Knee. Cracking at night when flexed. Rheumatic feeling extending from r. to ankle, with cracking of knee when flexed or extended. Cramplike pain in lower part of popliteal space at junction of head of gastrocnemius and running a short distance down muscle, in morning. Pain; in l. in morning in bed; in l. at 9.35 A.M., in outer part of l. beginning in morning soon after rising, extending all over leg to tarsus, (<) junction of head of gastrocnemius, with general soreness, (<) l. leg, next day the same pain in knees and legs began about 3 P.M., (<) l. hip-joint at 4.50 P.M., third day at 7 P.M., neuralgic pains as before; in l. popliteal space at 7 P.M. when walking, then intermittent cramp in r. sole, between os calcis and meta-tarsal bones, the rest of the evening (had felt something like it when swimming); in r. on beginning to move, with soreness; on inside of r. popliteal space, with discomfort through posterior muscles of legs, but was (>) by walking, also began at noon when lying.
Sticking in tibia when walking. Bruised pain in flexors of legs all day on motion. Feet twitched when I lay down, boots felt too tight, limbs jerked. Cramp of r. sole. Corn on bottom of r. little toe, later a painful corn on each phalanx of each little toe. Sprained pain shooting through metatarsal joints of r. fourth and little toes, extending to tips at 8.40 P.M., causing limping. Bruised sensation externally over metatarsal joint of little toe.
Skin
Yellowish blotches resembling moth patches, on cheeks and forehead. Reddish irregularly shaped spots on nose, becoming irritable and tender. Eruption on sacrum. Squamous eruption along sternum, the scales thin, whitish, when removed they leave the skin red, it they remain there is itching under them, (<) warmth from exercise. Miliary eruption on face and neck, with here and there a pustule or reddish pimple; red rash on face and neck, (<) r. side; red, blotchy, irregular in shape, on forehead and spreading over face.
Heat of body and lower limbs, then itching eruption on inside of thighs and elbows, when scratched red and burning, looking like first stage of scarlet fever, after scratching tumefied and darker, looking like erysipelatous eruption, on touch the parts gave to the hand the sensation of erysipelatous eruption, the eruption appeared first on back, (<) under suspender, then hands swelled, fingers felt stiff, after washing always worse, soon miliary eruption between fingers.
Diffused irregular patches, with popular elevations, without areola, with pointed apex, on face, (<) between zygoma and ramus of lower, jaw, and on neck,, r. side. Hard, red, not very painful pimples on l. upper jaw. Boil on r. side of chin and one on tuberosity of ischium; on l. outer hamstring. An ulcerating sore near r. mental foramen, existing before taking the drug, becomes painful in morning. Itching on back, stomach and arms at night in bed.
Clinical Eruption on the chest, with dark brown spots scaly, on a red base, without itching.
Sleep
Yawning, in afternoon, without sleepiness. Sleepiness; in afternoon at work, that night frequent waking; and heaviness. Prolonged sleep. Sleeplessness all night; till after midnight, with tossing about; till after 1 A.M., from restlessness; till 3 A.M., with restlessness; S., with restlessness, and in morning general depression. Had to lie on the face to get to sleep. Difficult falling sleep from nervousness. Jerking before falling asleep. Sleep disturbed; poor, with starting up wide wake and much frightened. Restlessness at night, with alternations of chill and heat. Sound but restless sleep, when aroused he wakes up anxiously as if in fright; S. but restless sleep, when it was attempted to arouse him he rose in bed excitedly, lay down again, and was unconscious of it in the morning. Frequent waking and restlessness; F. Waking to find the covers pushed aside and myself in another position from that in which I went to sleep.
Dreams. Many; with restlessness. Indefinite, troubling sleep. Of quarrelling. Of murder and fighting. Visions of small black animals, arousing him on closing eyes, and while sleeping dreams of black objects.
Fever
Chilliness; on going to bed; alternating with dry heat from 11 P.M. till 3 or 4 A.M. More impressionable to cold than formerly. Shuddering chills in back in afternoon. Heat; in face and Dullness in forehead. Skin hot and dry; with lassitude; with heat in bed and on getting up tired feeling.
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.