Clinical Membranous dysmenorrhoea in persons of a Calcarea habit.
Respiratory Organs
Rattling on expiration, as from mucus in chest. Tickling, which provokes cough. The cough becomes loose, with expectoration of large pieces like purulent matter. Breathing difficult, (>) bending shoulders backward.
Clinical A most brilliant cure was made of an obstinate membranous bronchitis, which for months had resisted all the treatment; the paroxysms recurred every two or three weeks; each time it seemed as if the patient would die, until extensive casts of the membrane of the bronchi were expectorated; entirely cured by this drug.
Chest
Stitches beneath r. ribs; broad, in muscles at every beat of the heart; outward in r. side; outward beneath l. axilla, (<) inspiration; out through spine, between scapulae, itching, (<) expiration, (>) rubbing. Cutting outward in lowest ribs, (<) inspiration. Anxiety, as if too narrow, (<) sitting, with short breath, with aching in chest, (<) inspiration, the heart beating anxiously and trembling. Constrictive, anxious sensation, as if there were not room enough to beat, with stoppage of nose. Anxious constriction and difficult breathing, like a tension in lower chest, almost suffocation on motion and when sitting.
Heart and Back
Sticking-drawing pain in praecordial region. Jerks from posterior wall of chest to between scapulae, synchronous with beat of heart, with anxiety. Stitches on inner side of scapula; in middle of spine on walking in open air, (>) when standing; in a spot above small of back on touch; jerking, in sacrum and at same time above ankle. Cutting. Pressing-out pain in r. loin, transiently (>) touch.
Upper Extremities
Pain in shoulders. Stitches in axillae. Upper arm, jerking in l.; tearing-jerking; tearing -stitching in muscles of l. when siting; pinching (with tearing) in muscles on walking in open air. Tearing in muscles of l. forearm; with boring stitches; cramplike tearing in muscles of l. forearm. Cramplike pain in forearm, in front of elbow; in outer side of F. near l. wrist. Sprained pain just above wrist, (<) rest. Stitches in outer condyles of wrists. Crawling and sticking in wrist.
Lower Extremities
Soreness between nates when walking. Pinching-jerking on posterior side of hip-joint, (<) rest. Stitches on outer side above l. knee; on inner side of l. thigh when sitting; cramplike, in muscles of r. thigh when standing and walking, (>) sitting; tearing, on inner side above knee even sitting. Tearing on inner side of thigh on motion; in hip-joint and about anterior crest of ilium on motion, extending into groin. Cutting in socket of hip- joint when sitting. Bruised pain in muscles of thigh when walking. Drawing, sprained pain in hip-joint when walking.
Stitches in r. knee. Pain in knees when turning or touching them; in l. knee, even during rest; drawing cramplike, on knee- cap, sprained, in l. knee-cap when siting, (>) walking an standing. Tearing-jerking in forepart, below knee during rest. Aching in l. tibia near ankle when walking in open air; intermittent, in calf. Cramplike pain close to fibula when sitting. Bruised pain in leg when lying, especially in lower leg; below patella on walking in open air; in leg, as if weary, he was obliged to change frequently from one place to another. Drawings in legs extending to tips of toes.
Swelling of l. external malleolus. Cramp in soles and toes at night, and on drawing on the boots during the day; in soles after walking, (>) continuing to walk, and ceased when sitting. Cramplike pain in l. sole. Stitches in last joint of great toe during rest; in little toe, as if outside of it; intermitting cramplike, in r. toe when sitting and standing, (>) walking.
Skin
Inflamed swelling below patella. Pimple beneath lobule of ear, causing tensive pain in joint of jaw on chewing; P. in middle of cheek, that became moist after scratching, then greenish crusts. Pustule above l. eyebrow. Ulcer on cheek, with sticking. Crawling beneath eye and on side of nose. Itching below calves; on a spot where there was a tetter years previous; tickling, on index finger. Itching-tickling on border of l. hand; itching-sticking tickling in r. palm.
Sleep
Frequent yawning, as if he had not slept enough. Sleepiness in morning, with fretfulness and pain in forehead. S. in evening, with fretfulness. Sleeplessness nearly all night, with tossing about and general sweat. Restless sleep, with talking and frequent walking. Frequent walking as if he had slept enough; as from some disturbance; on account of tossing about, and he thought he was lying turned around in bed.
Dreams. Frightful, shuddering. Of sick people, and of dead people, with violent weeping in sleep. Vivid, full of strife and anger; V., confused, unremembered; of previous transactions, with long, deep morning sleep.
Fever
Frequent chilliness, with yellow color of skin. Shivering, with frequent yawning; S. over back; over whole body, with warmth or heat of forehead and face and cold hands. External heat, even on lying down, with internal chilliness. Heat and redness of face, with hot forehead, cold hands and thirst. Sweat every morning; exhausting day and night.
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.