Ankle – Pain passing upward over l. inner, at 4.30 P.M., while at rest in a warm room. Sudden lameness m l. at 8.30 A.M., while walking in open air, with loss of strength.
Foot – Thread like pain below r. outer ankle at 4.30 P.M., ending in aching. Drawing crampy sensation at dorsum of r., in region of external cuneiform bone, at 5.45 P.M. (while at rest in a warm room, the air being moist), spreading outward and over cuboid bone and over metatarsal bone of little toe, then moving to region of anterior ligament, where it becomes a bruised aching, extending to external malleolus, sometimes up tibia and fibula, causing a full feeling in those bones, with lameness when walking, next day at 3 P.M., while at rest, return of the aching in r. ankle.
Instep – Pain in r.; crampy, in r. at 12.30 A.M., (>) motion. Numb drawing in l., extending to knee, while at rest, then sensation as of warm air, like an aura, ascending half way to knee, the numbness and drawing then concentrated at instep, and again the aura ascended slowly to knee, at same time aching in tibia and fibula, with heat and fulness in leg, then the numb drawing moved over dorsum of foot to toes, where it ended in prickling, (>) motion, returning when motion ceased.
Toes – Sticking in metatarsal joint of great, at plantar aspect. Drawing in r. great, at 6 P.M., as if it would cramp.
Skin
Pale redness on lower part of r. hypochondrium, down to crest of r. ilium, and extending two-thirds across abdomen, with papillae, next morning similar appearance (though less marked) on l. side. Red and white streaks (the former broader) on back and r. half of abdomen, outer part of r. thigh, and as high as scapula, at 9 P.M., the redness (>) pressure, but returning immediately. Burning eruptions occasionally.
Pimples (some of them white at apex) on back part of neck, shoulders, scapulae and lower down on back; red, hard, on l. side of sacrum, with pain on touch; round, dull, red, on r. scapula, anterior and upper half of l. forearm, in same region of r. arm, but more numerous on l., and on outer and upper part of l. calf, those on l. half and l. arm looking dry and scaly. Inflammation of the part, with deep, hard-edged ulcers, which discharge a thick, fetid, purulent, greenish-yellow matter, the parts becoming in appearance similar to raw, decayed meat, while the surrounding skin is covered with shining scales.
Itching on various parts; in afternoon; in evening; at r. eyebrow; on face; on face, most about mouth; on abdomen; on scrotum; on extremities; on dorsum of l. hand, on l. scapula and inner side of thighs; on upper part of calves; on various parts of lower extremities in forepart of day, and in evening; below r. elbow at 7.30 P.M., (>) rubbing, with sensation as if it would return if I ceased rubbing; of palm, (>) getting up and moving around, with warmth in it; on inner side of l. thigh at 10 A.M., then above r. eye, then on scalp, at 10.15 at inner border of l. gastrocnemius, (>) rubbing, then tingling I. on r. side of upper lip, then crawling itching on r. malar region, then I. moving downward from r. commissar of mouth, then I. on palmar aspect of r. carpus, moving towards palm, then on r. angle of jaw.
Stinging itching on r. scapula at 2.45 P.M.; between metacarpal bones of r. thumb and index at 3.30 P.M., and itching on lower part of l. scapula, with sensation as if there were pimples there, then on r. scapula. Biting-corrosive itching on r. forearm, over belly of palmaris longus muscle at 11.40 A.M., then itching near r. angle of jaw, then itching on posterior aspect of r. forearm, then on dorsal aspect of first phalanx of r. index. Burning itching on whole body; on r. ear and surrounding tissue, extending into whiskers. Itching of nose, burning in open air, (<) in warm room. Burning tingling itching on lower extremities.
Tingling itching on lower part of sternum, then on whole chest; on ankle; along lower extremities, changing its position, (>) scratching; on various parts, mostly extremities, (<) the longer it lasts, (>) rubbing, scratching, in open air and on motion, (<) warmth and rest, in forepart of the day worse on upper extremities, in the after part worse on lower extremities; on l. side of scrotum at 8 P.M., while sitting, shifting to inner side and lower half of l. thigh; then on inner side below knee, then on upper extremities, the l. first, then on r. lower extremity, the itching changing places rapidly, (>) rubbing or scratching, (<) warmth and rest, for the most part proceeding from above down- ward, especially on lower limbs, and generally of a tingling character.
Clinical In erysipelas of face.
Sleep
Night restless till 2 A.M., no sleep, with heat of hands and head, full, heavy and accelerated pulse, cold feet and hands. Dreamy and refreshing, seeming more like a clairvoyant state, after midnight dream of birds singing, which woke me and caused me to listen. Light, dreamy and refreshing, after midnight dream of entering a beautiful garden, from which I passed into a low woodland, in the eastern border of which was a sluggish, broad, shallow stream of water, and to cross dry should required some exercise of mind.
Fever
Heat; over superior maxillary bone at 10 A.M., while at rest, with sense of fulness, and with sensation as of a pimple over r. antrum. Burning on face and arms, especially about eyes, warmth with painful weakness, extending from shoulders to hands, and remaining there, more in palm and wrist, afterwards pain in r. hand grows severe and extends to elbow, (>) getting up and moving around. Burning in finger-tips, (<) r., with aching.
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.