Leg. Painless lumps in calves in morning. Calves, cramp in at night; towards morning; on drawing up leg; on stretching out foot, for example, on drawing on boot. Cramplike pain in muscles and tendons of lower part, with pain on touch. Drawing extending to knees; paralytic D. in bones; paroxysmal, in middle of calf, sometimes changing to sudden jerks. Paralytic pain in whole, with such heaviness and lassitude that he does not know where to put it. Weakness in lower part after walking a little. Numbness in evening in evening in bed, then cramp in it, (<) calves, at last sticking and prickling in heels.
Ankle. Cracking when walking. Sprained pain in morning on rising. Stitches in malleoli. Heaviness in malleoli as if compressed, extending through feet, on walking.
Foot. Swelling after walking in open air. Sticking in r. Tearing; in r. metatarsus; ion r. in morning. Pain in periosteum of os calcis; in corns; with intolerance of shoes. Drawing pain when walking; D. pain from ball to heel, with weakness. Drawing extending to knees; D. in upper part of r. metatarsus; extending to back, on motion. Smarting in corns. Weakness; at night.
Toes. Corn on l. middle, with burning pain. Stitches in r. great and sole, delaying sleep. Pain beneath nail of great; ball of little, when walking. Toes, soles and corns sensitive as if inflamed.
Skin
Jaundice, yellowness, with constipation. Face scaly. Dark freckles. Black sweat-pores on face. Redness of great toe and its ball, with heat and sticking in it, as if it had been frozen; R. of one toe after wetting feet, with inflammation and swelling; behind l. ear, with suppuration and itching. Chilblains on great toes. Inflamed swelling (erysipelas) of l. cheek, with stinging, nausea and chilliness, then heat, the shivering always returning on rising in bed. Blue protuberances and spots on hands, itching mostly at night. Warts on neck; on middle of sternum; on upper lid, with a pimple; a congenital growth on abdomen like a wart becomes sensitive, sore and scabby.
Eruption on hands and between fingers, with itching burning, (>) rubbing; herpetic E. close to mouth, extending to chin; itching, in beard on chin. Itching tetter in beard on cheek; on wings of nose; dry tetter, painful to touch, on outer side of thigh. Pimples on forehead; on forehead below hair; at margin of hair on temple; on face; here and there, with ecchymoses; painful to touch, posteriorly on lobule of ear; on chin, with red, hard areola, at first painful to touch, (>) as soon as pus forms at tip, then becoming indurated, with red areola; dark red, in clusters on trunk and neck, with soreness and itching.
Pustules; on chin; on tip of thump; red, itching burning, here and there. Boil on side of chin; on thigh; below r. hip-joint, with tensive pain; numerous, particularly large on scapulae, nape, nates, thighs and legs; numerous, about head, chin, nape, etc. Itching blisters on fourth finger; spreading B. on toes. Ulceration of an abraded spot; profuse bleeding of U. on dressing it; bloody ichor from U. corrodes the skin wherever it flows, with biting pain.
Sticking in an ulcer; S., though rather a burning, as from nettles, in and about an ulcer; in warts, with picking; in a boil in groin, with sticking itching in indurated part of it; itching, over whole body, with hives after scratching. Tension on forehead; on face in morning. Crawling all over body, with sticking; C. frequently from hips to toes.
Clinical Dermoid swellings of various sorts. Eczema. Crusts, scabs and soreness of angles of eyes, mouth, etc. (Graphites). Warts on hands. Bleeding warts. Bleeding ulcers, spreading rapidly and oozing offensive pus. Carbuncles. Urticaria. It is said that freckles have been removed by this drug.
Itching over whole body; on back; on nape; below arms; on l. hand; tip of elbows, on patella and back of foot; thighs; between thighs; in hollows of knees and bends of elbows; on feet; in warts; great toe in evening, with crawling in it; on outer part of thigh at night in bed, soon returning after scratching; neck when walking in open air; in spots like freckles, on chest; on back, and pain after scratching; of hands, with chilblains and swelling; in spots, bleeding on scratching; burning, on r. lower limb.
Sleep
Yawning; after a meal. Sleepiness; during the day; in morning after rising; in afternoon; dizzy, so that he almost fell asleep when walking and standing, with drawing pain along skin on inner side of thighs. Overpowering sleepiness all day; after a meal; after supper, with stretching and impatience. Sleep heavy, unrefreshing, from which he woke with anxious effort in morning.
