Neck
Swelling of r. muscles, painful when taken hold of. Jerking in glands, and pulling. Sticking in nape and back. Tearing in vertebrae. Pain in nape, extending into eyes; P. in l. muscles, (<) sterno-cleido-mastoid, extending around head like a headache. Nape sensitive to pressure. Wandering about in glands. Stiffness of nape, with catarrh; S. of glands, extending to malar-bone; of atlas-joint, with pain on pressure.
Clinical The pains in the neck are most severe in the cervical region.
Back
Sticking extending upward; S. in upper part. Sprained pain during fever. Drawing, (<) ischia; D. extending into hips, with urging to urinate. After stooping he could with difficulty become erect. Sticking between scapulae; near point of r. scapula, towards spine, deep in back, (<) sitting, (<) by paroxysms, obliging one to bend backward and take a deep breath, not affected by breathing. Tearing in scapulae, (<) r.; T. between S. Pain between scapulae and on chest; in l. S.
Small of Back. Sticking to liver (perhaps also to kidneys) and thence to urethra; S. (jerks) on every motion. Sprained pain extending into abdomen; S. pain, with jerks, taking away the breath; S. pain, (<) r. side, preventing most motions, with a clumsy gait, then troubles in anus. Pain in ischia; sacrum and coccyx; P. after midday nap; after acids, with yawning and stretching as in fever; with numbness of fingers, crawling in calves and toes, pain in l. knee and elbow, feeling as after exhaustion in muscles of r. leg near outside of tibia and frequent sprained feeling in knee; extending to abdomen; as if lame and weak; as after great exertion, spreading upward like a fan. Drawing pain. Drawing extending up back; extending into legs in evening, (<) ischia; across region of kidneys, with warmth during the fever. Throbbing and in anus, with drawing in all limbs.
Clinical Neuralgic affections of the spine and spinal nerves. Myelitis and neuritis. Neuralgia of the coccyx, (<) rising up, must sit perfectly still.
Extremities
Stretching of all. Jerking in hands and legs; in arms and legs, with creeping from l. shoulder to head. Tearing in all; in arms and legs; in arms and legs, with cramp. Gnawing in all. Sprained pain in elbow and knee; l. Pain; in r. upper arm, then in r. calf; after profuse catarrh; in l. arm and below l. knee, (<) ankle; in r. upper arm as if in flesh, then also in tendons and bones, then pain in r. calf; as if pressed from without in arms, hands, legs and feet; on motion, as if beaten; weary, in all on waking, beginning in knees and elbows. Drawing from l. hip to knee, then from r. shoulder to elbow; painful, in knee and elbow, extending downward. Weakness; in morning. Heaviness Inability to close hands or bend knees, as if paralyzed, sometimes only l.
Upper Extremities
Shoulders. Sticking near and beneath r., (<) midday nap. Tearing; in l. in morning, extending to tips of fingers. Aching extending through them and arms, with heaviness, but less than in legs. Drawing pain in joint in evening. Rheumatic pain in r. and in wrist; in r. in evening and in both wrists. Pressure on r. in morning. Paralysis of l., (<) morning on dressing and on bending arm backward. Axilla, sticking externally beneath r.; a turning about in muscular margins as in erysipelas, (<) r.
Arm. Sticking, with feeling as if asleep; in r. Tearing through, (<) r.; downward through A.; in humerus and outward through flesh after acids. Pain in bones after acids; paroxysmal, in r. like a pressing in bones. Tension extending to middle fingers as if tendons were too short; in l. on stretching it out. Weakness in fever; W. so that she cannot raise them, they fall down again; sinking down after trifling exertion.
Sensation in l. elbow on touch as if glass were sticking in it. Bruised pain in elbow; in nerve. Pain in elbow extending to hand; l. Rheumatic pain in elbow, then l. hand. Swelling of muscles of forearm, painful on grasping anything, (>) night. Tearing in forearm; along ulnar side of r. carpus and metacarpus, extending to tips of outer fingers, (<) l. side; intermittent, in bones of r. wrist, on side of little finger. Sprained pain in r. wrist in evening on exerting it. Pain in wrist extending to elbow; sore, in bones.
