Thigh.- Cramp in r. and in calf, waking him at night. Jerking; in anterior surface of r. Soreness between. Tearing in upper and inner part; T. in l. and in tibia, during menses; close to nates, extending towards genitals. Sore pain in a spot in middle on touch. Bruised pain above r. knee as if thigh would fall off when standing, (<) sitting. Drawing pain; in l., extending to knee; as if it would break when ascending. Paralytic drawing, often increasing to tearing, (<) standing and in warmth of bed, often only in evening and at night. Weariness, (<) afternoon; W. above knees in evening. Paralysis of l., with feeling as if it would fall asleep.
Knee.- Twitching in l. Tearing; in hollow; in evening, with warmth in it; when walking and sitting. Pain on side when walking, (<) stretching leg; sprained P. on rising from a seat; drawing pain when walking, extending to thigh; tensive, P. in r., then crawling, only when walking. Paralytic pain in r. when walking. Paralytic sensation when sitting. Throbbing in l. during the day. Painful falling asleep on walking fast, he cannot bend them well. Stiffness; of r. with tension and weakness, as if tightly bound.
Leg.- Twitches on anterior surface of l. when standing. Cramp in r. calf; in calf and sole at night in bed on drawing up leg. Stitches, with pain and burning; S. in fibula. Tearing in l. tibia; in tibia beneath knee; upper part of calf; on waking at night, with drawing and weariness, (<) ankles; in r. calf, extending deep inward on pressure and rubbing; in tibiae, with pain in periosteum on touch and tension when walking. Pressure now here, now there in bones. Burning pain at night in bed. Drawing pain in r. extending to foot. Drawing in bones, with tearing; paralytic D. Tension in l. calf as if too short when standing; in calves on rising from a seat during the day. Uneasiness in evening. Weakness, they give way. Heaviness; suddenly in l., as if paralyzed, so that it is difficult to move, at night in bed and next day when sitting. Stiffness. Numbness of r,. in morning after waking, as if going to sleep, then heaviness. Falling asleep when lying; of one, then the other, when sitting; of r., with crawling.
Ankle.- Sticking beneath malleolus; in tendons behind r. external malleolus when running; S. in malleolus and when walking feeling as if feet would break. Tearing; just above malleolus; about M. when feet are cold; from inner M. transversely towards tendo-achillis; spasmodic, on M., with pulsation about it extending up fibula to knee. Drawing in l. on stepping, (<) evening, with sticking and throbbing in it and sticking in heel, she must keep the foot suspended, it feels heavy, swollen at seat of pain and hot to touch.
Foot.- Swelling; extending to malleoli; of soles, and redness, with burning in them, (<) stepping. Visible twitching on back of l. in evening. Sticking; on back; beneath heel; in corns, after walking, with burning; in l., extending inward. Tearing on inside and on sole; on back, extending to toes; drawing, extending to toes. Pain in heel; in sole on stepping. Sensitiveness of corns. Tension. Pinching drawing as from weariness. Heaviness; walking is irksome; and stiffness. Falling asleep after dinner; of l. during dinner.
Toes.- Cramp in l. great, in evening when sitting, preventing stretching of it. Sticking in balls of great in tips of great, with itching; tickling, in tips. Tearing; in first phalanx of great; in tips of great. Gnawing on outer margin of r. great. Pain in tips on walking; P. on side of nail of great, as if it would grow into flesh. Sprained P. in first joint of great when walking, (<) bending it up.
Clinical Sciatica, with very sharp lancinating pains. It has been indicated in hip disease of scrofulous children, with the severe pain and periodic aggravation of the drug.
Skin
Freckles on face. Dryness and roughness of face. Hands rough and cracked. Crack in the cicatrix of an issue. Red lentil-shaped elevation above wrist. Yellow, scaly spot on upper part of forehead; scaly, itching spots on abdomen and about nipples, moist after scratching. Tetter on legs. Eruption in hollow of knee. Nettle-rash. Chilblain on ball of great toe, with sticking cutting; inflamed C. on toes, with pain; inflamed, bluish-red C. on balls of great toes, with cutting and sticking, (<) when in shoes.
