Urinary Organs
Pressure upon bladder during and after micturition. (Drawing in urethra.) Constant desire to urinate.
Respiratory Organs
Stitches and constriction in larynx, making respiration short and jerking, the constriction(>) by hacking cough. Cough from irritation in throat caused by inspiration. Cough from mucus in chest, which rises into throat and causes difficult breathing, then cough with expectoration. Expectoration by hawking and cough. Respiration short at night; short, with constricted feeling in throat and hacking cough. (Whistling when beginning to cough.).
Chest
Twitchings in region of clavicle. Stitches during respiration; stitch on l. side near pit of stomach. Pressure on; in r. side, at regular intervals; in region of last ribs, as with the back of a knife. Painful stretchings in l. side. Burning in r. half, more external than internal. Lungs, stitches during inspiration; on deep inspiration; in r. during inspiration; deep-seated in l., at every inspiration, arresting breathing; pain as if constricted with a sharp wire; l., or as if cut into by the wire.
Neck
Spasmodic contractions of l. cervical muscles, with bending of head towards l. side, the contractions (>) by washing face with cold water, but returning on drying face. Pain in l. side of nape as if a bundle of muscular fibres had been displaced by violent exertion, afterwards extending over head and shoulders. Paralytic pain as if bruised in muscles of nape when moving them. Sensation in muscles of nape as if the cravat were too tight, or as if parts were pressed by a blunt edge. Weight about neck and sensation as if muscles were compressed by a cravat.
Back
Stitches below scapulae. Pain across the spinal column from one crista ilii to the other as if the flesh were torn or pulled towards the outer side, in tearing jerks, when walking. Bruised pain; along inner border of r. scapula on touching or moving it inward. Paralytic pain as if bruised when standing or sitting, (>) lying. Burning pain in small of back white sitting, with stitches.
Extremities
Lightness, he is not aware of having a body. Occasional twitching and tearing pains. Bruised feeling.
Upper Extremities
Axilla, pressure in l., as with a rough piece of board; sudden aching in l., as with a rough piece of board; sudden aching in axillary glands. Shoulders, tearing stitches; sprained pain when moving arm. Arm, tearing in l.; contractive tensive pain in deltoid when laying hand on table, or when it lies there; discomfort and exhaustion of arm when lying on table; paralytic weakness. Wrist, drawing paralytic pain in l.; sudden drawing and burning pain extending from wrist through thumb and index. Fingers, drawing, evening in bed.
Lower Extremities
Weakness when ascending stairs; weakness as if not rested by sleep.
Thigh.- Spasmodic contractions near r. knee, (>) extending limb. Lancinating tearing in l. Sudden digging in upper muscles of l. Pain in hip; r. hip; in hip-joint and middle of thigh on touching or walking; in hip-joint and middle of thigh when stepping, with paralyzed feeling in the limb; drawing, in hips when walking; drawing and tensive, in head of l. and further on, (<) walking. Pressure above bend of r. knee as from something hard and blunt. Sensation from r. hip-joint to knees as if it would go to sleep. Weariness and bruised feeling in thighs and knees and in a fit of ague.
Knee.- Tearing stitches. Drawing; in tendons of hollows, evenings in bed. (Clucking in hollow.) Uneasiness in l., causing one to move about. Weakness, with staggering if not very careful, (>) washing face with cold water, but returning after drying face. Twitching in calf. Bruised feeling in l. tibia. L. leg feels asleep and foot is insensible as when very cold, and as if dead. Sudden stitches in sole. (Toes painful as if frozen.) Drawings in toes, evening in bed.
Skin
Itching below l. temple, beginning with fine stinging. Itching as from a flea-bite in front, below r. axilla.
Sleep
Frequent yawning. Drowsiness by day; drowsy and out of humor, (>) walking in open air. Sleep restless every other night, cannot easily fall asleep. Nightly vexing dreams about insults received.
Fever
Chilliness when drinking. Shaking over whole body. Chilliness and shivering. Shaking over whole body. Chilliness and shivering, without thirst. C., with gooseskin, cold hands, cold and blue face. Shaking chills in evening, with faintness, especially in knee and small of back, without first, with cold hands and hot forehead. Shuddering, with disgust and nausea. Shivering, with heat in face. C. after the hot feeling, the heat in head and face remaining, with shivering on slightest motion. C. when seated and not well covered, or when moving, but heat as soon as he covers himself, sometimes with rigors. C. all day, when sitting or lying still and keeping covered he feels only pain i eyes and forehead and pressure on pit of stomach, and sometimes external heat, but during exercise in room or exposure to open air he feels chilly, with scarcely any thirst, but when walking fast or entering warm room from open air, or when becoming heated by animated talking in room, or after dinner, or when in warm bed he feels better. Fever all day, chilliness in forenoon, then after midday nap hot feeling externally, with internal rigor and thirst. Feeling as if a. cold wind blew on him, with coldness to touch, gooseskin, then heat (in afternoon), with slimy mouth, dryness in throat and thirst, then coldness as before, then in evening heat, continuing in bed, with necessity to uncover his hands and with dryness of palate. Cold feeling above l. ear. Rigor in back (suddenly, from biting on a hard crust). Coldness of hands, with warmth of arms and rest of body, still they are covered with gooseflesh, and he has violent chills.
Heat; as if sweat would break out. Heat after chills, especially in face and palm, with return of the symptoms in ears. Heat of forehead and scalp, with shivering and chilliness, no thirst, pulse strong and quick. R. external ear hot to touch; warmth in region of r. external meatus auditorius, with sensation as if a membrane were stretched across it. Warm feeling in cheeks; l. cheek.
Sweat in evening immediately after lying done; at night; when sitting still; easily; on upper part of body and upper extremities.
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.