Heart
Lancinations in praecordial region; here and there. Pain in praecordial region; at l. side of cardiac region. Tightness as if something were lying on praecordial region, with deep, labored inspirations. Palpitation. Beats increased; stronger and irregular; violent when sitting, then floundering sensation in heart, with rapid, small, indistinct pulse; sudden violent beats when sitting and lying, with anxious oppression in praecordial region. Beat not perceptible, but oppression in praecordial region.
Pulse
Rapid; in morning; in afternoon, and irregular; (<) slightest cause; and full; and irregular; and small, weal; and small and soft, after coughing; and jerky; small, then slow and full, alternately rapid and slow. Jerky, sometimes like a quick trembling, that is also felt in chest. Slow and full. Irregular; and sometimes 90 when sitting; at 3 P.M., more rapid when sitting erect, slower but fuller and larger when sitting bent forward. Fluttering. Could not be felt, but it was an undulation, then small soft beats.
Neck
Cracking in upper vertebrae on moving head. Pain in nape; in muscles of neck and loins. Drawing in l. muscles. Pulsation in r. side. Heaviness of nape; and occiput, with stiffness of nape.
Back
Sitting. Painful lassitude along, with bruised feeling down to sacrum. Stiffness. Pricking in scapulae extending to l. shoulder. Lancinations between scapulae, in shoulders and along spine to sacrum (<) straightening himself, with difficult breathing. Pressure in spinous processes of several dorsal vertebrae. Deep lancinations around loins. Bruised pain in sacrum. Pain in l. lumbar muscles, (<) bending or turning.
Extremities
Cracking in joints on moving them. Drawing in arms and limbs as if beaten. Bruised pain in various muscles; B. pain alternately in different parts; B. pain in afternoon when walking, with weariness; alternately in l. knee, elbow and foot when sitting. Peculiar lightness and vigor in spite of much walking; peculiar lightness and flexibility in morning in spite of a bad night. Weakness; (<) l.
Upper Extremities
Pain in shoulders, with cracking in them; P. in shoulder-joint; in l. upper arm. Weakness of shoulders and upper arms; of arms, with painful drawing in muscles of upper arm. Constriction of flesh of lower part of l. arm. Pain in muscles of lower part of l. forearm as from a hoop. Objects held with uncertainty, so that they easily fell, with haste in all movements. Sticking in l. hand, with insensibility of fingers feel fine and smooth, and agreeable warmth of their skin. Contraction of r. fingers, with stiffness of their joints. Drawing in side of r. index.
Lower Extremities
Tottering; with knees bent and legs spread apart; in open air, with beginning vertigo. Sensation as if tottering in open air; always on going into open air, and sometimes real staggering, (<) ascending steps. Cramp pain from r. hip-joint to tips of toes. Heaviness. Difficulty in walking, with limping; D. in ascending steps, without weakness. Cutting in r. hip, extending into abdomen and forcing him to bend over. Bruised pain in hips. Pain in muscles of l. thigh; in muscles of interior and middle parts of thighs when sitting; from l. groin to knee, with stiffness; in r. knee; in outer side of r. knee. Cracking in r. knee on motion and when sitting. Cramp in r. calf. Retraction of muscles of r. leg, with bruised pain in hip-joint. Sticking in r., then l. tibia when walking and sitting. Tearing here and there in muscles of l. leg; in l. tibia; on surface of l. leg, between tibia and fibula. Pressure in r. calf. Drawing in calves, Weakness of legs r. Lancinating tearing in r, tibial-tarsal joint. Pain in knees and ankles, soon alternating with drawing in calves and r. joint of jaw, (<) walking. Tensive pain above and behind l. malleolus when the foot leaves the ground in walking and the tension is brought upon the tendo-achillis, extending to sole, (<) walking rapidly, so that he limped, (>) walking slowly. Drawing in feet when sitting, extending to back, with coldness. Weariness of feet. Lancinations alternately in both great toes. Sharp pain in l. great toe, long affected with gouty swelling which has disappeared. Pain in r. great toe and in muscles of forepart and middle of thighs. Peculiar weak pressing in r. toes. Internal trembling sensation in l. toes.
Skin
Veins very small. Itching pimples on neck and chest. Prickling in calves. Smarting on r. cheek, chin and wing of nose, with itching and heat, then erythematous burning redness, then miliary pustules with formication, then tetter ending in desquamation. Formication along r. thigh to foot, with stiffness; F. at night along r. thigh to great toe, where there are lancinations,. Itching under r. foot.
Sleep
Yawning though he had slept all the morning. Sleepiness. Sleep deep, prolonged, quiet, towards morning. Wakes with difficulty or else with a start. Many dreams, with frequent waking, mostly with headache. Remembered dreams. Vivid, voluptuous dreams.
Fever
Sensitiveness to cold. Coldness after a walk; C., with trembling and with numbness of hands, coldness of fingers, which are white, numb and prickly; piercing into occiput; in r. elbow and parietal eminence, with crawling; through back; in back, extending into bones of arms, with cold hands and blue nails; in back, extending into limbs, which are cold and feel bruised; in spine, (>) walking, with coldness in head and limbs, weakness of limbs, pressure in testicle and elbows, frequent deep breathing, oppression of chest, prickling in calves, pulse 55 to 60, Shivering through back; with warm limbs; when walking and sitting, extending into arms, with cold skin, bluish nails, weakness of r. limb, oppressed respiration, pupils contracted, and sensitive to day light. Warmth of skin, which seems soft and fine Heat of head; forehead; of whole body, (<) back from a small glass of Malaga wine, with distention of veins; externally in tips of fingers.
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.