Chest
Stitches just below apex of heart; beneath sternum, (<) towards r. side; inward in cartilages of sixth and seventh ribs, at 10.50 A.M., while walking in open air. Prickling in costal cartilages of eighth, ninth and tenth r. ribs. Aching in anterior wall during the day; in r. anterior wall, near axilla, at 3.40 P.M.; in r. anterior wall at 5 P.M., extending through to scapula; at posterior aspect of middle of sternum at 3.15 P.M.; in lower third of sternum at 11 P.M., while lying on l. side; in l. mamma, above nipple, at 3.30 P.M., while sitting in-doors, sometimes like a throbbing sore pain, sometimes as from pressure of the edge of a knife, (>) walking and deep inspiration, (<) expiration, with bruised feeling in ribs beneath when passed by the hand, a return of the pain at 5 P.M., after supper, after leaving the mamma it passes down the side as low as the spleen, at 6.30 a return of the pain in the mamma, after leaving mamma lancinating pain passing down r. side of chest and inner side of r. upper arm, then to elbow, down forearm and along dorsal surfaces of second and third fingers, then pain in l. carpus, the pain returning at 7.25 and 9.20.
Sharp pain in upper part, apparently in pleura, at night in bed, on deep inspiration. Pulsating raw pain near sternal border of l. mamma, seemingly in cartilage of fifth rib, at 5 P.M. Sore aching in anterior wall while in bed. Sore spot below l. ribs at 7.30 P.M., then worse below r. ribs. Soreness in l. lung, as during convalescence from pneumonia, at 5.30 P.M. while at rest.
Drawing in r. anterior wall soon after 3.50 P.M.; at 1.30 P.M. while writing, and in r. arm, passing down arm to elbow. Drawing crampy sensation at outer border of r. mamma, extending to axilla and arm, at 2.30 P.M., in r. anterior wall of chest and axilla at 3.25 P.M., extending to fingers and ending in jerking of little finger. Feeling of fulness and tightness across lower part of chest and upper part of abdomen, as if nothing could move, with swelling, and with difficulty of breathing, the last (<) morning in bed, (>) moving about and in open air.
Heart and Pulse
Palpitation in morning on slight exercise. Pulse accelerated every day at 9 A.M. Arterial excitement at night.
Back
Scapula. Pain under lower part of l. at 3.50 P.M.; crampy, below r. at 9.45 P.M.; sore, at r. at 9.50 P.M.; sharp broad, from lower angle of r. to locality of serrations of serrates magnus muscles, at 2.35 P.M., then pulsating pain at posterior aspect of coccyx. Aching in dorsal region at 10 P.M.; in coccyx while in bed. Pulsating pain in periosteum of l. pubic bone at 3.40 P.M., generally (>) walking, sometimes felt when walking, with sensitiveness to pressure. Pulsating pain in l. sacro-iliac articulation at 2.18 P.M.; in r. at 3.05 P.M., leaving a lameness, which is felt when walking. Intermittent pressing-outward pain at l. sacro-iliac articulation at 3.20 P.M., (>) walking, with sensitiveness to pressure, then lameness and soreness.
Extremities
Aching in r. ankle at 11.30 P.M., then in r. forearm, then deep pulsating pain in r. gluteal region near tuber ischii. Drawing in muscles of r. upper arm at 6 P.M, in dorsum of r. foot, then in plantar region of r. foot, shifting rapidly from place to place.
Drawing in upper part of r. forearm at 11 P.M., while lying on l. side, with aching, then pulsating deep pain in r. gluteal region, just above tuber ischii, seemingly in periosteum, then sharp pain above crest of r. ilium, then return of the pain in r. gluteal region, then sharp pain above crest of l. ilium, then drawing and aching in r. foot, then in anterior muscles of r. forearm, then pulsating, deep pain in r. gluteal region, sensitiveness to pressure, then drawing and aching in anterior muscles of l. forearm, drawing in outer side of l. foot, extending to plantar aspect, as if the foot would cramp, then drawing and aching in l. leg, lame aching and drawing in r. forearm, near elbow, then return of the pain near r. tuber ischii, then aching in r. leg, then pulsating deep pain in r. thigh, at inner border of sartorius muscle.
Upper Extremities
Axilla. Drawing or cramplike pain in r. Heavy drawing pain in l., extending towards shoulder, with sensation as if shoulder would be drawn towards neck. Sudden drawing at 4.15 P.M., while at rest, moving down inner side of arm to elbow, with aching.
Sharp pain through r. shoulder to scapula, at 3.08 P.M. while at rest. Trembling of l. arm and l. shoulder when reclining and supporting body with l. hand. Aching in muscles of r. arm while in bed. R. arm more painful, but in l. more tremulous sensation (and loss of power?). Pain at internal condyle of r. arm at 4.30 P.M., while standing in open air, at the same time and while arm is resting on a support drawing at inner side of l. upper arm.
