Chest
Rattling on breathing, then constant inclination to cough and sore pain on coughing anything loose. Exhalation from lungs offensive like bad cheese. Twitching by r. lower ribs in evening, then on lower part of r. scapula; painful T. like electric shocks in l. side. Contraction at times of diaphragm beneath ribs.
Sticking; in clavicle; beneath l. breast; in lung back of heart; between ribs beneath l. axilla; in r.; deep in, on laughing; on inspiration; in pectoral muscles and beneath l. short ribs, near spine, on inspiration; beneath heart on deep breathing; in r. side, (<) breathing; in side, (<) breathing; in region of last r. ribs, (<) deep breathing; in intercostal muscles near heart, (<) coughing and sneezing, and (<) evening on falling asleep and in morning after waking; beneath l. breast, extending out between shoulders, (<) inspiration; shooting to r, side after coughing; outward, suddenly in r. mamma; intermittent, (<) r. side, impending respiration; rhythmical, below l. clavicle, extending deep into chest, then aching, (<) every inspiration.
Tearing transversely across forepart; T. in r. clavicle and in neighboring parts of neck. Sharp pain in a spot in anterior wall of chest and region of heart. Cramplike pressure on both sides of sternum when sitting. Pain in r.; l.; in a spot in r., then l.; in region of l. nipple; in r. pectoral and dorsal muscles in evening; on coughing anything loose; in middle on stooping; in middle extending to throat, on holding head up; in sides on deep inspiration, as if lungs were adherent and could not be freely distended. Soreness. Rawness and scraping in C. and throat on coughing and breathing, it seems as if something would be loosened, but it is not, with constant inclination to cough. Anxiety.
Constriction; transversely across forepart, with and alternating with the same sensation across region of scapulae; in back part on becoming erect, (<) deep inspiration and then extending through lower part of chest, the pain (>) bending forward, but is like rheumatism on moving arms, while bending far backward. Oppression; with palpitation; (<) about heart, with anxiety and with deep and frequent respiration; as from heart, with long, deep and frequent respiration; as from heart, with long, deep respiration. Tightness; in C. and trachea on inspiration; in region of fourth and fifth ribs on deep inspiration; on stooping and when sitting, necessity to loosen clothes, respiration slow and short; (>) becoming erect, standing and towards evening, (<) sitting and after supper. Tension in various parts; T. in pectoral muscles on stretching arms.
Sore burning in a spot on r. side of sternum, near pit of stomach; intermittent burning behind ensiform cartilage; sudden B. pain between mammae. Weakness in region of l. fourth and fifth ribs, about four inches from sternum, where the bloody expectoration comes from (it only occurs from special cause, drugs, taking cold, etc.).
Clinical Intercostal neuralgia, especially after herpes, always (<) night and heat.
Heart
Rubbing sound in praecordial region, (>) moving about, (<) evening after lying down, lying on l. side and deep breathing, with sensation as if chest were too tight, heaviness and impediment in region of heart. Cramps. Apprehension, with uneasiness. Action accelerated. Irregular beating when sitting and afterward at night when waking on back.
Pulse
Rapid in forenoon; towards evening, with heat and excitement; in evening; after eating, with feelings as if heart were beating near stomach on l. side, twitching of eyelids, unusually distinct vision, sensation as if he were looking through concave glasses and swimming before eyes; and full; and irregular, hard; and feeble. Feverish. Slow; and compressible, intermittent. Hard; and intermittent, full tense.
Neck
Tearing jerking on l. side. Tearing on l. side extending into ear and near clavicle. Pain extending from nape to forehead. Stiff pain in nape and external cervical muscles (Dulcamara); in rt. side of N. and throat, (<) motion.
Back
Sticking from l. side through chest, on inspiration; sudden S. near spine extending through chest into l. costal cartilage anteriorly, in evening. Tearing in l. side in morning. Pain in l. side. Tensive constriction extending down to small of back.
