Clinical Rheumatic paralysis of arm, (<) r. Unsteadiness of the muscles of forearm and hand. Numbness, loss of sensation in hands. Contracted tendons in palms of hands. Sciatica; on r. side, (<) motion, especially (<) easterly storms. Rheumatoid arthritis, especially in persons who suffer, from great weakness of the limbs, (<) east wind, limbs become distorted. The hamstrings under the knee seem too short, in chronic rheumatism. Weakness of ankles.
Upper Extremities
Axilla. Glands swollen. Stitches near, extending towards breast.
Shoulder.- Stitches on top; in l.; tearing, in r., extending into hand. Tearing in joint of l.; in r. at 6 P.M. if she moves r. arm or turns head to r., with bruised pain on inner border of r. scapula, but if she turns to the l. the place feels tense. Pressure upon. Pain on moving r. arm; in l. as if dislocated, from morning till evening; in joint and in elbow as if asleep, at night, waking her frequently, (<) morning after waking; paralytic, in l. Goutlike drawings here and there, (<) motion, and in elbow and wrist. Stiffness.
Arm.- Spasmodic flexion of l. at times. Convulsions up and down l. (which is weaker) after exertion, then heaviness of arm, then rumbling down muscles, extending into bone, as from crawling of a mouse, with which the twitches disappear. Trembling of r. if he holds anything at arm’s length. Inclination of r. to cramp, waking before midnight, with crawling as if asleep. Stitches, extending into l. side of chest. Tearing, and in hand; extending into back; in l., and in shoulder-joint. Pain in r. Drawing pain in muscles; in bones at night, preventing sleep. Drawing in r., with paralytic heaviness. Weakness of r., with crawling in front of both shoulders; W. of r., almost like paralysis, (<) writing, with stiffness. Heaviness, with weakness. H. of r., as from a blow upon thick part of forearm. Stiffness of l. when holding it upright for a long time, with sensation as if the blood flowed back into it, with pain in r. side of chest as from contraction of muscles; inclination of l. to become stiff, waking him at night.
Upper Arm.- Stitches in r. on raising arm; S. near l. shoulder; on inner margin of r.; in upper part of r., (>) rubbing; in r. at night in bed, preventing motion; in deltoids if she carries anything; outward in l. humerus, near its head. Tearing just below shoulder-joints; T. at night in warmth of bed, especially in shoulder-joint; in l. humerus, extending to elbow, in which it is most painful. Drawing cutting in r. deltoid. Pinching in deltoid, with coldness that ends in burning. Bruised pain in flesh. Drawing pain in l. humerus; now in one, now in other deltoid, extending to clavicle.
Elbow.- Quivering externally when leaning upon arm. Boring in tip of l. at 4 P.M., with sensation as if it would force him to bend the arm. Bruised pain; in bend, (<) pressure. Drawing pain, and in forearms. Pain in bend of l. on stretching arm, as if a tendon were too short.
Forearm.- Swelling, as if on periosteum, painful when passed. Trembling of r. while writing, with twitching. Stitches along tendons on inner surface of r.; drawing, in muscles in lower part of r. Tearing; in tendons of r.; in l., from elbow downward; throbbing, in l. Boring in a spot below r. elbow as if in bone, at 4 P.M., with tearing. Drawing pain in muscles of lower part of l. Contractive pain in muscles of lower part of l. Paralytic pain in r. ulna. Paralysis, with difficulty in raising it on account of heaviness and stiffness.
Wrist.- Sticking in r. as if sprained, when at work; crawling in r., and in second and third fingers. Tearing in r.; on back of r., extending into middle finger, with pinching. Pain in r. as if sprained or dislocated. Drawing pain; from r. into fingers; in bones, through metacarpal bones into little finger, where it is worse in tip, (<) stretching hand, when fingers are involuntarily drawn together, then the drawing extends from bones of wrist into the other fingers and they all become bent; drawing pain in l., from within outward.
Hand.- Swelling at night, with crawling in them. Trembling. Stitches in l. palm, with crawling in fingers; jerking, in muscles of l., transversely across dorsum, on moving arm. Tearings, and in fingers; on dorsum, now of one, now of other; in metacarpal bones of thumbs; in inner margin of r., extending towards little finger, as if in bone. Spasmodic sensation. Tensive pain transversely across l., as if sprained, on moving it. Fulness in inner part of l. when grasping anything. Weakness in a hot room; spasmodic W. in morning on waking. Heaviness of r. Paralytic sensation in r. Going to sleep, with crawling in it.
