Lower Extremities
Rheumatic drawing, (<) thigh and knee in evening in bed, (<) motion, with grumbling in bed. Lassitude as if stiff, so that he could scarcely stand. Pressure in l. nates, as if in ischium. Twitching in muscles of thighs. Thighs sore where they rub in walking (in a woman). Intermittent tearing between l. hip and articulation of thigh, (<) moving joint; pinching T. near head of l. femur; sticking T. in middle of l. thigh, towards inner side. Rheumatic pain in l. thigh. Tension in thighs and legs, almost like cramp, only when sitting. Tearing on l. knee; on outer side of hollow of
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Swelling of legs. Tearing on sides above malleoli. Pain in tibia as if suppurating. Leaden heaviness of legs. Leg falls asleep easily. Cramp of ankle at night, with jerking in it. Sticking in malleoli. Rapid swelling of feet and soles, so that walking was painful. Cramp of feet. Sharp pain in inner half of r. heel. Leaden heaviness of feet. Sticking tearing beneath nail of l. great toe. Cramplike pain extending from middle toe to tarsus. Sudden pain in r. great toe, next day passing to other toes, great toe less sensitive, then cold, then black, with sudden typhoid fever, the gangrene rising to thigh, with horrid pains, leg black and cold, when the woman attempted to turn in bed the tibia and fibula broke, and then the limb dropped off.
Clinical Articular rheumatism, sometimes with hot shiny swelling of the joints (Bryonia), with great swelling, pain, etc. Articular rheumatism complicated with pericarditis; in these cases there is generally nocturnal aggravation. Wandering rheumatism, which even seems to attack the meninges of the brain and finally attacks the heart. Subacute inflammation of the knee, with fistulous openings discharging bloody serum, nightly boring pains. Housemaid’s knee. Scrofulous affections of the joints (recently treated with marked success by injections of Iodoform). Affections of the joints or of the articular extremities of the bones, following mercury or syphilis. Gonorrhoeal rheumatism.
Skin
Pale. Dingy and livid. Brown as if smoked, instead of former yellowish tint. Redness of neck and chest as if congested. Red burning spot on nose beneath eye. Scratched spots become dark brown and the ulcerated places remaining after furuncles become gangrenous. Various eruptions, from erythema to morbus maculosus. Erythema of face and inflammation. Itching elevation on nose. Itching iodine exanthem, (>) sweat. Round, burning, itching spot between r. thumb and index, with two whitish pellicles upon it, (>) rubbing. Itching papules on an old scar.
Skin of arm tight, glossy, then covered with miliary vesicles, with heat, itching and smarting, V. ruptured by any considerable motion, discharge of much water, most from inside of elbow, (<) bending arm. Furuncle between scapulae, with inflammation of surrounding parts (with loss of appetite and sleeplessness), after warm poultices the F. detached itself from the skin in hard knots, leaving deep and painless ulcers, which refused to heal. Feeling over whole body like flea-bites, day and night. Itching on back above r. hip; I. of an old scar; sticking, in various parts.
Sleep
Frequent yawning. Sleepiness. Sleeplessness; at night, but weariness by day; with profuse sweat; for eight days, with restlessness and delirium. Sleep broken by sudden starts. Restless sleep; with anxious dreams; with unpleasant and fatiguing dreams; then sleeplessness, on getting to sleep nightmare and hallucinations. Sleep bad, with nightmare and electric shocks, which wake her with a start. Waking early.
Nightmare. Dreams; vivid, from which he wished to wake but could not, then weakness after waking; anxious, restless; anxious, of dead people; unremembered, with sound sleep; every night, of swimming, walking in mire, that her daughter had fallen into a brook, etc.; of having unsuccessful intercourse with men, no emissions; that he was about to have connection with a man, but for some unknown reason the dream changed before the act was accomplished, no emission.
Fever
Coldness; alternating with heat; cold nose; limbs; limbs, and trembling of them; upper limbs; hands, and clammy; feet; feet at night. Quartan fever with constant diarrhoea on the days free from fever. Irregular febrile movements. Heat; after wine, with excitement, but feeling as if he would soon become tired; in flushes. Fever, with dry skin, weakness, rapid pulse, delirium, twitching of muscles, carphology and more coldness than heat of skin. Flushes of heat in head before menstruation, with palpitation and tension in throat, which became thick. Heat of hands; in r. scapula; flitting across r. thigh; of skin; of skin in evening, with dryness. Sweat at night; profuse; profuse S. on forehead; viscid S.; cold; contained iodine; general, sour, towards morning, then weakness of limbs; acrid on feet.
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.