Pimples here and there; in l. brow; on face; on cheek below ear; on ears; on nose; on l. thigh; above knee, with tearing; on zygomata, with burning pain; painful to touch on lip near l. nostril; red, on l. frontal eminence, painful to touch, afterwards they suppurated. Itching pimples on nape; posteriorly on l. thumb; high up on arm, with pain; on shoulders, with burning after scratching; on tibia; and vesicles with inflamed areola. Inflammation at insertion of nail of index, and on pressure oozing of thin matter. Soreness behind ears, with suppuration. Pustules on face; red, in middle of forehead. Boil in ear. Vesicle on little finger; on l. index, with watery discharge; itching, in palm. Ulcer bleeds; at night; superficial U. above l. wing of nose, painful on touch.
General sticking and gnawing; itching S. here and there; general itching S., preventing sleep after 1 A.M. Pressure in location of a former ulcer on leg, with tension. Crawling in tip of r. middle finger; in soles, extending towards toes; in limbs, (<) legs, when sitting, with drawing in legs making him restless; tickling C. in toes and soles.
Itching on chin; of an old wart on face; lobules of ears; abdomen and thighs; about umbilicus; of hypogastrium; on lower part of small of back; axillae; wrist; between nates; on knee; tibia; under surfaces of toes; about ankle in morning in bed; general, in evening, (>) bed; palms near fingers in evening; legs in evening; feet in evening, with heat, as after freezing; general during menstruation; general in morning and evening, (<) back, where small pimples appear; now here, now there, small pimples after scratching; here and there, (<) legs, on scratching it easily becomes bloody; on thigh near hip, which after scratching ulcerated; of arms, then after scratching white pimples; on mons veneris, about genitals and on thighs, with red papules; on r. breast and on rubbing fine eruption; of face, preceded by twitching, burning after rubbing; beneath great toe- nail, with pain on touch; on back, which amounts to a pain after scratching; above r. wrist, (>) scratching; on pit of stomach, not (>) scratching; almost sticking, over whole body at night in bed. Burning itching, general, now here, now there; on face; face, back and head; sacrum and under r. patella.
Clinical Subacute erysipelas in old people characterized by the sac-like swelling under the eyebrows. Erysipelas resulting from a wound.
Sleep
Yawning. Sleepiness during the day; she sleeps as soon as she sits down; S. in morning, and late waking; in forenoon, with yawning; in afternoon, also with yawning and suffering expression; early in evening, also with morose silence; attacks of S. when eating; after eating, with chilliness and yawning; during breakfast; after dinner, (>) open air; on walking in open air, with yawning; overpowering, in afternoon and evening. In morning, after a good sleep, he is obliged to lie down again, and after three hours’ sleep feels well. Sleep too long, then confusion of head, lassitude, feeling of catarrh and pressure in eyes.
Sleepless after 1 or 2 A.M.; till 11 or 12 P.M.; till 1 or 2 A.M.; till midnight, after mental labor; on account of vivid thoughts after waking at night; on account of remembrance of sad events; S. or anxious dreams, in morning stupidity and hot hands. Half-waking sleep; in morning after waking, during menstruation, anxiety from hearing things, though she knows that she is dreaming, but inability to open her eyes and difficulty in arousing herself. Restless sleep; during menstruation, with anxious dreams; on account of pain in side on which he lies; child restless, anxious, cried, longed for this and that without taking anything.
Talking in sleep. Starting in S.; on falling asleep; S. up awake in evening, with general shivering. Jerking in limbs and snoring; J. in arm on falling asleep. Movements of whole body in sleep as in epilepsy, with jerking of arms and stamping of feet. She raised herself at night in sleep, said all sorts of senseless things to her husband, and could not collect her senses for a long time though she knew she was talking with him. Waking early; always at 4 A.M., and frequently afterwards till morning; frequent W. Late falling asleep; difficult in evening after walking in open air.
Dreams; on falling asleep; passing from one into another; fantasies at night in a waking condition, with heat in brain and general external heat, then sweat, cold limbs, shivering and starting as in fright; violent crying in a D.; horrible; of all sorts of frightful figures; that she fell from a mountain; of serpents, disease and death; that one announced his approaching death; of diseases parts of the body; of masked persons, ghosts and devils; of dead persons as if they were living and quarreled with her; of robbers; vivid, of the business of the day. Anxious dreams, she cries for help; A. of danger from passing forms, some of which lay hold of her; A. that his father was about to beat him. Voluptuous dreams; after coition, with emission. Nightmare as if a stone were lying on him and his larynx were gradually constricting, with ineffectual efforts to wake.
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.