Clinical Inflammation of diaphragm, with feeling of pain and soreness marking the attachments of the diaphragm.
Heart
Pricking pain, impeding respiration and motion of body. Acute pain, with stitches, causing loud cries (Spigelia), with obstruction of breath. Heavy pain, (<) pressure. Heaviness and pressure. Constrictive as by an iron band (Amyl. n.). Sensation as if a reptile were moving backward, (<) by day. Drawing.
Increased action all forenoon, and on walking pulsation in chest, with anxiety; beating, (<) lying on side at night, with pulsation in chest, and with anxiety and restlessness. Rapid, short, irregular beats on rapid motion. Violent irregular beats, with pressure and heaviness; violent irregular beats, towards evening, from a sudden movement while sitting; on slow walking, rising from a chair, turning suddenly. Single irregular beats, with necessity inspire deeply. Small, quick, irregular pulsations in morning on moving in bed. Violent beat on slow walking in the room, with tightness of chest and deep breathing.
Palpitation (Spigelia, etc.), (<) walking, and at night when lying on l. side; on sitting and lying in evening, (<) lying in back, with oppression at heart; at night in bed, with pulsation in upper part of chest; on standing and sitting, with anxiety at heart; at beginning of any motion, with anxiety in chest rising into throat, but continued walking does not bring on P.; from rapid motion, such as suddenly stooping or rising from a seat, and from excitement, not from rapid walking; in small, irregular beats, from slight excitement or deep thought, with necessity for deep inspiration. Nervous palpitation, augmented gradually at occurrence of catamenia. Heart symptoms felt on waking at night and changing position, as in daytime. Symptoms so violent when beginning to walk that he must stand still and inspire deeply, the same occurred on ascending and descending stairs.
Clinical Cardiac dropsy, with labored breathing, oedematous extremities, inability to lie down. Nosebleed, with hard, violent action of the heart and constriction. Acute inflammation of heart, pericardium and endocardium. Hypertrophy of heart. Violent palpitation. Angina pectoris. In all these diseases there is present the characteristic feeling as if an iron hand prevented the normal action of the heart, with suffocation, cold sweat, etc.
Pulse
Irregular. Hard and sudden, but not rapid.
Back
Pain in spine, worse in lumbar region, pressing down gluteal muscles to inferior extremities. In muscles of lower r. side; extending into gluteals, in morning before rising, lasting all day.
Extremities
Tearing in joints, now in shoulder, now in elbows, now in fingers, (<) r. side. Pain towards evening; P. in various joints. Drawing in fingers, toes, knees and ankles. Drawing pain in axilla and in neighboring part of chest anteriorly, affecting the nerves, in bed, before sleep. Tearing in l. shoulder-joint; in shoulders and arms, at first worse in joints, afterwards worse in long bones. Constriction of shoulders, so that he could not move them. Tearing through l. arm; drawing, in r. arm in morning on waking, lasting through forenoon, after rising it extends into r. wrist. Numbness of l. arm at night, with pricking in little finger. Weariness of arms, with heaviness. Oedema of hands, (<)
l.
Lower Extremities
Pain in knees; waking him at night, extending from r. knee-cap to outer side of leg, (<) slightest motion of leg. Weariness of legs in morning after rising, with heaviness in them and with sleepiness. (OEdema of legs up to knees, the skin shines and pressure with fingers leaves an impression for a long time); (O. of feet up to inferior third of legs). Cramplike pain in r. sole when walking.
Skin
Dry, scaly herpes (Arsenicum) at outside of elbows, r., then l.; on internal malleoli, l., then r. Formication of arms, (<) l., with weight and difficulty in rising them. Itching on lower part of tibia; on ankles; on abdomen in evening on undressing, and on calves; like stings of insects, on chest and abdomen every evening, (>) in bed on going to sleep, afterwards it appeared during the day, (>) at evening.
Sleep
Sleepiness, lay down early and slept well all night with his clothes on; S. as after severe illness. Sleeplessness; in evening and night from arterial pulsations in pit of stomach and in r. ear; the forepart of the night on account of rush of ideas, then restless sleep; the first hours in the evening, then sudden waking; with pulsations in both ears. Restless sleep. Interrupted sleep, and the next morning fatigue as if he had not slept at all. Delirium at night, ceasing on waking, but returning as son as he goes to sleep. Voluptuous dreams, with painful erections; V. dreams, with emission of semen.
Fever
Shivering, which passes off quickly towards 2 P.M. Chilliness towards 10 P.M.; at night; with chattering of teeth. Fever every
day at the same hour (Cedron), chill at 1 P.M., then heat, dyspnoea, pulsating pain in uterine region, ending in sweat, then form 11 P.M. till 12 A.M. complete apyrexia. Chill, then fever and headache, ending at 4 P.M. in sweat; C., then heat, which causes shortness of breath and madness, so that he cannot remain quiet in bed. Coldness in back and icy-cold hands, although he took warm soup and his face and hands became hot. Heat at night, with headache, dyspnoea and inability to remain lying; H. in head and face, causing madness and anxiety. Copious sweat after the hot stage.
Clinical Intermittent fever, paroxysms about midday (11 A.M.), the paroxysms may be incomplete in their stages, accompanied by haemorrhages, especially from the bowels; coldness predominates, not (>) heat; it may be followed immediately by cold sweat, with terrible anguish; in one case (a child) the paroxysm was accompanied by convulsions and haemorrhage from the bowels.
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.