Weakness; sudden; of joints; in forenoon, (<) rest, (>) motion and going into open air, with heaviness and with drawing pain in shoulders and ankles, and especially weakness and restlessness of arms. Heaviness; in forenoon, with wandering tearing in r. upper arm, l. leg, back, temporal muscles, finally seated in l. teeth; on waking, with general weakness; with yawning and sleepiness. Numbness of hands and feet as if they would freeze.
Upper Extremities
Stitches beneath r. axilla; like electric sparks in l. shoulder, extending into muscles of nape. Pain in r. shoulder-joint in afternoon, and at times at its vicinity.
Arm.- Stitches through r. into shoulder; along bones, (<) in forearms and in metacarpal bones, (<) r. Tearing in muscles in morning after waking, (<) in flexors of forearm; along nerves; (<) cool evening air; crawling, in shafts of bones, as if numb and asleep, extending into fingers. Drawing or tearing in articular ligaments and periosteum, from shoulders to fingers, after midnight, (<) later in night, (>) lying on painful arm. Paralytic pain along nerves to finger-tips; in muscles, (<) flexors, and extending along nerves into hands, alternately in both arms, at one time in median, at another in ulnar or radial nerve. Stiffness as if it would go to sleep when grasping anything. Going to sleep of l.; going to sleep on sleep on grasping anything firmly. Pricking, numb feeling, waking at night.
Upper Arm.- Pain in r. and in shoulder-joint. Bruised pain in r. biceps and brachialis, (<) pressure.
Elbow.- Stitches in r.; l.; at noon; on outer-side of l. in afternoon; in r. in forenoon, with jerking-biting, and along ulnar side of forearm. Pain in r.; below internal condyle, as if ulnar nerve were compressed; as after carrying arms bent, (<) extending arms. Drawing and paralytic pains and in hands. Paralytic feeling in region of heat of radium and of tendon of biceps, extending into middle of upper arm; in r., as from pressure on ulnar nerve. Paralytic drawing extending along nerves, with sticking.
Forearm.- Stitches on outer side of upper half of r.; through middle of dorsal surface of r.; along ulna, with drawing. Pain in l. above wrist; drawing, internally from elbow to finger-tips late in evening; bruised, in muscles, (<) l. Paralytic pain along r. radial nerve, (<) lower half; in ulna, extending to tip of little finger; as from pressure upon radial nerves, also extending to middle of hands. Feeling is if too short, and on bending hand backward pain in arteries on flexor surface, (<) below styloid process. Arteries feel too short, (<) radial, with spasmodic pain; ulnar, with pain in arteries on bending hand backward. Spasmodic feeling in l. flexors as if sleep.
Wrist.- Stitches in vicinity; in l.; from r. to middle of forearm, with paralytic pain; drawing, extending in part along metacarpal bones into hands, in part along inner surface of radius. Pain; drawing.
Hand.- Swelling of veins on dorsum. Stitches in ball of l., also at 10 P.M.; on inner margin of l.; in dorsal surface of r.; on dorsal surface of l., then r.; on dorsal surface, between l. thumb and index; in metacarpal bone of thumb; in metacarpal bones, (<) r. and (<) dorsal surface of fourth and fifth, with paralytic feeling. Pain in l., burning, in afternoon. Drawing in metacarpal bones, (<) interosseous surface, with stitching.
Fingers.- Stitches in r. index; in third joint of r. index; third phalanx of r. index; in little; on dorsal surface of l. little; in thumb; in first joint of r. thumb; about first joint of r. thumb in afternoon; in flexor surface of second phalanx of r. thumb, in first phalanx of r. thumb, extending forward from upper joint. Sticking-jerking in first joint of r. thumb. Pain in tip of l. ring; sprained, in thumb and index on motion. Going to sleep in morning.
Lower Extremities
Drawing and tension on joints, (<) knees. Weakness; and heaviness.
Thigh.- Stitch above r. gluteus maximus; in r. nates; deep in l. nates along l.; lower half of r.; in outer side below nates; on outer side of lower half of r., also on bending leg; on outer side of l. in evening, with difficulty in walking; in forepart of lower half of l.; upward in l. Tearing, and in legs. Pain; on posterior surface of r. when walking; on posterior part of r. while extending leg in walking, (<) inner side; in hips; indescribable, on rising from a seat and when lying if stretched out; in hip-joint as if dislocated, in evening on walking after sitting; bruised; bruised, on anterior surface on walking, with weakness; tensive, in r. while bearing weight upon leg with knee bent; paralytic, on outer side of r. Paralytic stiffness, with weariness like a bruise. (Compare hip and thigh with Gnaphalium.)
