Elbow – Sticking in r., and in forearm; itching S. in bend of r. during rest. Tearing in r., with burning pain. Boring. Pressure. Drawing in r.; l. Weakness.
Forearm – Drawing sticking in periosteum. Boring and pressing, and in wrists. Crampy pain in l. Occasional pains in r. in morning. Drawing pain in l., persisting at elbow. Tensive pain in r. Pressing drawing. Stiffness of r., with pain in extensors. Falling asleep of r.
Wrist – Boring. Drawing pain when sitting. Pressing; and in forearm.
Hand – Sticking in r. metacarpus at 7 P.M. when writing, hindering opening of the hand and stretching of fingers, repeated at 8 P.M. when reading and afterwards at different times. Tearing in joints of l. Pain in joints; in palmar joints; cramplike, in palms, so that the fingers were difficult to open, (<) during rest; contractive pain in r. hand, (<) until a similar pain occurred in malar-bone, the pain in hand then spread over forearm as the facial pain decreased and grew milder, when the facial pain and colic occurred. Drawing in hands and fingers; with pinching; in r. hand and wrist, then in r. elbow. Stiff feeling.
Fingers – Sticking in joints. Drawing tearing in joints of l. Drawing pain in ball of r. thumb, as if in a tendon, disappearing at the tip. Drawing; in ball of thumb. Pressure in r. Tensive pain in thumb, impeding its motion. Bruised pain in r. middle, at noon. Burning pain in one point in r. middle.
Lower Extremities
Pain (<) till noon and when walking; P. (>) drinking beer. Boring in joints, (<) towards evening and when sitting. Heaviness.
Thigh – Cramp on middle of l. Drawing twitching in region of l. hip, with throbbing, and in r. loin over crest of ilium, towards buttock. Sticking in muscles above knees; on inner side of l., from ischiatic tuberosity towards knee, in forenoon when walking; in flesh, with drawing; in region of r. hip, suddenly appearing and disappearing when walking, (>) sitting, but instead of S. there was weight in lumbo-dorsal region, (>) lying on l. side, with heat and sensibility of the part, (>) on rising and walking, when the sticking returned, the pain (>) night in warmth of bed, but it woke him at 4 A.M., when it was throbbing and boring, the trouble lay in the sacral region, corresponding to the position of the plexus ischiadicus, extended through the incisura ischiadica major towards the hip-joint, down posterior part of thigh into fossa poplitea (compare Gnaphalium). Sticking tearing when sitting and standing. Boring in muscles; in spots in muscles of l. when sitting; in r. hip-joint. Pressure in middle of l.; P. in muscles; above knees when walking; in muscles when sitting. Pain in r. upper when walking, as if psoas muscle were too short. Bruised and weary pain in hips and knees in morning. Burning pain in muscles of r., making walking difficult. Drawing pain in r. as far as knee; D. pain in muscles. Drawing in inner side of l. as far as flank; in l. side of l. all the afternoon; in T. and calf; in muscles of T. and calves when walking, so that flexure of lower limbs was painful; in muscles, with burning; cramplike, along inside of r. at 7 P.M. when walking. Drawing tension in r. Clucking in l. buttock. Stiffness of hip-joint. Weariness, (<) ascending stairs.
Knee – Sticking; in l.; in r. patella when walking, (>) continuing to walk; in hollow on motion, at last itching S. Boring in l., then r.; in r. at 6 P.M.; when sitting, with pressing; with drawing. Cramp pain, and in calves. Pain, and in ankles; frequent P. in r. in evening; in l., impeding walking. Bruised sensation when sitting; and when walking. Paralytic pain when walking, as if bound. Drawing pain; when sitting; when sitting, with bruised sensation and general malaise. Drawing and pressing, and in shins; in l. knee as if pinched; intermittent D. in inner part of r. towards noon when walking, with tension and empty feeling; D. in l. popliteal space on getting out of bed, as if tendons were too short; in r. in forenoon, then in r. thigh; D. and stiffness alternately in r. and l. Tension in l. on rising from bed, with stiffness; T. in l. patella in evening, (<) next day, so that walking was painful, with heat and swelling and pulsation in the swelling. Pulsation in l. popliteal space. Weariness; (<) sitting; when sitting at 9 A.M., extending into legs and ankles. Stiffness in l. when sitting, (>) walking. Heaviness of both in evening, (>) walking, with tearing in l.