Sleeplessness; till 1 A.M.; after 1 A.M., with sweat on l. side of head and neck; every night after about 2 A.M; till 3 or 4 A.M.; till 4 A.M., with restlessness, then anxious dreams; after 4 A.M.; with restlessness; with heat. Only partial sleep; and in morning it seemed as if he had not slept at all. Visions instead of sleep every night. Little sleep, with yawning, she could not get warm before midnight. Sleep restless; and unrefreshing; with late falling asleep. frequent waking and many and frightful dreams.
Sleep anxious, with sobs. Starting up as from fright on falling asleep; S. during midday nap when sitting; S., with jerking in limbs. Jerking of limbs, with stretching, waking him from midday nap. Sprang out of bed several times from the deepest sleep, quite awake, about a fancied frightful event, walked about, and then knew that it was an illusion. Talking and snoring, with hands above her head. Waking at night to drink and urinate; W., with anxiety; with anxiety, obliged to cough and if he had no drink he vomited. Early waking. Frequent waking; and inability to sleep again for a long time; and tossing from side to side.
Dreams. Anxious; and violent starting up; and crying out in sleep; so that the pulses beat on waking; and sad, vivid; as if he must die. Frightful. Of crimes that he commits. Vexations; during the restless morning sleep. Of corpses. Confused, with partial sleep. Joyous, then horrible. Visionary, of carousing and feasting; V. and vivid, of the business of the day, in morning, then weariness. Nightmare soon after falling asleep; N., wonderful lascivious dream, with sweat; as if some one were lying under him and holding him fast with the arms about his abdomen, as soon as he fell asleep.
Fever
Chilliness; in morning in bed and all day, only in afternoon heat in face; in afternoon, then heat, then sweat, all without thirst; in afternoon in open air, then in bed dry heat, with half-waking fantasies, without sleep, only towards morning sweat and sleep; in evening, with sleepiness; in evening on moving in bed; in evening from going to bed till midnight (in August), then dry heat of lower limbs, head and body; after dinner, with pale look and coated tongue; from taking cold by riding in a wind, then heat, with sweat; (<) evening; and pallor; sensitive to cold wind; of whole body, with warm feet; especially in back, he cannot get warm and yet is internally hot; internal, in evening, with external warmth and headache as if tightly bound.
Shivering; in evening, then flushes of heat, with dryness of throat; (<) forenoon; as from gooseflesh, with bristling of hair.
Cold skin; and pallor. Cool sensation in head and abdomen. Cold hands; with ill humor; in evening, with heat of face; and feet. C. limbs in morning; limbs, with rapid, small pulse, then collapse; r. lower limb; knees; legs externally, with internal heat. Cold feet as far as calves during the day; feet and lower limbs towards noon; at night, preventing sleep; soles at night, preventing sleep; after a walk, with heat of head.
Heat; in evening, (<) feet; at night, (<) thighs; at night waking her frequently, without sweat, with thirst caused by dryness low down in throat and with tossing about; after slight exertion; on walking, with headache and vertigo; soon after appearance of menses, with palpitation, anxiety and trembling of all limbs; without thirst; with thirst and with scanty, turbid urine; with hot skin, full, hard, tense pulse; as after alcoholic drinks, with increased inclination to sweat; alternately feverish, cold hands, with heat of head. Flushes of heat; during the day, also with sweat of hands; towards evening, with transient sweat; in evening before going to bed, with nausea. Dry heat; at night; in morning in bed, then chill; internal, with thirst and febrile weakness.
Heat of blood, (<) hands at night, so that she could sleep but little. Orgasm of blood and weakness of limbs. Hot skin; and dry. Heat in joints; in forearms; l. wrist and palm; feet; above malleoli; beneath nail of l. great toe in evening in bed. Heat of head; all day; sensation of burning points or sparks on head. Heat of face in morning on waking, with inclination to sweat; H. of face in afternoon; in evening; in evening, with tremulousness; after eating, with redness of it; with coldness of rest of body; frequently, and in hands, with weakness of limbs; internal, in cheeks; in cheeks in flushes, also with thirst, afterwards in evening sleepiness.
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.