Pain; at night;l in upper part; under l. short ribs; near last ribs, in or below heart; in l. side, near middle of sternum, with fulness in chest and short breath; sudden, to l. on lower part of sternum; sudden, just below heart, soon extending towards r, chest, with suffocation, face and hands purple, falling down, feeling as of rapid swelling of lining membrane of air-passages, including nose, which was stopped. Bruised pain. Sore feeling nose, which was stopped. Bruised pain. Sore feeling (Phos). Fulness, with tension and pressure; feeling of F., constriction or suffocation, (<) horizontal position, with difficult, anxious breathing. Oppression; at bottom of sternum; with frequent desire for a deep inspiration (Phos). Trembling in forenoon, with pressure and oppressed breathing. Heart in morning, and in stomach. Melting heat in region of diaphragm as from running violently.
Heart and Pulse
Stinging in region of H. Intermittent pain. Oppression in region of H., with slight suffocation reaching to throat, Palpitation. Rapid, feeble bets of H. Pulse rapid; full and strong; and weak; and small; P. decreased; feeble; scarcely perceptible. slow, irregular, afterwards rapid. Pulseless at wrist.
Clinical Pericarditis, with scanty urine, swollen limbs, bluish lips, great soreness over the region of the heart.
Neck
Swollen glands. Flushed. Rheumatic stitches in r. side of nape; in muscles of r. side, morning on rising, (<) moving had in that direction, (>) moving head in any other direction. Piercing burning pain in spot on l.side, also on occiput and l. arm. Tensive pain extending back of l. ear and over l. side of head. Drawing from nape, extending behind l. ear and over l. side of head. Tension in r. side, beneath and back of ear. Stiffness of l. tendons, painful if he moved the head to opposite side; S. of nape, and small of back. Weight at nape, with tension.
Back
Inward trembling down, with shuddering without coldness, 3 to 5 P.M., more in upper half. Weakness in both sides of spine, as if she could not lie upon it. Pain under scapulae, (<) r.; under scapulae with sore feeling on moving the parts; under scapulae, (<) moving. Pressure on last ribs, posteriorly on l. side of spine, hindering breathing. Bruised sensation ear last ribs, (<) l. Burning stitch in upper part of small of B. Stiffness of small of B.
Extremities
OEdematous swelling. Blood settled under toe and finger nails. Twitching. Unpleasant sensation in inner side of arm from elbow to axilla, and in anterior and inner part of each thigh from near knee to inguinal region.
Clinical Synovitis, especially in the knee, which is swollen and shiny, with stinging pains, extreme sensitiveness (from a bruise). Limbs swollen from dropsy, associated with inflamed kidneys. Inflammation around a nail (panaritium),. with burning stinging and great soreness. Sometimes indicated in dissecting wounds with great swelling.
Upper Extremities
Weakness. Great increase and intensity of odour from axillary glands. Cramp in l. shoulder. Pain in shoulder and upper arm; r. Tensive pain extending from l. shoulder into nape. Drawing in l. biceps. Cramp in r. arm. Swelling of arm and hand, with pain; s. of whole r. arm from sting on r. hand, with enlargement of axillary and cervical glands. Itching sticking in back of arm. Aching in r. ulnar nerve; down l. ulnar nerve,. in bones of arms and fingers. Drawing in r. arm, with burning of anterior surface. Crawling in r. arm, with burning of anterior surface. Crawling in arm as if asleep, (<) l. Sudden darting pain in l. elbow.
Stinging and burning in hands, especially palms, (>) cold water. Sore and red spots on palms. Want of power, with incomplete anaesthesia of hands. Benumbed feeling in r.hand, then itching in palm. Swelling of second r. finger, except tip, especially middle joint in morning, with redness and heat, burning stinging, with tingling, extending up arm to body and down r. side and leg to foot, pain (<) 5 P.M. to 8 A.M., preventing sleep, (<) cold applications, (>) hot applications and gentle rubbing or pinching of end of finger. and gentle rubbing or pinching of end of finger. Burning pricking in finger-tips. Tingling of l. fingers Numbness of fingers, especially tips, about roots of nails, with sensation as if he could shake off the nails: N. of index; l. ulnar fingers. Inward burning about a hang-nail on outside of r. fourth finger.