Hand. Jerking in l. in afternoon when sitting. Cramp between metacarpal bones of fourth and fifth fingers. Sticking; l.; in bones and cartilages of hands, which were bent by contraction of tendons if she attempted to sew, and in wrist, with paroxysmal crawling in them. Tearing in joints of r.; T. in l., extending into upper arm; in r. like a forcible extension of muscles, it refuses its service on attempting to hold anything. Pain from the bitten H. into chest. Rheumatic pain along l. on side of little finger, often extending to elbow. Drawing pain in r. metacarpus. Pain as after violent exertion in all joints of l. on waking. Disagreeable dryness. Dead feeling on rubbing them (on backs?), also on washing them rapidly after eating.
Fingers. White. Visible pulsation in ball of l. thumb, then recurrent jerking in whole thumb. Sticking in tips; sudden. Gnawing in bones and flesh of r. third and fourth, with crawling, also under nail, beginning in tips and extending to second and third phalanges, it seems as if something were boring from backs of fingers through and through and upward, but without pain. Sprained pain in metacarpal joint of l. little. Pain in ball of r. thumb. Numbness of tips of r., then l., (<) morning.
Lower Extremities
Stumbling gait, with stiffness of joints, then movements rapid and active, often uncertain and clumsy. Thighs, jerking at times in l., afterwards with painful drawing downward in l. leg; tearing downward in l.; tearing in femora extending to knees; pain posteriorly; rheumatic pain posteriorly; bruised pain in muscles of r. after wine; pain posteriorly as if swollen, (<) towards knee, knee is swollen, with pain, (<) in hollow, (<) touch, and there is tension, stretching of leg is difficult; paralyzed feeling in recti muscles, disappearing over night, with swollen feeling.
Knee. Creaking in l. Cramp on waking. Thick, painful on rising, he can scarcely walk, (>) after walking a while. Stitches; when walking. Sprained pain in r.; S. pain during fever. Pain on r., (<) towards inner side; P. in r. extending inward; crawling P. in r., down forepart of tibia to back of foot and to toes. Bruised feeling in evening. Drawing pain to tarsal bones; D. pain as from swelling, a sticking; gouty D. pain in l. when sitting. Tension, stretching was difficult. Weakness after eating.
Leg. Swelling of l. and of foot. Jerking in l. in after noon when sitting. Cramp in calves waking him at night and towards morning. Sticking, with changes of wind and weather. Tearing here and there; T. up legs, with uneasiness in knees. Pain in l.; at night in bed, (<) about knees, returning about 8 A.M., with heaviness of legs; reappearance of old P. in calves; above l. external malleolus, (<) stretching the contiguous muscles in stepping. Burning pain in spots on tibia, with itching, after rubbing a sensitive spot with dark bluish-red margin and dry scurf. Bruised feeling in bed, with sleeplessness because he cannot get the right position, everything causes pressure on neck. Drawing; in l. to ankle; in l. as if in bone, extending to ankle; downward; extending upward; in fibula and foot. Necessity to move feet, otherwise the legs jerked upward, then drawing extending up leg like a crawling; N. to move feet up and down, otherwise the legs jerked up and caused uneasiness in whole body, with tearing up leg. Weakness. Feeling in r. calf as if asleep, then in whole leg.
Ankle. Stitches in r. malleolus. Pain in l. external malleolus, (<) stretching contiguous muscles in stepping. Pain; in tarsal bones.
Foot. Redness, then swelling, with fever, similar to elephantiasis. Swelling of r., (<) walking. (Boots were too tight). Cramp in forepart; C. which draws up toes. (Corns grow rapidly, but are not painful). Tearing in r.; T., (<) evening, with heat in them. Aching in a corn on r.; A. in forepart as if pressed between boards. (Sensitive of balls on stepping). Tension in tendons beginning at heel (before a snow-storm). Bubbling in r. near great toe.
Toes. Stretching extending through whole body to fingers. Stitches in l. great; S. extending upward. Painful surging back and forth in them. Feeling as if something were digging beneath r. nails and pushing them up. Pain sometimes in r., sometimes in l.; P. in a corn on r. little. Drawing extending upward from toes. Numbness in r., with crawling.
Clinical It has cured sciatica of r. side, with the characteristic indications of the drug.
Skin
Red spots covering chest, arm of diseased side and shoulder; R. itching spots here and there on fingers; R. burning spot on thumb, then a hard vesicle; R. spot on l. shoulder exuding moisture, vesicles suppurate and break. Inflamed spot, with sticking burning, on a r. toe that had been pressed. Group of flat warts on outer side of thumb. Desquamation of face and scalp; of forehead, with biting itching. Nettle-rash covering face. Hives on back; shoulders; legs.
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.