Wrist.- Tearing in l.; drawing T. in r. Boring. Pain in l.; in r. and finger-joints, with drawing; paralytic, in r. W. and arm, as from dislocation, (<) muscles, only on motion. Burning pain in bones of l. in morning after rising. Drawing pains; in l. Drawing. Paralytic sensation in r. Weakness.
Hand.- Veins distended in afternoon and evening, skin soft and pliant. Swelling, with crawling, as if asleep; S. of hand and arm, with heat, jerks and prickings; S. of back, with bruised pain in metacarpal bones and little finger. Trembling; towards evening; of r., with weakness of tips of fingers. Jerking stitches on back between metacarpal bones of two fingers; slow, jerking S. in l. Tearing on back of l. and between knuckles; wavelike T. in back of l. Boring in l. palm. Pain causing weakness, with swollen feeling; paralytic and pressive P. in r. bones. Weakness, (<) when writing. Dead on waking from afternoon nap.
Fingers.- Intermittent jerking and grumbling in bones. Stitches in tip of thumb, (>) taking hold of something. Tearing; in l. index in evening in bed; on inner margin of l. index and middle, with biting burning. Cutting in flesh on anterior surface of last phalanx of r. thumb. Boring; and in joints; tearing, in third phalanx of r. middle. Pain; sore, beneath r. thumb-nail, (<) pressure; drawing P. Drawing. Paralytic pains in bones of thumbs, extending forward. Paralysis of flexors.
Lower Extremities
Pain in evening, with coldness and falling asleep. Uneasiness in r. in evening in bed. Weakness; with uneasiness. Tearing in r. nates. Tearing above and r. hip, with tensive pressure. Boring in hip-joints; r.; in l. trochanter. Jerking pain in hip-joint, extending to knee. Sprained pain in region of r. trochanter major when walking.
Thigh.- Movable hardish swelling above l. knee. Cracking in r. in evening when walking after sitting. Jerking in lower part and on l. patella when standing; J. in l. as if bubbles of air were forming. Sticking in flesh, with burning. Tearing, and in tibiae; T. in thin part of.; in r., and drawing in middle of I; above r. knee when walking, then above l.; paralytic, high up on outer part when standing. Boring. Sharp pain externally above l. knee,(>) pressure, but immediately appearing on inner malleolus. Pain in bones of T. and legs; in muscles; in gluteals in morning in bed; in muscles of l. extending into knee. Sudden sprained pain below r. nates when walking. Bruised pain on inner side when walking rapidly; B. pain above knees, (<)ascending steps and walking on a level. Burning sore pain posteriorly on r. as from a fresh bruise. Boring drawing pain in joint of T. and ankles; wave-like drawing pain extending down whole T., then painful weakness. Drawing in muscles and skin. Tension in l. and knee as if he had walked too much; rheumatic T. and drawing above knees and in legs.
Knee.- Jerking in l. when sitting. Cracking in r. in evening when walking after sitting. Sudden stitch in r., than aching. Tearing; in l.; in r. populates extending in to thigh. Boring; when sitting. Sudden sharp pain between articular surfaces of l. in morning on getting in to a cold bath. Pressure; when sitting; during rest. Sprained pain in l. in evening, (<)inner side. Bruised pain in outer and anterior part f r.; in hollow of r., every motion is painful, (<) sitting; sudden B. pain. Drawing pains in K. and legs when sitting, with fatigue; boring D. pain in K. Rheumatic pain in r. on stepping in morning after rising, then sticking in r. foot, back of third and fourth toes, then in l. metatarsus. Weakness; when sitting; of r. (perhaps also of hip) after rising, so that he could not use r. leg in walking. Stiffness of tendons of l. Popliteus.
Leg.-Swelling of l. in evening; S. from long standing, (<) towards evening; of l., which was somewhat varicose; hand S. of calf on walking in open air, with burning pain. Jerking in lower part calf, with drawing; J. in middle of tibia, with painful drawing; of whole r., towards inner side, a pulling and twisting, at 3 P.M. when sitting and writing; sole, in lower part of l. tibia; sticking, on upper part of l. tibia when sitting with knee bent. Slow jerking stitches in r. tibia. Tearing; in l. tibia; in calves; above malleolus; frequent, in tibia; paralytic, in lower part of tibia in evening in bed. Boring in calves; above ankle; in tibiae,(<) l.; in l. tibia at night on walking; in tibiae,(<) l., even when walking. Pinching in lower part of r. tibia. Pain above ankles; below l. knee in evening when standing and walking; in tibia when walking; frequently in r. tibia; in tibia on every step, as if broken in middle. Pain in tibia as if beaten or as if periosteum would be torn off after midnight, disturbing sleep, with general chill and thirst. Sprained pain below l. patella in evening when walking. Drawing; in calves; when standing; jerking, in calf;rheumatic, in lower part of r., extending in to ankle. Burning in l. tibia (see Zincum met.) Weakness; when walking. Falling asleep of leg and foot.
