Upper Extremities
Pinching in r. axilla, with sticking. Pain in axillae. Sticking in shoulders and elbows, even at rest, (<) night; S. in l. shoulder, taking away the breath; frequent burning S. on l. shoulder. Tearing in r. S. at night, (>) external warmth; in l. joint on moving arm. Rheumatic pain in l. S. Burning in shoulder- joint. Arm, jerking of muscles; in first sleep at night; here and there in arms in evening in bed; pinching in l., with heat in it; drawing. Falling asleep of arm when lying upon it; and hand, when sitting; F. asleep of r. arm. Sticking in upper arm, forearm and hand. Sore feeling in upper arm.
Elbow.- Twitching. Pain in condyles on touch; P. in bend, so that he cannot stretch arm; in bend, as if too short, on stretching arm. Drawing during rest, with tearing in it on raising arm and sensation as if cold water were running through bones; cutting D. in r., whereby arm felt paralyzed. Paralytic pressure in l. E. and forearm after midday nap.
Tearing in l. forearm near wrist. Gnawing in r. ulna and radius. Burning pain in r. forearm, upon which he was lying at night, with sensation of falling asleep in elbow. Spasmodic tension of falling asleep in elbow. Spasmodic tension in a muscle of forearm. Sticking through r. wrist. Sprained pain in r. wrist. Hands wasted; tearing in r. H; T. in hands like rheumatism; sticking burning pain in l. palm in evening in bed, which soon passes to thumb; pain as from a blow on back of l., (<) pressure; numb and asleep after much using; asleep when sitting; r. asleep.
Fingers.- Nails become thick. Swelling of middle joint of middle, with stiffness. Spasmodic contractions; of l. index. Cross each other by a kind of spasm, but they separate when she strikes them. Sticking in tips of r., with ulcerative pain; S. in ball of thumb; beneath r. thumb-nail. Tearing in bone of first phalanx of thumb; rheumatic T. in first joint of r. thumb, (<) during rest. Feeling as if thumbs would be drawn inward when holding something in hands. Crawling in tip of index, with numbness. F. remain stiff and bent after grasping anything.
Lower Extremities
Thigh. Sticking in spots in T. and legs; S. in l. hip; in part S. at night, disturbing sleep, in part burning. Tearing posteriorly in morning; T. now in r., now in l., extending into hip, from afternoon till evening; rheumatic in hips. Cutting in swelling above knee. Bruised pain in middle; B. pain in femora. Drawing pain in femora; jerking D. pain towards groin, (<) rising from a seat. Jerking sensation in muscles. Weariness. Stiffness of r. on walking, with feeling as if bound about knee. Numbness, (<) sitting, with heat.
Knee.- Sticking in l.; S. in patella. Sprained pain in l. when walking. Bruised pain at night; in morning in bed,(>) rising. Drawing pain. Drawing in l., with tension; D. in l., with jerking. Tension in hollows all day, so that he could not stretch leg. Pain in hollows, as if too short, with tension in tendo- achillis, so that she could not step upon it. Fatigued pain, (<) knees, when stooping and sitting down, so that she could not rise again from her seat. Weakness of l., with heaviness. Stiffness; in hollows when sitting, as if held tightly by a hand. Numbness, waking at night.
Leg.- Swelling even in bed; hard S., with sticking. Sticking in r. on blowing nose; S. in swollen varices; in varices, with tension. Sticking burning pain in a spot above malleolus, so that she could not step upon it, but must raise it high, because on allowing it to hang down the blood settled into it, with burning and sticking. Tearing in tibiae; rheumatic, in both and in l. hip. Cramplike pain here and there, with heat. Pain in varices during menstruation. Rheumatic pain. Bruised pain in the tibiae; and pain as if broken; B. pain in leg and scapula on which he lies. Drawing pain on tibiae; in tendo-achillis. Drawing from above downward; cramplike D. in varices on stretching leg. Tension when walking, with bruised pain; T. where there were swollen veins, wit sticking in them. Uneasiness, preventing sleep all night. Weariness. Heaviness; r. Crawlings as if they would go to sleep. Falling asleep; and seeming dead on walking in open air; incline to fall asleep at night, and peevishness. Numbness in bones of r.
