon. Tearing sticking in r. heel, extending into sole as far as ball of foot. Sticking in r. sole below heel.
Skin
Dry, white, leathery, pinched look. Face red. Skin of hands dry and shrunken, especially palmar surface. Painful boil on sacral region.
Sleep
Sleepiness; in afternoon; (>) open air.
Fever
Chilliness, internal and external; internal and external, with sleepiness, in forenoon; coldness in, around and behind r. ear, seeming to be in bone; of feet and limbs, nearly to knees. Shivering on entering house. Heat general; glowing feeling over whole body; morning on waking; heat of head; and burning in face; rushing to head; in forehead, with pressure; in face; with full sensation; burning on r. side of nose, then as with a glowing needle externally in pit of stomach; heat extending up back in afternoon; burning externally in small of back, (>) rubbing; general peripheral warmth. Sweat; on forehead.
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.