Fingers.- Twitchings when writing; drawing, in l. Stitches in little, then extending upward like knife stitches, with apprehension and aching about heart. Tearing; in l. index; in joints of r. index, with pain on pressure; in l. middle, at 3 P.M., with pinching; in tips of all, with trembling of hands. Pain under nails when touched. Drawing pain in joints; l. Burning pain under nails, but when touched pain as if suppurating; shooting-burning pain in joints. Crushed pain in tip of r. little; in tips, as if they would burst, now of one hand, now of other. Throbbing pain as from an ulcer in proximal joint of r. thumb. Tension in knuckles of last joints on bending in forenoon. Numbness, with loss of sensation and with tension. Deadness, (<) morning; seem dead, icy-cold, white and without sensation.
Lower Extremities
Tottering from side of side when walking, with sensation as if he staggered more than he really did, without vertigo. Stitches, first from hip-joint and then from patella downward, (<) rest. Weariness from afternoon till evening, especially in legs and knees. Numb or bruised pain in nates when sitting.
Hip.- Stitches in joint every two minutes, extending towards abdomen; in l. as if in bone. Tearing in joint; when sitting and waking, and down whole leg; in l. as if in bone, and on pressure bruised pain. Pinching in region; above joint, with twinging and with coldness that ends in burning. Pain above joint; paroxysmal, in l. joint, as if sprained or dislocated, causing lameness; drawing pain when sitting an walking; prickling-burning in region.
Thigh.- Twitchings above knee. Stitches in l.; in bend of r., on outer surface of r., just above knee; in l. in evening when walking, extending into chest. Tearing in middle of l., (>) rising from a seat; scraping, in l.; paralytic T. on outer surface of r. Bruised pain in morning in bed, and in legs. Jerking pain from nates downward. Trembling or throbbing sensation in flesh, like a painful tingling. Tension in bend of r. in morning on rising, and on bending knee. Beatings in tendons above bend of l. knee. Weariness when walking, and in leg; W., with of breath; in upper part, from without inward, (<) rest. Paralyzed feeling when sitting and walking.
Knee.- Cracking when walking; painful, when walking, as if it would be broken or sprained. Jerking in l. in afternoon. Stitching when at work. Tearing in r.; on outer side of l.; in patella at night, preventing sleep; in l., extending through toes; with stitches, so that he could not step and could not sleep at night; drawing, in evening, extending into ankles. Boring in r., with bruised pain on pressure. Pain externally, as from an ulcer, extending to thigh. Sore pain. Drawing pain, then jerking pain. Drawing and jerking pain in l. patella; D. pain, as if weary from walking worse when extending knees than when bending them. Drawings. Tension in hollows when sitting or beginning to walk, (>) continued walking. Tensive pain in hollow when walking, with stiffness. Weariness after walking, with heaviness of foot; W. (<) ascending steps;l so that they knock under. Stiffness of l. when walking (Ledum); stiff pain in patella when rising. Tingling, gone-to-sleep sensation in morning, and in legs.
Leg.- Varices. Twitchings. Trembling on beginning to ascend (e.g., on a ladder), (>) standing still and working; as from a chill when walking or standing in open air. Tearing down outer side of l. from knee when sitting, the pain extends into hip- joint on rising from a seat, with bruised pain in hip when walking and on pressure, not (>) when sitting; burning; in tibia. Pain after copious micturition; P. at night, extending into groins; down tibia. Sprained or paralyzed pain in muscles in afternoon and evening. Pain as from a blow on r. tibia. Drawing pain; as if in bones. Drawing in r. in evening, with pain in throat; cramplike, down outer side of r. when sitting or standing. Uneasiness in evening; in l. at night. Weariness in morning on waking, (>) after rising. Heaviness; at night in bed, and of feet. Falling asleep.
Calf.- Cramp in morning in bed; at night. Intermittent stitches in l. Tearing in tendons beneath r.; down l.; and on dorsum of foot; from outer part of r. to outer margin on foot, (<) moving foot or toes. Bruised pain in r. all the forenoon, extending into and above knee. Contraction of r. Tension as if some one forcibly contracted the skin, from 7 to 8 P.M. Drawing when rising from a seat and when walking, with sensation as if r. leg were too short. Crawling in l., with prickling, as if it would go to sleep.
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.