Calf.- Cramp all day; in morning in bed; at night; from carrying anything, with trembling of legs; at beginning of coition, preventing coition. Jerking; in all muscles of l. Spasmodic drawing at night on stretching them. S. drawing on rising. Sticking when drawing them. S. drawing on rising. Sticking when drawing on boots. Sprained pain. Throbbing in outer side every hour, always lasting about fifteen minutes.
Ankle.- Gnawing in bones of A. and heels. Pain about malleoli; on touch; in r. Sprained pain in l. on walking in open air,(>) in room. Pain in r. malleoli as if broken, (<) morning after rising, with a stitch at every step, extending to great toe, so that he must hold himself in order to avoid falling. Constriction. Stiffness.
Foot.- Swelling of the injured. Jerking in soles. Sticking in heels, with pressure; S. in heels, even when sitting. Tearing on back; in borders; in heels; in ball when walking; in r. sole, with tickling; rheumatic, in feet and toes. Ulcerative pain in heels, in soles. Sore pain in corns, almost without external pressure. Burning pain in a corn. Pain in corns on waking. Blood shoots into diseases F. when standing. Heaviness; with weariness. Falling asleep of l. in evening when sitting. Numbness on back when walking in open air (in June), with increased coldness. Stiffness in a sore F. after eating, with pressure and sticking.
Toes.- Swelling of T. and balls of toes. Drawn inward; with cramplike drawing up to knee. Sticking in l. great, when sitting. Tearing in l. great; in little, as if it would be drawn towards the side; goutlike. Pain in r. great; in nail of great; beneath balls, so that he limped. Constriction of ball of great, as with iron pincers.
Skin
Hard and cracked on hands. Soreness high up between thighs during and after a walk; between thighs, near pudenda, during menstruation; between pudendum and thigh, covered with pimples, vesicles and ulcers; between toes, with itching; smarting soreness between nates. Eruption covering chin; itching E. full of corrosive water, in many parts; gritty E. on fingers. Spots like flea-bites. Red spot on thigh; R., itching spots, (<) calves. Erysipelas of hands; of both sides of face, burning sticking, then catarrh, with sticking in gum. Red raw spot like tetter on thigh opposite scrotum, itching in morning. Tetter becomes an inflamed swelling.
Pimples over whole body at night, (>) morning; Itching P. on face, moist after scratching; hard, painful to pressure, behind r. ear; red, itching a little, on thighs; painful to touch, on nates; deeply-seated-posteriorly on thighs and legs, rapidly forming vesicles; on trunk and limbs (not unusual with me, but they assumed a peculiar appearance after three days, increased to size of a pin’s head, were filled with fluid at tip and were brownish- yellow). Red itching pimples tipped with pus, which burn after scratching. Moist papules on nose. Unhealthy, every injury suppurates. Pustules on chin and chest; on both little toes, with sticking. Suppuration of margins of great toes. Boils on neck, back and arms; on nates. Vesicles beneath malleoli; on little finger, itching, discharging much matter, with burning sticking; white, on one toe. Proud flesh in ulcers. Ulcer on fourth toe; scaly, on tibia, with inflamed border and surrounded by swelling, so sensitive that bed-covering could not be endured. Offensive odor from an ulcer; scab of ulcer smells like herring-brine.
Tearing in ulcer. Smarting of the limbs covered with tetter; S. all over hands, on moving fingers the skin cracks. Burning pain in scars from old ulcers. Pressure in an ulcer, with sticking; itching, in an ulcer. Sensitiveness of an ulcer. Tingling of feet towards toes, like tearing. Formication on back. Itching, general, even on face and genitals; behind ears; on back and arms; balls of l. hand; swollen varices of legs; of all toes; r. temple, with burning after scratching; on coccyx above anus, with moisture and scurf; lobules of ears and on cheeks, after scratching lymph exudes and hardens; over whole body, after scratching pimples containing water; corrosive, here and there. Sticking itching in r. great toe; in a mole, transiently (>) rubbing; on thigh, as if an eruption would appear in the place of a previous boil.
Clinical It has removed scars; Dr. Guernsey states that he has removed by it scars after mammary abscesses. Impetigo. The itching of Graphites is generally (<) warmth. It seems to have removed the tendency to recurring erysipelas of the vesicular variety. Herpes zoster, with large blisters and excessive burning. Herpes zoster, if left-sided. Chronic eczema of the dorsal region of the forearm and hands, the skin becomes thick and fissured. Rhus poisoning. (Compare skin generally with Petrol.)
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.