Clinical Dyspnoea as from constriction of stomach and hysteria.
Chest
Rumbling in l. side as from emptiness, (<) walking. Sticking in r.; in l.; in nipples; in l., near pit of stomach, in evening; through l. into back when walking; in sternum when walking; internally when sitting, rhythmical with pulse; paroxysmal, in l. on inspiration; intermittent, in r. false ribs, in front. Pain in middle of sternum, with anxiety, then sticking in sternum; in middle of sternum as from pressure with a blunt instrument. Pressure on chest on eructating; sudden P. against sternum as with a fist. Drawing pain in r. side on bending body to r. while sitting or standing; in side towards back when talking, walking or stooping, (<) for a few minutes when lying, then (>). Tensive constriction in r., impeding breathing. Affected by reading aloud. (Raw and sore.)
Heart and Pulse
Palpitation. Pulse rapid. Pulse small; and hard.
Neck
Painful cracking of vertebrae on moving head. Sticking in nape on moving head forward or backward; S. externally in r. side; pulsating, externally in l. Stiff pain in muscles on moving neck and on yawning (Zincum met., Cimic.). Weakness of muscles, with heaviness of head, necessity to lay head now here, now there, else the muscles are painful, (>) leaning backward.
Back
Trembling. Tearing. Boring. Pain in spine as if it would break. Piercing pain in all joints of vertebrae as if sprained or spasmodically drawn together, (<) motion. Pain on standing as if fatigued or strained. Pain when sitting, (<) l. side. Drawing pain. Stiffness on moving shoulders, with pain.
Sticking in scapulae, extending from r. to l. Tearing between scapulae in evening before lying down, and in spine. Pressure in scapulae and nape. Intermittent paralytic pain beneath l. scapula during rest. Drawing pain below l. scapula when standing and lying, (<) morning. Sharp pressure in loins and region of kidneys in morning in bed, (>) rising. Paralytic pain in small of back; with spasmodic drawing across hips, preventing walking, with anxiety and fear. Bruised pain in bones of small of back.
Clinical Great weakness of cervical and dorsal muscles, then severe paralysis; in spinal irritation, with great hyperaesthesia of all senses.
Extremities
Trembling; (<) evening, with chilliness. Cracking in joints; when walking. Burrowing in bones. A slight noise shoots through all limbs. Pain on motion as if they would be crushed or broken. pain in muscles on tough; P. internally, (<) touch and pressure. Drawing pain in l. Seem paralyzed. Paralytic drawing, constant and paroxysmal, here and there in bones. Paralytic feeling in arms and legs, she could scarcely rise form her seat (Arg-n., Phos), with loss of appetite. Paralytic and stiff, with drawing pains in bones and back. Paralytic immobility, with drawing pains in bones. Painful stiffness of all joints; now in hands and fingers, now in knees and ankles. Feet and hands alternately asleep.
Clinical Paralysis of extremities, with numbness, symptoms preceded by convulsive movements of groups of muscles.
Upper Extremities
Sticking in shoulder-joint and muscles of upper arm during rest. Pain in shoulder-joint, consisting of a broken, tearing and sticking sensation, (>) motion, with heaviness and dread of moving arm, and in elbow, shafts of bones and between them. Drawing pain in shoulder-joint and shafts of bones on raising arm after eating, with bruised pain on touch.
Arm. Convulsions, with closing of thumb in first. Pain as if beaten in the one on which he lies. paroxysmal burning pain in l. Pain when eating, and on attempting to raise it heaviness and tired feeling. Paralytic pin on violent motion, as if bones were broken. Asleep and a crawling sensation (Rhus-t.); feel asleep and paralyzed during and after a meal. Paralysis when writing, can scarcely hold his pen.
Upper Arm. jerking in muscles of l.; pulselike, visible J. just above elbows. Sticking in r.; like shocks on outer side, below its head. Digging (wavelike drawing) in shaft of l. humerus, bruised pain. Pain as if broken on raising it. Drawing in upper part of humerus, with bruised pain. Humeri above elbow seem beaten and paralyzed in motion.
