Malleolus – Tearing in l. external in afternoon. Sticking below l. external when walking; S. in r. ankle.
Foot – Swelling of soles. Jerking in heels at 11 A.M., with pinching; J. posteriorly in l. heel in afternoon when walking. Cramp in r. at night; on inner margin of sole on bending foot inward. Sticking in r. sole in afternoon; in a corn. Tearing in forepart, (<) moving foot; in r. sole in forenoon, with heat; cramplike, on back of r. near toes. Cramplike pain in r. foot and toes; in l. sole, almost a tearing. Boring in corns. Sore pain in ball, where there are corns, on stepping. Drawing pain in corns. Tensive drawing in r. instep in evening when standing, (>) rubbing. Sensitive and cold. Uneasy. Heavy. Prickling in soles. throbbing in heels in evening in bed, with crawling, as from an ulcer. Crawling in r. as if it would fall asleep at 5.A.M. in bed; in forepart of r. as if it would fall asleep in afternoon when sitting. Falling asleep of l. in forenoon when sitting.
Toes – Twitching in l.great in afternoon. Swelling of great, with tearing like sore pain, preventing sleep. Tearing in r. great; in forenoon; in outer side of r. great in afternoon; in extensor tendons of r. great in afternoon, (>) rubbing. Pain as from suppuration in l. great. Smarting between T., with soreness.
Clinical Weakness of ankles, with gastric symptoms. Pain in tendo- achillis, with dyspnoea and palpitation. Soreness of the soles, with swelling.
Skin
White spots on r. cheek and side of neck in morning. Red spots on back of l. hand, one behind little finger, one behind index; as if bruised, on great toe, from which intermittent tearing extends along side of sole; redness of l. leg, with inflammation, swelling, itching, gnawing, and itching and sticking painful ulcers. Eruption on nose and mouth; dry, on nates and coccyx, itching in morning on rising. Tetters on l. hand. Dry, rough and cracked; hands rough and cracked. Desquamation on back and tip of nose, with sensitiveness to touch. Beginning of warts; W. begin to bleed, grow larger and disappear; W. begin to pain on pressure. Pimple on side of nose, on chin, with burning pain; on face by ear, with sticking when touched; itching, beneath lower lip; itching P. and nodes on scalp, chest and abdomen.
Itching, moist eruption on nose and mouth. A tetter exudes a purulent liquid, becomes larger and is aggravated. Pustules about mouth; black, ulcerating, on heel; with red areola, on l. wing of nose; red, on forehead, with burning sore pain; on neck, with sore pain on touch; sensitive to touch; sensitive to touch, on small of back. Boil behind ear; red, above r. side of chin, disappearing after two days without suppurating. Ulcers about mouth. Vesicle near and beneath r. corner of mouth; clear, containing matter, beneath r. corner of mouth; white, with red areola, burning as from nettles, on first joint of l. index; red, itching, filled with water, on chin; red, filled with liquid, in bend of elbow and groin, with sore pain on touch; on back, itching, (<) evening on undressing; near r. wing of nose, with burning pain on touch; with burning pain as from nettles, in inside of r. index, disappearing after washing with cold water; on tips of fingers and toes, as if scalded, with festering about them as if nails would slough off.
Itching sticking between second and third phalanges of r. ring finger, (>) scratching. Burning drawing over outer side of r. tibia. Intermittent sensation of a plaster on upper surface of r. forearm, so that skin was drawn up, from 9 A.M. till 4 P.M. Crawling in r. middle toes in afternoon, (>) touch; on back, with itching; itching, posteriorly on ball of r. thumb, (>) rubbing, but returning.
Itching on limbs; on soles, (<) balls of feet; in beard in evening; general, in evening on lying down, till sleep. I. (>) scratching, here and there on face; on r. side of neck; outer side of r. thigh; bend of r. knee; r. calf; in a spot on r. index towards thumb, in morning; on back, but returning; on outer side of r. knee, then burning. I. not (>) scratching, on r. side of abdomen and hip; in hollow of l. knee. I. and after scratching pimples, in bend of l. elbow; burning P. in evening, on nape and outer side of l. leg. I. and after scratching hives, on abdomen, genitals and lower limbs. I., with biting in bend of elbow; on abdomen. I., as from fleas over whole body; on back; beard, chin and chest; back of hand. I., with sticking in raphe of perineum; soles and heels. Sticklike I. on hypogastrium and thighs, (<) afternoon. I. on third joint of r. index, with burning and under the skin a pimple. Burning I. on great toes; on back of l. middle finger in morning; in region of r. lower jaw, (>) scratching.