Knee.- Creaking on motion, with cracking. Giving way at 7 P.M. on walking. Spasmodic contraction in muscles, as after a fatiguing walk. Stitches; r., then l., r., and in hip; r., and in l. ankle; on inner side of r.; outer side of r.; outer side of l., and in neighboring parts of thigh; near patella; deep under patella; in l. patella; in inner side of patella and in several places in joints; now; l., now r., now both, with pain in popliteal artery as if too short; on outer side of r. in morning; in anterior surface of r. on bending it. Feeling on inner side of patella as if a blunt plug had been forced under it, (<) r. side. Drawing tearing extending to ankle. Pain; tensive, in hollow on stretching; drawing, extending through leg late in evening; spasmodic contracting, in r. popliteal artery, as after a fatiguing march. Feeling as if articular surfaces were separated; r., then l.; on walking. Tension. Feeling as if popliteal artery were too short while sitting. Sensation in hollow as if an artery were swollen and painful. Weakness.
Leg.- Cramp in calves; night in bed when stretching out feet, (>) bending knee. Stitches below head of fibula; r.; in middle of forepart of r. leg; on outer side below l. knee on walking; on outer side of r. calf, extending into leg. Pain below head of fibula at 5 P.M., as from pressure on ulnar nerve at elbow, extending downward, (<) lower half of r. leg; pain in peroneus tertius (?) as after ascending a mountain, with pain along extensors of l. foot, then pain along nerve peroneus extending to middle of thigh, (<) at lower part of interosseous ligament, with stitches in metatarsal bone from pressure on a nerve upon peroneal nerve below head of fibula; along peroneal nerve, with crawling. Bruised pain in muscles; peroneal. Feeling as of a broad bandage, (<) sitting, with heaviness. Tension in calves. Paralytic pain on anterior and inner side; in peroneal muscles, with bruised feeling; P. feeling beneath head of r. fibula, extending downward. Pain as after an exhausting climb; feeling as after a long march, (>) motion. Necessity to stretch to get rested. Weakness; in muscles of calves in morning; with inclination to stretch them. Crawling in calves, with heaviness, in l. calf, with weakness of it and of knees; C., gone-to-sleep feeling in l. calf. Prickling in calf, with stitches, weariness and heaviness in muscles. Heaviness in muscles of calves while sitting, with tingling. Falling asleep while witting; feeling as if they would fall asleep.
Ankle.- Stitches in l. Tearing during rest. Sprained sensation. Constriction as of a band; of extensors above malleoli.
Foot.- Sudden swelling of one and of one sole. Spasmodic contraction of soles. Stitches on outer margin of l., in soles metatarsal bones; l. sole along first and second metatarsal bones. Tearing, with intolerance of bed-covers. Pain in middle of l. sole; in heel, as after long standing and as if os calcis would push through skin. Sprained pain in bones; in soles while lying. Itching pain internally in side of heel. Necessity to draw up an account of pain in calves and knees, on stretching out they fell asleep. Spasmodic sensation in muscles of soles. Drawing in l. sore. Weakness; nightly paralytic, with drawing pain in legs and ankles and pithy sensation in soles. Paralyzed sensation. Going to sleep; while sitting; l. while sitting.
Toes.- Spasmodic contraction, with tearing in limbs. Stitches in l. second. Bruised sensation in bellies of long flexors, as from a long walk. Sensation while sitting as if they would bend under and go to sleep, (<) great toe.
Skin
Wrinkles in forehead above nose. Hard node beneath nipple, painful to touch, with at times drawing tearing. Eruption, slightly elevated, on nape, with biting, compelling scratching. Red spots covered with miliary pimples (Arnica.) Red rash on cheeks; and on forehead. OEdematous, unhealthy, injuries tend to suppurate. Pimples; red, on back; red, crowed into a red spot on lumbar vertebrae and on side of abdomen, they itch, (<) night, with smarting and with shuddering abut the spot, (<) evening. Inflamed pustule on margin of ala nasi; pustules on face, itching on touch. Ulcer surrounded by red areola and itching burning and biting pain in an ulcer at night, with crawling and hyperaesthesia to touch (Sulphur); jerking and sticking pain in an U.; (previously existing U. became painful); (on foot, with redness around it, swelling and bruised pain). Sticking, (>) scratching, with pricking. Biting on various parts. Itching of sweating parts; I. of forehead; nates; sole.
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.