Leg – Cramp; in muscles near tibia towards morning, (<) by bending knee. Sticking in l.; drawing, on outer side when sitting; itching, in r., even on motion; itching, in r. tibia, (<) during rest. Tearing in sides of tendo-achillis; in l. tibia and ankle, on waking at midnight. Boring above ankles when sitting; B. on tendo-achillis. Pain in the hitherto painless varices. Throbbing pain in upper inner part of r. when sitting and walking, extending to posterior side of thigh towards ischium. Bruised sensation. Pressing to-gather in r. when sitting. Cramplike squeezing around middle of l., as from a narrow ribbon. Tensive pain in tibiae when sitting. Drawing, and in ankles; in tibia; in tendo-achillis; in tendo-achillis when sitting; in legs when walking and sitting; in r. when sitting; on tibia, (<) l., (<) sitting, and in calves; sticking D. along l. tibia into ankle- bones, in evening, with burning pressure in l. eye. Weakness. Asleep.
Calf – Twitching in r., (>) motion. Cramp in l.; C., (<) coition. Sticking; itching, in r. Tearing in l. as far as heel; T. at times when sitting and standing. Cutting on inner side of l. during rest. Boring pinching in muscles. Pressing. Drawing when standing, with pressing; cramplike D. in r. Feeling as if asleep longitudinally along outer side of r., as if in tract of a nerve, then increased in extent, as if the nerve were swollen in its periphery, gradually passing into constriction, and then the same feeling on dorsum of first joint of r. great toe, then under nail of l. great toe.
Ankle – Sticking; and in dorsum of r. foot and in l. great toe; tearing, about r. inner malleolus. Boring when walking and sitting; when walking, with drawing, and in dorsum of foot; in malleoli. Pressing in l., in r., with drawing; when sitting, with tearing. Pain when walking in the street as from a misstep, (>) rest. Drawing in r.; towards inner malleolus.
Foot – Increased in size, so that the boots were too small in the instep. Trembling; as from fright, with shaking chill. Sticking along external border of l. sole; itching-boring, in dorsum of r., (<) during rest. Tearing on dorsa; on dorsum of l.; in periosteum of heel; in r. metatarsus, towards great toe-joint in evening; in r. sole, (<) during rest. Sticking cutting in r. as if a nail were driven through it. Boring in l. sole. Gnawing in inner ball of l. in evening. Cramplike pain on dorsum of r., in scaphoid and internal cuneiform bones, as if in periosteum, with soft, pale, painless, circumscribed swelling like a lymphatic tumor, on r. edge of tarsus, lasting six months, the same pain in l. foot and sometimes in second joint of great toe, without swelling. Painful pressure on dorsum of r., (<) l. side towards great toe, (>) walking, with falling asleep of r. leg. Twitching pain in dorsa towards tibiae when walking in street. Drawing aching in l. Drawing in soles. Heaviness in morning in bed, (>) rising and walking. Falling asleep of l. then r.; of l., even during rest; when stooping in evening, and knees; of l., with swelling and heat, gradually extending to whole leg, with itching and tickling; sensation as if l. would go to sleep in evening when sitting.
Toes – Sticking in tips and below nails of l.; in tips of r., with boring. Tearing under nail of l. great. Boring in r., in ball of great; in joints of r. great. Cramp pain in r. second, extending towards sole; sudden C. pain in r. great in evening, extending towards sole, then swelling of whole r. foot, (<) sole, in night and next day, with pain when stepping on it or making strong pressure; threatening of cramp pain and stiffness alternately in r. second toe and both knees. Sprained pain in l. in evening on ascending steps. Pressure in posterior joint of r. great, in evening when moving about; P. on r. great, (<) during rest; in some, in afternoon, and in calves; in posterior joint of l. great, as if the boot were too tight, (>) walking, with throbbing and with heaviness of feet, (<) forenoon, and sensation in feet when sitting, (<) l., as if falling asleep. Intermittent pain in r. second, and in knees. Drawing extending to dorsum of foot and to ankles; D. in r. Stiffness of l. great.
Clinical Sciatica, pain extremely violent, tearing, shooting, boring, (<) heat, pressure and by flexing leg on abdomen.
Skin
Desquamation over whole body. Pimple on l. cheek, with biting on touch, and after scratching watery oozing; white pimples on face, (<) between eye and ear, on forehead and chin, with twinging, and when touched biting. Boil on face, then one on back; on l. side of neck, with burning pain, and one on lower angle of l. scapula; on ulnar side of both hands. Ulcers, with itching and burning. Vesicle filled with pus on l. upper arm, with red-hot border, with pain on motion, then with drawing in whole arm, the pain sometimes extending to axilla and fingers, preventing sleep at night, then discharge of pus.
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.