Clinical Extremely weak digestion, with ravenous hunger; vomiting of food and greenish water, followed by renewed hunger. Pulsation in the pit of the stomach, as of the beating of the heart.
Abdomen
Rumbling; and gurgling, then thin, yellow stool. Emission of flatus; of the odor of bad eggs. Cramps. Pinching-sticking when walking. Griping; intermittent, with indications of diarrhoea. Colic; then thin stools. Weakness, with feeling as before diarrhoea. Itching stitches beneath l. short ribs. Stitches posteriorly in ilium, with pain on pressure. Jerking pain above l. hip-bone. Emptiness in upper A. Coldness in r. side. Jerking thrusts above root of penis.
Umbilical Region. Rumbling and gurgling, with emptiness in abdomen, then emission of flatus. Stitches below umbilicus; S. or blows in l. side below umbilicus; long-drawn s. as if winding out of abdomen, near r. side of U. Gnawing in l. side above U., G. internally below U. Sensitiveness, with discomfort in hypogastrium and uneasiness about U. that at times becomes as pressure, at times a gnawing.
Rectum and Anus
Burning in anus when not at stool and before and after stool (Silicea, Sul.). Ineffectual urging.
Stool
Watery and scanty. Diarrhoea; the first part, the last harder, so that he must strain. Soft. Hard and difficult. Food eaten the previous evening passed rather undigested, when he though he emitted only flatus (compare China). Involuntary. Bloody. Only after twenty-four hours, first part hard and crumbly, the rest thin. Omitted.
Clinical Diarrhoea, containing undigested food which had been eaten the day before. Involuntary evacuations on emitting flatus, in children. Diarrhoea of phthisis.
Urinary Organs
Frequent urging, with scanty discharge. Frequent and copious micturition. Involuntary micturition.
Respiratory Organs
Tickling larynx on inspiration, causing short cough that shakes the whole body. Tenacious mucus in trachea, with hacking cough in morning on rising. Stertorous breathing.
Chest
Jerking in r. muscles. Sticking in sternum; in l. side; in l. during inspiration and expiration; in r. during inspiration and expiration; in l. when walking; when walking,. (<) expiration; in diaphragm during respiration when lying; in a false rib, near r. side of sternum, with pain on pressure; crawling, in sternum; pinching, in l., coming out at false ribs; tensive, in middle; tensive, in sternum, (<) stooping.
Burrowing it r. costal cartilages, (<) pressure, with intermittent pressure upon a spot. Intermittent gnawing on one rib of l. side, opposite pit of stomach. Intermittent thrusts in ribs of l. side. Beating like dull thrusts below r. shoulder. Pain in sternum. Pressure on upper part of sternum. External soreness of r. as if pressed hard. Compression when walking, standing and lying, causing deep, anxious respiration. Tightness when lying, with necessity to take long and deep breaths. Emptiness.
Heart
Anxiety, without anxious thought, with general trembling; a., with distress. Drawing pain, (<) stooping and at last during expiration. Palpitation with enlarged sensation in chest, he then breathes with great heaving of chest, without anxiety.
Pulse
Rapid and full in evening; R., later it sank to a thread. Slow in morning after rising; slow. weak; S., violent and full in carotid. Intermittent. Small, irregular, periodically intermittent. Irregular, at one times slow, at another rapid, at one time full, at another soft, small and weal. Weak, thready, afterwards scarcely perceptible.
Neck and Back
Numbness externally in neck, ascending to head. Tensive stitches in spine when walking and standing; sudden stitches deep internally in r. half of back; burning S. below l. scapula when sitting. Pain in r. side of back as if the had pressed it, or as from a sprain.
Extremities
Stretching, with general comfort. Convulsions. Cramps. Pain in joints. Cramplike drawing in several parts. Weakness.
Upper Extremities
Sticking in l. axilla, (>) rubbing. Pain in shoulder-joints as if dislocated if he raises arms high or puts them under head when in bed. Pressure on top of r. shoulder. Twitching of muscles of l. arm. Upper arm, itching stitch in l.; jerking sensation in r.; pinching externally in upper part of l. Rhythmical cramplike drawing in shaft of l. humerus, by elbow.
