Fulness. Tightness; when sitting and walking, (<) bending backward. Oppression; with short, anxious, difficult respiration; so that she could not get her breath. Constriction; of lower part; in r., (<) sitting; across lower part, with dyspnoea, incessant cough, with raising of greenish, slimy sputa; about lower, a feeling as if he could not inflate lungs; above heart, taking away the breath; spasmodic, of r. upper muscles, obliging him to bend together.
Throbbing like palpitation, above stomach, (<) rapid walking. (>) drinking wine, but returning. Heat; in upper part, recurring at times during the day; if she eats anything salt. Rush of blood to upper part; to C. and heart at night. Symptoms of oedema of lungs.
Clinical Pneumonia in old people. Useful in some stages of phthisis, with hectic, soreness of the chest, haemorrhages from the lungs, offensive, bloody and purulent expectoration (Cap.)
Heart
Stitches at night, with heat and thirst. Anxious constriction, (>) a violent beat of heart. Rush of blood; with anxiety. Paroxysmal trembling. Palpitation; in evening in bed; when walking slowly, with sudden loss of breath; on ascending steps, with loss of breath and anxiety; on exertion, with sweat; on exertion after dinner, with heat; from excitement; during diarrhoea; (<) motion, with weakness and anxiety as if he would faint; in paroxysms, with anxiety, causing oppression of breath. Violent beating and pulsation below clavicle, waking him after 3 A.M. Action weak; and retarded.
Pulse
Rapid; in morning, and small; with heat; and hard; and small; and small, hard; and small, contracted; and feeble, intermittent every fourth or fifth beat. Small; and weak. Weak. Irregular and fluttering; l. and weak; and slow; l., after a regular beat two small quick ones, the fourth omitted. Nun’s murmur could be distinctly heard on r. vena jugularis.
Neck
Swelling on r. side similar to a goitre; glandular S. on r. side, with stiffness of neck and tongue. Cracking of vertebrae. Tensive pain in muscles. Drawing in muscles as if a weight were hanging upon them. Weakness of nape. Stiffness of nape.
Back
Sticking in vertebrae when standing. Tearing in B. and chest on motion, (<) night, with sticking. pinching in flesh. Pain after taking cold; burning pain; drawing, in evening, drawing, and in loins. Stiffness of spine.
Scapulae. Spasmodic jerking in dorsal muscles during manual labor. Stitches between S. at times, always followed by eructations; S. between S. and in forepart of chest, impeding breathing, more when stooping than when sitting quietly; tearing S. when walking in open air, could not lie upon it at night. Pinching between S. pain between S., in l. S. and region of kidney when walking in open air; drawing, under S. Attacks twice daily, at first a drawing in back like a grasping in dorsal sides below ribs, extending around into stomach, where it turns about and disappears as with an eructation.
Lumbar Region. Stitching and coughing. Pain; in region of kidneys; on appearance of menses; at night, so that he must lie on abdomen; in bone, almost only on motion, so that he could scarcely walk; drawing, towards evening; drawing, after coition, and in spine and thighs; as if stiff; burning, in r., that disheartened him and made him unable to think or work. Spasmodic constriction from kidneys to bladder. Tension so that he could not breathe deeply. Pulsation.
Extremities
Swelling of hands and feet. Trembling during a quarrel. Cracking of joints on motion. Jerking in joints, with tearing. Aching; in bones; in gouty joints, hitherto painless; as if dislocated, after walking. Bruised pain the day before and during menses; B. pain, she could scarcely move arms and lower limbs. Pain like rigidity in l. lower and arm. Drawing, (>) stretching; D., with burning. Tension in lower and arms. Sensitiveness of joints in morning, without distinct pain. Weakness; of joints; of joints, with trembling of them; of joints, with bruised feeling in them; limbs and hands seem weak and paralyzed on pressure or when lying in an uncomfortable position, as if the circulation were arrested by a band. Heaviness as from weariness in morning in bed, and in joints. Paralyzed sensation.
Upper Extremities
Axillary glands swollen; and painful, and inflamed; r. A. gland sensitive all the forenoon. Stitches in l. shoulder on touch, respiration or if she is chilly. Pressure upon r. shoulder. Pain in l. shoulder-joint; bruised, in l. shoulder; P. in shoulders as if she had carried a weight upon them. Tension and constriction in shoulders and arms, drawing arms to body.