Lower Extremities
Staggering. Pain as if in bones. Sore feeling in flesh, (>) walking, returning while sitting. Pain in l. hip; in l. knee, outside, over and under knee, especially in front and laterally. Burning stinging in knee. Crawling as if asleep from l. knee to foot. Darting pain in l. outer malleolus. Foot and toes feel swollen and stiff. Feet swollen in evening when taking off boots and socks; with fulness, heaviness and stiffness, with itching, redness and bungling feeling of upper part, fulness and pain in soles and balls of toes, and sensation as if stepping on cushions. Pricking in little toes.
Skin
Purple spots on extremities and purple skin of feet and purple nails of fingers and toes. Redness of hands as far as wrists and feet and ankles. Red stripes along fingers and arms. Red spots on palms, arms and feet. Erythematous redness of trunk, arms and chest, and the body appeared bloated. Elevations, with sensitiveness, without change of color. Swelling on back of neck, so that the head pressed upon the chest. Throbbing in the swelling. Painful red swelling; inflammatory S., r. eye entirely closed, l. almost, cheek and nose level, cheek hung the breast, the breast swollen like a great loaf, S. about joints, with inflammation and itching. Swellings after bites of insects, sore and sensitive to touch; at outer corner of eyebrow.
Itching of face,, arms and legs, with redness and with hard, white elevated patches and ridges the application of cold water distressed him occasionally the legs became cold and blue but in five or ten, minutes they were again red and hot. Itching, red elevations over body, extremities and even ears. Wales covering body, extremities and even ears. Wales covering body, without itching or burning, but with disappearance of other symptoms; white wales covering body. Red and with blotches. Red blotches, with sensitiveness of skin to touch. Blotches on body and on back of hand, with stinging. Inflammation over whole body, with pressure wen rubbed, and white spots like mosquito bits; I., with pain and gangrene; cellular l. ending in suppuration.
Erysipelas of face, with fever, coated tongue and thirst; E. of forearm, with disorder of muscular nerves and with heat, redness, swelling and pain Erysipelatous swelling, hard and white in middle, with sharp pain. Nettlerash; after fever; Over whole body, also with lessening of than usual color of skin, with swelling of face and whole body. Sensitive pimples; in inner cartilage of l. ear. Furuncles and large swellings of every description, or local inflammation attended them with stinging. Sore pustules, with red areola in hair of pubes, with soreness and pain.
Stinging with swelling and inflammation; itching S. in different parts, especially lower limbs. Stinging prickling, burning, smarting and itching all over skin. Pricking; all over body; especially on back and palms of hands, face, forehead and under eyes, chiefly in circumscribed spots. Burning in various portions, with stinging; especially on back, which itched. Burning like prickly heat on back, arms and hands and after scratching, itching and blotches like nettle-rash.
Sensitiveness to touch; every hair is painful when touched. Full and constricted feeling on forehead and face, then swelling, with red streaks on face, swelling extending to body and limbs, and urticaria over whole body. Crawling in l. finger; as from insects on inner side of r. knee in morning; of feet, with itching; as after freezing.
Itching; (>) scratching; over r. eyebrow; on back of hand and upper part of feet; of r. hand, with chapping and after scratching blotches like nettle-rash; on outer pat of l. wing of nose, with soreness r., sometimes l.; I of stinging of face, ears, throat, hands and wrists. Stinging itching on posterior surface of r. thigh, like flea bites, in afternoon, (>) scratching, then on r. arm. Burning itching, on l. thigh, especially posteriorly; in spots in palm, (<) l.; at 9 P.M. on backs of hands, knuckles, joints of fingers (<) r., then chapping; in evening, beginning in arms, spreading over whole body; over whole body, with red pimples, thicker on chest and back than on face and arms.
Clinical Valuable for urticaria, erysipelas and oedematous swellings, always with extreme sensitiveness to touch and with stinging burning pains.
Sleep
Yawning; mornings. Sleepiness; in morning; in morning, will not rise, feels as if beaten, must stretch herself with vertigo. Sleeplessness; and the brain has no rest day or night, with restlessness and loose, urgent stools at night. Restless sleep, with inclination to frequent waking and incessant dreams. Terrified starting in evening sleep from a noise. Frequent waking, with vexatious dreams of business cares. Dreams; full of care and toil, of traveling, mostly by railroad.
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.