Forearm. Stitches or thrusts in l. near wrist; burning S. in l. Pressure below elbow; P. as from a blow; intermittent P. in a spot on outer side of l. Pulsation pain on inside of r. by wrist. Drawing in r. above wrist.
Trembling of wrists; of hands when writing (before eating(. Swelling of veins of hands. Cramp in l. hand. Intermittent pressure in palm.
Fingers. Sudden swelling of ring, with burning pain and inability to bend it. Twitching. Burning stitches in tip of l. index; in distal phalanx of r. index, making the finger tremble. Cramplike jerking tearing in proximal phalanx of l. middle. Pain in last phalanx of thumb, with sensation of a blow upon it, so that thumb trembled. Cramplike drawing pain. Drawing in metacarpal joints. Rigid, and thumbs turned into palms.
Lower Extremities
Quivering extending downward.
Thigh. Jerking on under surface of l. Sticking on r.; in muscles on inner side of l.; in a spot above r. knee, with burning; drawing, in r., (>) walking or ascending a hill. Bruised pain in forepart on walking rapidly. Constriction in gluteals when walking, as if sprained. Pressure above knee; intermittent, on upper part of r., (<) pressure on it; benumbing, on outer side of l., as tightly bound, so that circulation was impeded. (Burning tension in r.) Bubbling sensation in r. Weakness of R. and legs when walking, with an asleep sensation in forepart of feet, (<) soles.
Knee. Pulsating pain in hollow when the leg was drawn up. Cramplike drawing in r. Knee, that was drawn up. Weakness.
Leg. Cramp in r. calf when sitting. Twitching sensation in r. calf. Tearing in l. calf when walking. Aching when sitting, obliging him now to stretch them out, now to draw them up. Intermittent painful pressure above r. ankle when standing. Surging sensation when sitting, as after a walk. Wavelike drawing in shafts of bones. Painful weakness, as after a long walk; paralytic W. when walking after sitting with them drawn up.
Foot. Intermittent bruised pain in a spot in r. sole. Pain in soles after a short walk, with weariness. Pressure on back. Painful throbbing above ball of l. great toe.
Toes. Stitches in l. fifth; tensive, in tip of l. great. Pain as after hard pressure in R. and its ball.
Skin
Swelling; red, below eye. Pustules on sides of chin. Itching vesicles on nates. Soreness from slight rubbing of clothes, with rawness and pain. (Itching?) biting on r. cheek.
Itching; here and there; on r. scapula; on tip of r. elbow; above bend of elbow; on nates; about nose all the afternoon; on outer and anterior part of r. thigh, temporarily (>) scratching; on r. thumb, at first (>) scratching, then changing to gnawing; burning, on forehead, l. cheek and tip of chin, then pimples with hard, elevated margins. Biting itching on undressing; B. itching on root of nose, towards l. eye, as if there were smoke in the room. Sticking itching on root of nose and l. malar-bone near eye; on proximal phalanx of middle finger; on l. heal. Itching stitches towards forepart of r. ankle; in r. sole during rest; in posterior muscles of thigh, with burning after scratching; on r. inner malleolus, (>) scratching.
Sleep
Yawning, always with shivering running over whole body, causing muscles to shake and then to tremble. Sleepiness. Sleep with open eyes, pallor, pupils small. coldness and insensibility, pulse and respiration small and irregular, he could not be roused he soon sank back into deep sleep. Sleeplessness; and no rest. Voluptuous dreams, with emissions. Uneasy dreams.
Fever
Coldness, with cold sweat; chilliness, with internal and external heat, without thirst; shaking, with cold hands and warm cheeks, without thirst. Shivering, without thirst; S. when yawning; S. as from chill or sudden fright. Skin cold and clammy. Cold limbs. Sudden C. on l. chest. Sensation of a cold wind on l. side of neck; on r. side of hypogastrium on l. cheek, (>) pressure of hand, when it feels hot to hand.
Heat forces itself out of the body when reading. Flushing heat, (<) doing anything eagerly, also if he walked rapidly, the heat causing prickling in face. Hot skin. Hot head, with sweat on it. H. beginning at one time in r., at another in l. lobe of ear and extending over side of head and thence over whole face; H. in cheeks, without redness and with dryness of palate and throat; in tip of r, great toe when sitting; tensive, on tip of l. thumb; in internal, in side of thigh, then internal coldness low down.
Cold sweat.
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.