Clinical The skin on the dorsal aspects of the extremities, hands and feet become dry, rough and chapped.
Sleep
Yawning in forenoon; in evening; after dinner, (>) work, with sleepiness and indolence; with lachrymation and sleepiness, then light sleep. Sleepiness during the day, with yawning; when sitting and reading; S. in morning and difficult rising; S. in forenoon, and he lay down on the lounge, but after dinner, when he usually had a nap, he was not sleepy, only dozed briefly and lightly; from 1 till 3 P.M., with yawning. Sleep overpowering in afternoon. Heavy, stupid sleep. Sleep very sound first nights, afterwards very restless. Could scarcely wake from a partial slumber in morning.
Late and difficult falling asleep. Sleep vanished in evening if he lay down in bed, yet he soon fell asleep. Sleeplessness after 1 A.M., because she could not find a comfortable position; S. till towards morning, with necessity to urinate much, and restlessness all night; with ability to lie only on l. side; without anxiety and without ability to open eyes. Woke towards 2 or 3 A.M., but soon fell asleep again; W. suddenly about midnight, as if some one had pulled his nose. Frequent waking as from alarm; F. waking and restless dreams; and difficult falling asleep again; and restless sleep. Restless sleep and frightful dreams; R. sleep, with jerking and stretching of limbs. Night restless, uncomfortable. Jerking and staring up in fright; from midday nap; in evening on falling asleep, (<) l. leg. Jerking now of one finger, now of an arm, now of facial muscles, now of whole body, at night; J., now in hands, now in feet, before and after midnight, always waking her. Throwing about of hands. Talking after midnight.
Dreams – Sleep full of D. Lies in a dreamy condition at night. With chilliness in sleep. Anxious, confused on falling asleep, from which he awoke in an hour with distressed abdomen and dry tongue; A. in first sleep. Difficult to remember, of past events, but oftener about things he had heard spoken of in the evening. Vivid; and frightful, of thieves, from which he started with a loud cry, and when awake could scarcely realize that his fears were groundless; of the features of a corpse. That she saw a corpse, at which she woke in fright, when it seemed as if a dead acquaintance stood before her, which made her scream. Of robbers, thieves, etc., all night. Troubled. Of a flood and threatening danger. Of a quarrel, in which he stabbed his antagonist in the chest with a large knife. Of a journey that she could not take because something held her back, a kind of nightmare. Nightmare at the full moon, he could not move on waking. When half asleep in evening she sees figures, visions of soldiers marching in the air, she often rouses herself, but they return immediately and only disappear when she stands up and walks about. At first mostly agreeable and amorous, of marrying two women, of parties, drives, entertainments and excursions on horse back, later they were often anxious, of going astray, of murders, having his ears cut off, also vexatious, he would taken journey but could not get away, and when he reached the first station he was obliged to turn back because he had forgotten something, etc. Voluptuous; and confused, with restless sleep, violent erections and emissions; in which he had an emission without waking, later he was almost aroused by a storm, felt sexual desire that almost induced onanism.
Fever
Chilliness; all day, and no stool; morning and evening; in morning after rising; at 10 P.M., on lying down, with burning in abdomen, then heat till sleep, 3 A.M. she woke with sweat and thirst, which lasted till morning, and with which, she could not endure to be uncovered; before-stool; after eating, with internal heat, and chilliness on going into cold air. Something like a febrile paroxysms, pain in temples and eyes and Dullness of head, then nausea and chilliness, (<) chest and arms, somewhat (>) in bed, but there were yawning, stretching, stiffness of nape, and chilliness alternating with heat.
Shaking chill all day, with cold hands and warm cheeks, but in evening cold hands, red cheeks and hot forehead, without thirst; S. chill suddenly in forenoon. Shivering all day, with thirst; all day, with hot hands, cold cheeks and lukewarm forehead, without thirst; in morning after rising and often in afternoon; in morning, (>) rising; in forenoon and afternoon; at 11 A.M.; at 5 P.M., then after lying down heat and thirst; from 5 P.M. till after going to bed, during menses; in evening; in evening before going to bed, then heat, but she could not endure to be uncovered; on back in evening on lying down.
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.