Arm. Jerking and drawing, and in fingers. Tearing, (<) motion, also disturbing sleep. Pain in r.; bruised, in r.; drawing; sprained, in l. she could not move it backward nor forward; weary, and tingling in muscles. Drawing as if sprained, and in hand. Weakness as after fever. Falling asleep of r. at night. Paralysis of r., seems paralyzed after shaking.
Upper Arm. Jerking of muscles all day, (<) deltoid. Trembling of muscles of r. Bruised pain, so that she could not raise it, with coldness of hand. Hammering pain in humeri as if they would be shattered. Drawing in humeri.
Elbow. Tearing extending to wrist, with jerking. Pain on stretching arm.
Forearm. Trembling, and of hand. Sticking extending to back of hand and finger, with pain. Tearing in l. F. and hand, with pain on touch. Bruised pain externally on motion and touch. Paralytic drawing pain nearly all day. Drawing deep in muscles, extending into bones.
Wrist. Tearing in region; T. in l. Pinching in r. during afternoon nap. Pain in r.; bruised P. Drawing in r.
Hand. Trembling. Twitching. Stitches in r.; in l. palm. Cramplike pain when grasping anything. Stiff pain in l. palm on grasping anything. Drawing pain towards evening; paralytic D. pain in H. and first joint of thumb on falling asleep and on waking. Drawing. Falling asleep in morning in bed; immediately or resting it on anything, with numbness.
Fingers. Swelling in morning on waking; painful S. of a joint. Stitches in middle joints, he could not bend them without pain. Tearing in l. little. Pain on moving them, with tension in middle joints; bruised P. in l. little; burning, in l.; frequent drawing, in extensor tendons, extending forward. Falling asleep, with crawling in them. Dead in cold air.
Lower Extremities
Gait weak and tottering. The child limps and steps only upon toes. Jerking in l. at night in bed. Tearing, (<) night; T. in bones. Bruised pain as from fatigue. Aching in afternoon, as if she had taken cold in them, and she woke in night with deep- seated coldness and deep-seated feeling as if dogs were gnawing the flesh and bones and as if the sinews were pulled up, (<) feet and thighs, kept her awake all night, transiently (>) hard rubbing (chattering of teeth always on waking with the coldness), disappeared suddenly after breakfast, leaving the parts tender to touch and as if cloths were too heavy. Drawing pain in r. Drawing extending downward in evening. Heat in joints, with lassitude in them. Weakness when lying. Heaviness; (<) sitting; with bruised pain. Stiffness. Inability to walk.
Thigh. Stitching in r. at night; S. at head of femur. Prickling. Pain in region of r. gluteals; in nates at night when riding in a carriage; inferiorly and internally above knee, making lower limb weak and stiff. Bruised feeling in l.; B. Pain in lower part on moving it forward; as if broken. Paralytic pain in l. thigh and leg at intervals of two hours. Sore pain in nates on touch. Soreness near scrotum. S. between thighs on walking. Tensive pain in r. hip-joint on rising from a seat and beginning to walk, as if head of femur would be put out of joint. Drawing pain about hips. Drawing in evening, with itching on skin; D. in muscles as if a weight were hanging on them; D. in nates extending into feet. Spasmodic constriction in middle of T. and below calves often during the day. Throbbing as if internally ulcerated, they do not tolerate the slightest touch, are at one time hot, at another cold. Weakness of l. after a walk, with sensation of stagnation of blood in it.
Knee. Cracking when walking, so that sometimes he could not move from the spot. Stitches in hollow at night; S. when standing; on outer side when walking; when coughing, so that it cracks, with pain in patella on walking. Tearing extending to hip, at night in bed, after much walking; extending up thigh, when walking. Sharp pain extending to tips of toes. Sprained pain, (<) descending stairs; S. and bruised pain in patella, when walking, (<) descending steps, (>) walking on a level, also pain on bending it excessively, with cracking in knee. Pain in hollow as if stiff, so that he must limb on beginning to walk. Pain in l. patella so that he could scarcely step. Drawing pain about K., ankles and other joints. Drawing ending with a jerk; D. extending up thigh on sitting down, (>) sitting with tearing; to groin, with rheumatic pain, and with soreness of tests. Painful contraction. Tension in hollow in afternoon, with contracted sensation; T. on motion; in hollow, as if tendons were too short. Swollen sensation in hollows on walking in open air. Stiffness of r.
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.