Ankle.- Twitching about r. external malleolus. Tearing. Boring; (<) l.; in bones of l. A. and toes; in malleoli and bones of feet; in A. and bones of feet when walking. Pain in l.; about l. external malleolus, (>)rest; bruised P. during rest; cramplike and dislocating P. around l. external malleolus. Weakness when running, with pain as if they would break; paralytic W. of outer side when walking in open air.
Foot.-Sticking in r. in afternoon, (<) toes; (and crawling). Tearing on back of r.; both heels and r. tendo-achillis; in r. side of l., extending towards sole and heel. Boring in back; in bones; in r. sole. Pain in r.; P. in bones; in process of r. os calcis; in bones of instep, (<) walking; in r. metatarsus on stepping after a nap over his work from 10 till 11 P.M., from which he woke senseless; with rapid pulse. Intermittent burning pain on r. Drawing pain in r. sole when stepping on it. Painful stretching beneath l. inner malleolus, extending into sole. Falling asleep.
Toes.- Twitching in knuckle of r. great, like muscular jerking or like bursting of bubbles; painful T. in great in morning in bed. Sticking in tip of l. great; in tips of l. when sitting; rhythmical burning Prickling, in tip of l. great Tearing; in r.; l. middle; in last phalanx of l. great and in r. side of l. sole; in ball of l. little, extending to sole. Boring in l. Pain in bones; P. in r. great like a dislocation; as from pressure of hard boots, even walking but little. Sprained pain in l. great, when walking, with coldness of feet. Bruised pain tip of l. Middle, sometimes a grumbling. Sore pain between T., epidermis become whitish and travailed. Drawing; in l. with pressure; tearing D. through r. great.
Skin
Usual liver spots on chest and arms become very dark, with desquamation. Roughness, with desquamation her and there. Suggillation on back of r. hand, above index, with itching,(<) wrist. Itching rash on nape; and back and things, worse and gnawing after scratching, with sticking; red, itching R. on arms, head and over whole body, party in sport. Brownish rash on chest and arms. Eruption like flea bites on chest, thee burning lasts longer than the sports; E. like flea-bites over whole body, become scurfy on head. Itching elevation on forearms, becoming hard after scratching. Blotches over whole body. Desquamation; of whole skin.
Inflammation of a fresh wound (on knee), with burning and with intermittent stitches extending into legs; l. of knuckles of l. foot extending over calf and instep and hard tubercles in cellular tissue, which itch on touch, then burning pain. Swelling of face, (>)nose, eyelids and scalp, with burning pain and with severe and painful sneezing, delirium, pain in fore head, nauseous in throat, irritation to dry cough, face soon took on the expression of erysipelas bullosum, nostrils closed, so that she cold breathe only though mouth, febrile pulse, burning urine, afterward desquamation in large pieces on chest; lower limbs, with sticking on tough; red, on forehead, itching at time; smooth red, on r. side of neck, sore touch, becoming flat under skin; on l. lower part of chin, become a painful, boil, with thin oily discharge.
Pustules in beard part of l. side of chin; like millet-seeds, on forehead at margin of hair; burning, red, rash-like on things; red, on outer part of arms and lower limbs, with tickling burning only on undressing. Boil on face; l. arm Ulcers on bony protuberances; papular ulcerating eruption on finger joints, itching (<) evening; U. covered with thick whitish yellow scabs, under which thick yellow pus collects; with red, shining areola; with burning pain in evening in bed; linen or charpie sticks to U., and when it is torn away they bleed; throbbing around U., with red areola and burning pain; drawing pain in U., with sticking on its margin; itching around U., with redness; itching about U., with pain on touch.
Itching and burning vesicles around the ulcer, the V. dry leave scabs, the tearing off of which causes great pain and retards the healing; burning V., with red areola, on sides of fingers, in skin they dry and leave red sports or epidermis desquamates in round scales; V. full of clear serum on back of nose, inflamed skin beneath the of r. hand. Ichor from scratched face excoriates other parts. Pale eruption, itching after scratching, scabs adherent and depressed in middle. Scabs scratched from nose cheeks, but others formed in their places; honey like S around mouth; white, elevated, over whole body; on hard bases, surrounded by dark redness, between glutei.
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.