Sticking in l. elbow. Sudden paralytic pain in bend of r. elbow. Sticking in outer side of l. forearm, extending into little finger. Pain in r. forearm. Pain in radius as if dislocated. Intermitting, almost tearing, paralytic pressure in anterior muscles of forearm, (<) rest. Forearm asleep and sensation as if the hand were swollen (Rhus-t.), constrictive pain in muscles and cold fingers. Trembling of hands when eating, (<) the higher it is raised. Redness of l. hand, with drawing in little finger. Cramplike pain on outer side of r. hand and in the four fingers, with heat of hand. Now one hand, now the other insensible and asleep. Cramplike contraction of finger. Painful paralytic jerking through fingers. Cramplike pain in r. little finger when writing. Tearing, boring, drawing pain in fingers.
Lower Extremities
Paralytic immobility. Jerking in muscles about r. hip-joint. Cracking in l. hip-joint on turning thigh, (<) walking, with pain. (Trembling of thighs when kneeling.) Twinging in r. nates when sitting, then shocks. Sticking on outer part of l. hip-joint; in l. hip-joint on walking; in r. femur when walking; pulsating, on outer side of l. thigh when sitting, causing involuntary motion. Pain in thighs on raising them, as if broken. Bruised pain in thighs if he raises the leg while sitting; on beginning to walk after sitting; in inner side of l. if he walks in a circle to the left; intermittent, in middle of l.; with a paralyzed feeling. Painless constriction of thigh, descending into muscle below of knee, with sensation as if thigh would become stiff. Intermittent paralytic pain in l. hip-joint. Paralytic drawing in thighs, with weakness of knees as if they would bend under him. Paralytic feeling in l. thigh, (<) rest. Intermittent paralytic stiff sensation piercing l. leg from middle of thigh downward. Numbness of thigh extending over knee.
Knees crack on motion. Sticking in knee; l.; outer part when walking. Drawing tearing in patella. Drawing pain in knee on rising after sitting. Knees threaten to sink from weakness, he totters when walking and threatens to fall to one side. Cramp of calves at night when bending knees. Tensive pain in calves on motion. Constriction on outer side of l. leg, more numb than painful. Sensation below l. knee as if too tightly bound with the garter. Wavelike paralytic pain down outer side of l. leg. Sprained pain in ankle on motion.
Foot. Swelling in evening. Boring. Tearing. Tearing jerks in a corn in evening during rest, with tearings. Bruised pain in bone of heel; on dorsum of foot on bending up foot and on touch. Drawing pain. Falling asleep when sitting (Secale-c.); of l. when walking after sitting, and sticking as from pains. Tearing in great toe even during rest. Corrosive pain in toes. pain in metatarsal joint of great toe as if a chilblain or boil would form, with pain on touch. Drawing pain in r. toes.
Skin
Red spots on chest, sides of neck, behind ears. Eruption resembling scarlatina on body and arms. Pimple beneath shoulder, itching under bedclothes; red miliary P. on face, back and chest, itching when warm; hard, on limbs, wrists and backs of fingers, with itching burning pain, itching, and red areola. Pustules above nose, on temples and chest and between scapulae; below r. corner of mouth, with red areola, painful, tense to touch. Boil on inner side of thigh. Vesicle at night on side of hand where little finger ends, discharging next day.
Sticking externally in skin and muscles of face; S. in l. side of epigastric region, (>) rubbing; on l. knee when sitting, so that he must move the leg at every stitch; itching, in l. axilla, as from a flea; burning itching, here and there, as from fleas. Crawling below r. shoulder, extending to fingers, with throbbing and burning. Itching of ankles; on back in evening on undressing, with red pimples; in various parts at night, then pain after scratching; at night, sometimes from pit of stomach to throat, sometimes on tibia and beneath shoulders, and after scratching, oozing of serum; (<) in evening on undressing; under the feather- bed, changing to tickling after scratching; in hollow of l. knee when walking, (>) standing still, and on calf and ankle; here and there, (<) inner part of thighs, with burning, as from nettles, and pimples, with stinging on touch; biting, as after profuse sweat, on undressing; piercing tickling, in ball of thumb, not (>) scratching.
Clinical Abscesses at root of the toe-nail, as from a hot iron, with Cocculus symptoms.
Sleep
Yawning constantly in bed, with stretching; Y. towards evening; forcible; interrupted, with inability to take a full breath. Sleepiness; in morning, and constant yawning; but must open his eyes as soon as he closes them on account of a frightful sensation in his brain like that produced by the most dreadful dreams. Sleeps late in morning. Sleeps with one arm under the head; (upon the stomach). Sopor.
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.