Stitches in l. ankle as if sprained. Feet swollen and tender. Cramp in soles in evening after lying down, making toes crooked. Pain in corns at night in bed; in metatarsal bones as if they would be torn on stepping; in soles while walking, as if too soft. Drawings in feet, (<) sitting. Uneasiness of l. foot. Heaviness of feet after every dinner. Numbness of feet.
Toes – Swelling. Stitch through r. great; in a corn on little. Tearing in r. middle; in r., (<) when walking; under nails from evening till into night, extending into soles. Pain in great; in joint of great; under nail of great.
Skin
Red uneven spots on neck in evening, with itching. Scurf on tip of nose. Nettle-rash; on calves. Eruption in angle of wings of nose; on chin, with ulcers beneath jaw and in front of ear; fine itching, on hands; itching, on neck and between shoulders, before menses. Swelling on flexor surface of wrist; S. painful to touch on calf. Pimples on forehead; and face; temples; neck; red smooth, here and there on forehead; red, painful on touch, on forehead near hair; red, itching, with blackish tip, close to anus; white, on temples; white, on lower part of cheek; white, like glands, on forehead; white itching, about nose.
Boil on upper arm, surrounded by itching pimples. Pus from ulcer offensive, like asafoetida. Ulcer that had healed broke out a fresh and discharged lymph mingled with blood instead of pus, and the place was hard and painful to touch. Itching vesicles on knee. A place which had been rubbed sore and which was nearly covered with skin again began to be denuded a new and was moist.
Stitches on r. index, renewed by bending arm; S. in a node on calf. Burning pain in various places. Tension about an ulcer (on leg), with pressure. Formication over whole body. Itching over whole body; about eyes; behind ear; about nostrils; on mons veneris; in r. axilla; on outer side of l. thumb; in palms at night; in a tetter before menses; on thigh near scrotum, with moisture; in axillae, with moisture and soreness; in upper part of outer ear, then heat; on back, chest, navel, thighs, etc., with burning; burning, on forearm near elbow; on arms, hands and between fingers, preventing sleep at night; sticking, in several parts; sticking, in region of coccyx in evening in bed; sticking, on throat and neck, with red spots; biting, on lower inner side of l. upper arm, transiently (>) scratching.
Clinical Useful in low types of ulcers, with ichorous corrosive discharge, offensive, with burning pain, (<) night. Tendency of carbuncles to become gangrenous. Purpura haemorrhagica.
Sleep
Yawning; and stretching; and stretching, which seemed to do good. Sleepiness in forenoon while sitting and reading, (>) motion; S. in daytime, with late falling asleep at night, frequent starting in sleep, with strange fancies, etc., early in evening; after supper, with red heat of face; after dinner, without ability to sleep. Sleepiness during the day, he was obliged to sleep before and after noon, at night his sleep was full of fancies. Overpowered by sleep in evening; O. after eating; after dinner, with burning of eyelids on closing them.
Sleeplessness at night, with inability to open eyes; S. at night, though the eyes seemed full of sleep. Half-awake all night, and awoke in morning feeling tired, cross, sleepy, feeling in mouth as if painted or covered with something, and taste as in measles. Falls asleep late, not till 1 O’clock. Waking about 4.A.M. Frequent waking, with heat and thirst; F. waking, with coldness of limbs and knees. Uneasy sleep, with frequent waking; then in morning in bed headache, with burning here and there in body; uneasy, unrefreshing sleep, then sweat in morning; uneasy for hours after eating, on account of anxious dreams. Starting up in fright on falling asleep. Much coherent talking in sleep wakens him, when he remembers the dreams. Many dreams; frightful D.; tormenting; anxious, with uneasy sleep; vivid; vivid but unremembered; lascivious; causing restlessness.
Fever
Chilliness from morning till afternoon, with thirst, chattering, and blue finger-nails, then in evening heat and sweat without thirst; C. several days at 11 A.M., and heat at 6 P.M.; in evening; towards evening, with heat; (<) night; with thirst; with flashes of heat. Shivering; in evening before sleep, with weariness and flushes of heat. Coldness of hands; of hands and feet in evening; of feet in bed till 1 A.M.; of l. arm and l. leg; of tips of fingers, with sweat; in small of back, with numbness and tension.
Heat in evening, with anxiety and external coldness; H. in evening, with weariness and fantasies at night; at night in bed; from a little wine; with cold feet. Orgasm of blood; with congestion to chest, hoarseness and hawking. Heat in blood at night, preventing sleep.
Burning in forehead; upper part of l. side of back; on r. scapula; on r. shoulder; on shoulder-joint; on upper part of upper arm; on r. elbow; externally on r. hip; on r. knee; in upper part of outer side of thigh; in skin; in various places in skin at night in bed; of l. ear every evening with redness; in both limbs in evening in bed; in thigh at night in bed; in hands and soles during menses; in soles after standing; in soles when sitting and walking. Heat in forehead and mouth, with pain in eyes. Spot on head hot to touch with headache. Glowing heat of cheeks after sitting a short time. Warmth in spine rising to throat. Burning on skin as from a mustard plaster, here and there, on back, sides, r. side of abdomen, etc. Cold burning in metacarpal joints of r. middle and ring fingers.
Sweat; in morning; before midnight, even of head; after a moderate breakfast; in morning on waking. Sour. Offensive at night. Sweat on face; balls of hands; feet; feet, when walking; on forehead while eating. Sweat easily on upper part of body in a warm room, and then became just as easily chilled.
Clinical Valuable in low types of fever, with putrid discharges, haemorrhage, offensive odor of the body. Hectic fever, long- lasting suppuration. Cold extremities, especially cold knees The third stage of yellow fever, with haemorrhages.
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.