Knee – Cramp in r. when walking. Stitches in hollow of l. while walking; tearing and crawling, in r., that after rubbing extend into tibia, only transiently (>) rubbing. Tearing at night, (>) rising. Pain in r. when standing in evening, as if screwed together, with sensation as if leg would bend together. Sore pain on bending; sore pain in r., (<) walking. Painless drawing in r., which bends it up, it pains when stretched, (>) continued motion. Sensation in bend of r. while walking as if tendons were too short, (>) sitting.
Leg – Cramp in forepart near tibia when walking; in calves mornings; in calves disturbing sleep at night; painful, after walking. Jerklike drawing in tibia. Stitches in r., when rising after kneeling, shooting through whole body. Tearing in r., especially in knee and ankle; in lower part of l. tibia and outer surface of r. leg, then in great toes. Pain in tibiae at night; in tibia while walking. Intermittent bruised pain in tibia while walking, with tension in calves. Sudden pain as if broken, in leg, on waking at night and turning it in bed, then leaden heaviness. Painless drawing up l. leg at night. Tension in calves when walking. Falling asleep of legs as far as calves during the day (Carbon-s.); r. leg, as far as toes, goes to sleep at night when lying on r. side, with feeling as if leg were longer than natural. Stiffness of ankle in morning on rising. Weakness of ankle when walking (Carbon-s.), so that it turned over.
Foot – Corns appear, which are painful on touch (Silicea). Swelling, with tension; inflammatory S., beginning on one toe. Stinging in a corn. Stitches penetrating l. sole. Pain in heels as if suppurating. Drawing in tendon of r. heel, with tearing. Painful contraction of tendo-achillis in evening. Tension of back of foot as if tendons were too short, next day soreness to touch. Stitchlike crawling in morning, as if going to sleep. Giving out while walking, as from weakness of joints.
Toes – Cramp during the day, while walking over an uneven path it seems as if they would give out. Swelling of ball of great T. in morning, with heat and pain as if it had been frozen and ulcerated. Tearing in r. great T. Sprained pain in last joints while walking and on every motion. Cutting-burning, especially in little T. Soreness between T.
Skin
Red eruption on cheeks. Coppery eruption on face. Hard, itching elevations on forearm near wrist. Painful nodules in breasts. Pimples on face; red on chin, with yellowish tip; itching, on wrist, neck and on back of foot, with burning-itching after scratching; white, itching, on backs of hands, with burning and redness after scratching. Hard boil on forehead. Pustules on l. cheek and forehead. Excoriation of nates from riding, then blisters. Dryness of tip of nose, with desquamation.
Pain in face after shaving, especially on cheeks and about mouth and chin. Tension on limbs, with a feeling of burning or icy- coldness. Biting as from flea bites, changing to another place after scratching. Itching, spreading over whole body, (<) evening in bed; on tip of nose, not (>) by scratching; in r. axilla; on inner surface of r. forearm, then itching eruption there; on backs of hands and fingers; in warts on fingers; of the toes that had been frozen.
Sleep
Sleepiness the whole forenoon, with frequent yawning; S. in evening, with photophobia. He seems as if in a slumber all day, and on account of it, indolent, hard of hearing, with obscured vision, fretful and gloomy. Unable to sleep in the evening and had generally only very light sleep. Sleeplessness at night on account of heat and restlessness; S. till 2 A.M., with excitement; after 2.30 A.M., on account of internal uneasiness; till 5 A.M., but was refreshed after two hours’ sleep. Restless night; with anxiety and frequent waking. Starting on going to sleep, as if she would fall; frequent starting up on falling asleep in evening. Groaning in sleep. Loud talking in sleep. Crying in sleep at night and sobbing on waking.
Dreams vivid; and frightful; about scientific subjects, he made literary compositions and spoke aloud. D. of murders. Anxious, with screaming and crying, then sad, then voluptuous, with emissions. Fanciful and confused, so that he scarcely slept at all.
Fever
Chilliness; during the day; he was scarcely able to get warm in the morning; in afternoon, with cold creeping and with trembling as from within outward, without thirst, then thirst, burning in skin and in eyes; from 5 till 8 P.M., with gooseflesh, waking at 11 P.M., with sweat which lasted till 2 A.M., during which she could not tolerate the bed-covering; in evening in bed, then sweat during sleep; in evening without thirst, then heat, (>) lying down; at 9 P.M., then after lying down heat, during which she fell-asleep but was frequently awakened by thirst, sweat towards morning; febrile, woke her at night; in bed; immediately on being uncovered during febrile stage; when a little air entered the room; after dinner; internal, on beginning to eat.
Shivering in evening after stool; every other day towards evening, with thirst, then dry heat, so that she believed that fiery sparks darted before her eyes, then sweat at night; down back, which seemed to begin in chest, every afternoon. Cold limbs during the day. Cold hands and feet in evening. Cold feet; from 9 A.M., till 3 P.M.; in forenoon while walking; in evening in bed.
Easily heated. Heat at night, with thirst; H. at night, with moisture of skin; frequent rising, in evening, with redness and burning of cheeks; anxious, before menses. Hot feet. Burning of lobule of r. ear. Heat in head in evening in bed, (>) rising, with anxiety; of head and upper part of body at night in bed, with coldness of legs, then chilliness towards morning; in forehead in forenoon, with heaviness and external coldness of it; face and head in afternoon; in face during dinner, with sweat. Flushes of heat in cheeks, with redness. Heat in palms in morning; in hand in evening as he went into the open air and sat down; of feet while walking and swelling of them while sitting.
Sweat in morning after waking; at night; as soon as he closes the eyes; when eating; when eating warm food; when walking; when walking in open air. Offensive sweat at night. S. which colors the linen yellow. Exhausting, at night. On head at night. Much moisture in axillae. Sweat of feet; in hollows of knees on waking after midnight, with swelling of fingers.
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.