Back
Drawings down spine, (>) throwing shoulders backward, (<) throwing shoulders forwards. Tearing across scapulae, with sticking and paralytic pain in arm. Sore pain in region of l. false ribs when sitting. (>) touch. Periodic deeply – piercing, griping sticking on r. side near spine, between os innominatum and last rib, (<) during inspiration, which is impeded by the pain. Pressure in region of lumbar vertebrae, at times (<) stooping, at times (<) pressure. Drawing on small of; D. pain. Tension in lumbar region.
Extremities
Stretching as before paroxysms of fever. Trembling of hands and feet. Pain in joints on motion. Fatigue as if their mobility were impaired. Heaviness, (<) arms and hands, so that objects easily drop.
Upper Extremities
Heaviness. Sprained pain in shoulder – joint. Paralyzed, hard pressure in r. upper arm and forearm, in periosteum and deep in muscles, extending to fingers and preventing writing. Drawing in l. arm, extending into fingers. Tearing in elbow and wrist. Bruised pain in l. elbow; B. pain across outer side of elbow, (<) moving arm and on touch. Pain in r. elbow, (>) morning after rising, returned in forenoon, gradually extended to shoulder and fingers, (<) forearm, (>) moving arm or changing position, returned on keeping arm quite, the pain returned on going to bed.
Sticking in muscles of r. forearm. Tearing in l. forearm; in periosteum o l. radius near to and in wrist. Paralytic, hard pressure extending to fingers, where it is so violent that writing is difficult. Painful drawings in inner surface of shaft of ulna, and in wrist. Bruised pain in r. forearm, extending from elbow to fingers, painful on motion, waking him, (>) towards morning. Swelling of veins on back of hands in evening. Aching on back of 1. hand. feeling as if everything would fall from hands. Numbness of r. hands. Cramplike, slow flexion of r. thumb and index, the tips approach each other and have to be forcibly extended. Tearing in periosteum of little, middle and ring fingers.
Lower Extremities
Tearing on outer side of r. thigh in evening. Cramplike pain above r. popliteus. Rheumatic drawing in l. gluteus maximus, along its attachment to ilium, towards sacrum, when sitting, (>) standing. Weakness of thighs and legs, on long standing they sway to and fro. Sprained pain in l. knee – cap. Bruised pain in l. knee; when walking, or fatigued pain; B. pain, now in one, now in other knee, (>) on motion. Drawing pain in l. knee – cap; in r. knee, in acromium and cap; in bends when standing; in bend of r., becoming a drawing; in flexor muscles, extending to tips of toes, (<) l. leg. Tensive drawing in tendons of knees when sitting and standing. Weakness of knees. Twitching internally beneath l. knee. Sticking in muscles of r. calf. Tearing in l. leg. Tearing paralytic pain in tibiae. Drawing, with weakness and unsteadiness of knees. Drawing in l. leg. Drawing pressure in tibiae, appearing when sitting, and disappearing when walking, or vice versa, but more painful when sitting.
Sprained pain in ankle of stepping; when walking and standing, (>) sitting down. Cutting behind l. inner malleolus when walking. Sprained pain in l. foot; in r., (>) touch and when walking; in foot when walking; when sitting and standing (<) walking, (<) near heel and in ankles. Drawing pressure on back of foot when sitting, (>) standing. Sore pain in heels, Preventing walking; burning sore P. in heels, (<) walking in open air. Weakness of feet. Heaviness of feet; paralytic, making walking difficult. Dead feeling in feet at toes after walking, and when walking sore pain, (<) jumping. Pulsating tearing on lower surface or r. toes. Pressure on l. great T.; drawing P. on great; drawing P. outward in periosteum of l. little. Drawing in l. great T.; D. inward where the l. great T. unites with metatarsal bone.
Skin
Red spots on thighs like burns; R. spots on face, (<) forehead, with pustules. The almost imperceptible scar of smallpox became distinct and dark red, and the forehead was covered with similar spots. Pimples on forehead; on scalp, face and rest of skin; heat P. or r. chest; itching P. on parotid gland; speedily filling with white lymph, on face, also with whitish – yellow lymph. Sensation as if a large animal were running over her body. Prickling and sticking in evening in bed, causing scratching.