Upper Arm – Pain extending from a little above elbow down posterior part of arm, dorsum of hand, to ends of fingers, (>) exercising arm, with numbness of arm while holding anything with hand. Lame pain in r. at 2.30 P.M., while at rest. Drawing in r. at 7.15 P.M.; in muscles of r. at 7 P.M. while riding on horseback. Drawing crampy sensation in muscles of r. at 3.45 P.M., then in r. elbow.
Sticking in r. elbow at 2.45 P.M. Aching in l. forearm at 9.30 P.M.; in r. at 3.40 P.M., beginning in belly of flexor carpi radialis, extending through arm, with sensitiveness of arm to pressure. Pulsating pain in interosseous tissue of palmar aspect of l. forearm, near wrist, at 4.30 P.M., extending to little finger, where it becomes a drawing, crampy pain, then a drawing sensation, extending up forearm from wrist.
Numb tensive pain in forearm at 6 P.M., with rheumatic stiffness of shoulders and elbows. Drawing in r. forearm at 3.45 P.M., extending to metacarpus. Numbness of forearm, especially along ulnar nerve to end of last two fingers, and prickling when resting on elbow.
Carpus – Pain suddenly piercing palmar surface of l. at 9.25 P.M., after a walk in open air, traversing dorsum of first and second fingers, becoming a drawing pain in its progress to metacarpo-phalangeal joints of those fingers, then involving all the r. metacarpo-phalangeal joints, drawing the fingers closer together and the thumb towards the palm, and the whole hand is numb, looks and feels swollen, with heat in it, the drawing (>) continued motion. Drawing pain through r. at 10 A.M., leaving lameness. Drawing, crampy sensation in l. at 6 P.M., then in anterior muscles of r. upper arm. Crampy aching in r. wrist at 9.45 P.M.
Hand – Trembling of l. and of forearm. Sudden dancing pain in r. metacarpus at 1.30 P.M. while writing, ending in lame aching and drawing in metacarpal region of thumb and index. Drawing pain in dorsal aspect of metacarpal region of r. thumb at 3.30 P.M. Drawing crampy pain in middle of r. palm, extending to tips of fingers (not thumb), as if fingers would be drawn towards palm. Painful weakness of r., especially the two last fingers are inclined to numbness when writing. Numbness of l. at 9.30 P.M., with pain in dorsum of first phalanx of r. index, shooting to joint of first and second phalanges of index.
Fingers – Stinging on dorsum of first phalanx of r. second, at 4.15 P.M. Pain in palmar surface of last phalanx of third, at 3 and 7 P.M.; in r. little while reading. Crampy sensation in first phalanges of r., at 3.47 P.M., increasing to aching, (>) motion of fingers; drawing C. sensation in first phalanx of r. ring, and sensation as if the finger would be flexed on palm, this drawing seemed to move towards metacarpo-phalangeal joint, appearing next day in first phalanx of r. ring finger, then in first phalanx of r. index.
Lower Extremities
Twitching of tendons of r. buttock at 8.30 P.M. Aching in outer hamstring of r. leg in afternoon, with drawing; A. in upper and posterior part of l. thigh at 2.35 P.M. while writing; along outer side of r. thigh at 3.27 P.M., while at rest; near r. tuber ischii at 10 A.M. while standing before a stove.
Pulsating pain in neck of r. femur; in capsular ligament, at 4.10 P.M., (>) walking, returning, during rest; pulsating P. in gluteal region, near r. tuber ischii, at 5 P.M., with sensitiveness to pressure. Pulsating, deep pain in posterior and upper part of thigh at 4.50 P.M.; at inner border of r. ilio- femoral ligament, at 1 P.M., (>) walking. Lame aching at inner side, just above r. knee, at 9.50 P.M., then wiry or thread like pain in r. instep. (Tensive pain in anterior and lower part of thighs at 8 P.M., (<) r., with bruised feeling in periosteum on pressure).
Knee – Stitches in every direction in l. popliteal space, then smarting as if burnt. Intermittent pressing-outward pain in r. at 12.30 A.M., in bed, (>) motion. Lame pain in r. at 3 P.M. Crampy aching in l. at 9.20 P.M., while sitting in a warm room, not (>) motion. Drawing pain in r. at 3.50 P.M., extending into anterior muscles of thigh.
Leg – Aching in r. at 12 M.; above r. ankle at 9 P.M., while sitting, (>) walking, returning on sitting down; intermittent, in r. tibia at 9 P.M. Pulsating pain in head of r. tibia at 3.20 P.M., (>) motion; in head of r. tibia at 5. 30 P.M., while at rest, with sensitiveness of tibia to pressure; pulsating, near upper and outer side of r. fibula at 6.30 P.M., then in r. thigh. Numb aching passing down outer side of r. to foot at 2.50 P.M., then aching and drawing in outer hamstring. Crampy lameness in r. leg, just above instep, at 3.30 P.M., while the leg is resting on a table, (>) walking, then while at rest drawing crampy sensation in hollow of r. foot, passing up outer ankle and along outer border of gastrocnemius muscle to knee, (>) walking, returning while sitting with feet resting on floor, passing slowly from outer ankle to knee, then in tibia, where it becomes a numb aching, then in tarsus, where it causes drawing aching, as if foot would cramp, (>) continued motion.
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.