Scapulae.- Sticking (<) afternoon; S. near r. impeding respiration, (<) motion; burning, below l., with jerking; drawing between extending downward, (>) moving the part. Tearing on r.; in tip of l. Boring in dorsal vertebrae; when sitting. Acute pain beneath l. shoulder in evening. Pain in r.; beneath angle of l.; in dorsal muscles; in dorsal and lumbar muscles. Rheumatic pain in l. in dorsal muscles; in dorsal and lumbar muscles. Rheumatic pain in l. in morning after rising; R. pain in muscles like tension and as if swollen, making motion difficult; tension R. pain on r. Rheumatism of l. scapula and nape, (<) turning to opposite side. Pulsating pain near middle of spine. Drawing pain beneath l.; D. pain in dorsal muscles. Drawing in l.; D. in dorsal muscles. Pressure on S.
Lumbar Region.-Sticking in outer part of r. side of vertebrae, (<) motion; S. in kidney and pain as if torn. Tearing in muscles; cutting T. low down on both sides. Pain in r. side; P. (<) walking; extending to all parts of body; drawing P. near l. side; drawing P. in muscles. Drawing in muscles.
Extremities
Trembling. Joints unsteady, as if they would give way. Tearing on tibia; in fingers and toes; drawing T. outward below r. knee, in metacarpal bone of l. thumb, last phalanx of r. fourth finger, also in r. wrist at articulation of metacarpal bone of index as if it had been injured by grasping something. Boring in wrists, ankles and r. shoulder, (<) during rest; in knees, toes and forearms, with drawing pains.
Pains in wrists and ankles; in periosteum of long bones, (<) tibia, (<) night and in bed, with intolerance of touch. Pain in all joints as if beaten and weary. Drawing pain in muscles; in various places in soft parts; in places, (<) bones on feet, hands and fingers; in shoulders and knees; paralytic, on various places of hands and lower limbs. Drawing in flesh of limbs, fingers and toes; in joints, (<) knees, ankles and wrist, with pressure and boring when sitting; in long bones, with tearing in them and with chilliness, shivering and sensitiveness to external air; in all joints as if dislocated. Weakness. Heaviness on motion; H. and dread of motion, cannot make up his mind to anything; H. and bruised sensation, as in suppressed catarrh. Hands and feet fall asleep.
Clinical Periosteal inflammation of the long bones, particularly of the tibia, with violent burning pains at night, soreness and swelling of the periosteum. Periostitis of the femur, with great sensitiveness to pressure and burning pain extending into the knee, the parts become erysipelatous and threaten to suppurate.
Upper Extremities
Sore sensation in r. axilla.
Shoulder.- Cracking in l. joint in evening in bed on raising arm, with paralyzed feeling in upper arm and tearing in elbow on bending it. Burning stitches on r. Tearing; as if it would be torn-asunder in evening, (<) motion, with throbbing and burrowing. Boring; in joint; in morning in bed; in l. when walking, and in wrist; in l., (<) rest, (>) motion; in lower side of r. joint with pinching. Sprained pain where r. scapula unites with clavicle, on moving arm. Bruised pain, and in upper arms. Pain; on margin of joint; in joint as if head of humerus were too large for capsule; burning, on r. in evening, then on l. behind acromion; as if he had carried a weight, with jerking; paralytic, in r. joint, with pain in bones of shoulder. Painful paralytic pressure on r. acromion in evening when sitting quietly, (<) letting arm hang down. Drawing. Tension in r., with drawing in l. Burning in r. acromion in afternoon.
Arm.- Tearing jerks in r. A. and fingers. Tearing; as if in bones. Bruised feeling. L. felt out of joint, almost as if paralyzed. Drawing. Weakness when writing. Weary pains, (<) shoulder-joints.
Upper Arm.- Jerking in l., (<) touch. Intermittent sticking in l. humerus. Tearing in muscles of l. Pain in lower part. Bruised pain on touch B. pain, with heaviness and drawing downward in bones. Paralytic pain in l., extending into elbow, (<) bending arm outward. Drawing.
Elbow.- Tearing; in r.; and in forearm. Boring in l. Pressure in r., (<) rest, transiently (>) motion, with drawing. Pressure drawing, extending to fingers. Rheumatic drawing and tension in region of r. Tensive paralytic sensation on raising arm, and sticking on straightening it out.
Forearm.- Tearing in l. ulna; in l. forearm and fingers in morning, with sticking; drawing T. close to wrist. Boring and drawing. Pain in lower part of l.; in periosteum of r. radius, (<) pressure; in r., with drawing; in ulna by elbow, as from a blow; drawing P. in soft parts. Constriction in muscles during and after a walk in open air.
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.