Itching on lower jaw; scalp, neck, shoulders and below axillae; in region of l. inguinal canal; on elbows; on calf; on r. calf in morning, with swelling of veins extending to foot, so that he scratches till it bleeds; of r. calf in evening, so that he scratches still it bleeds, which causes burning pain; in evening, not only in skin, but apparently in bones of l. toes; on back or r. great toe, after scratching itching white pustules, the I. (>) rubbing until the toe is sore; on middle joint of l. little finger, then red vesicles; then a red pimple on metacarpal joint of ring finger, soon becoming white as from a blister, surrounded by a red areola. Sticking itching in all parts in evening in bed; sudden S. itching between fingers; sudden S. itching above ankles and on toes, now better, now worse, then warmth alternating with numbness of skin; stitching itching in various parts in forenoon, changing to drawing and tearing pain; sudden throbbing S. itching in various parts, then numbness. Itching gnawing in various parts, (>) for a time by scratching.
Sleep
Yawning; frequent. Sleepiness in forenoon; at noon after eating, with weariness; in afternoon, with fretfulness; in evening, with deep sleep at night and lascivious dreams (after a cup of tea, with four teaspoonfuls of rum); after eating; when sitting; irresistible in evening, also with chilliness. Early sleep and confused dreams. Sleeps longer than usual in morning. Sound sleep, with indistinct, frightful dreams; S. sleep, with confused, unremembered dreams.
Sleeplessness; with thirst, heat and headache. Late falling asleep and frequent waking; late falling asleep, much dreaming and frequent sudden waking, fully awake at 4 A.M., but sleep again about 6.3., with no desire to rise. Starting from sleep. Restless sleep; interrupted, by dreams; with frequent crying out; with frequent starting in fright, caused by dreams, then weariness, in morning on waking; with dream of money; with confused dreams, though he went to bed after midnight; and disturbed by frequent attacks of anxiety and nausea. Frequent waking. Waking early, with inability to sleep again, and when he wished to rise inability to do so from weakness and sleepiness. Sleep interrupted and towards morning many dreams, with an emission, Unpleasant dreams; frightful, in evening. Nightmare in evening as soon as he fell asleep, inability to cry out though he woke.
Fever
Coldness; all the forenoon, after the usual warmth begins the nose is still cold, but as this become warm the hands become cold; general, after midday nap, with in head, tension about flanks, pressure and heat in rectum, with swelling of haemorrhoidal vessels, flatulence, prostration and ill humor; towards evening, with sensitiveness to cold, then heat in different parts, on backs of hands and on nape, but not on face; towards evening, without thirst, with sensitiveness to cold, which causes sudden shuddering, then head of certain parts, with anxiety as if some evil were impending; after eating; after dinner, with congestion to brain; after a feverish attack and paroxysms of heat and throbbing in head; then general heat (<) of face, with redness that was (<) after eating, without thirst.
Coldness of cheeks, with internal and external heat of hands and swelling of veins. Coldness in back after midday nap, with tension of abdomen, passage of flatus up and down, C. over back after midday nap, with heat in head and eyes, frequent urging to urinate and pressure in rectum: C. over back after eating, with pressure upon bladder. Cold hands in morning; C. limbs till midnight, with heat in face, causing restless sleep. Chill alternating with heat; then profuse sweat. General shivering in morning, with yawning, but without coldness or gooseflesh; shivering in open air; sudden S. in evening; sudden shaking chill at 8.3. P.M., then sleepless night, with heat, fever lasted next day, with headache through afternoon, in evening again fever lasting till 2 A.M. when he first fell asleep.
Heat; at night, preventing sleep; during restless sleep, also with sweat. Internal; in morning. In head; in morning on waking, with pressure in forehead; in morning, (<) forehead, with pressure in temporal region; towards evening; with confusion; in r. side, with fulness; and in abdomen; rising into head in bed, with sensation as if head were turning about; rising into head and lasting till evening; rising into H., with sweat; and towards evening cold shivering, than palpitation. In various parts, hands, nape, neck below jaw, and after an hour dryness of palate with thirst. In whole l.leg in evening, with drawing pain in it when sitting. Sweat at night; every time on waking; S. on waking, burning in face, without redness; offensive S. between l. toes.
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.