Back
Sticking; extending towards chest on coughing. Boring in vertebrae in morning, with colic, as from rheumatism. Aching; bruised feeling in evening, he cannot straighten it. Scapulae, sticking between in morning; tearing; rheumatic sticking tearing in and between, down sides. Dorsal vertebrae, boring; pain between second and third in afternoon.
Lumbar Region. – Sticking extending to knee in morning; in os pubis during bodily exertion. Cutting so that she could not walk alone. Pain; and itching; like molimina haemorrhoidalia, (<) motion, so that he could not walk straight comfortably; as if third vertebra from below were wanting or broken. Drawing, and sometimes in testicles. Tightness in ischii when walking, extending to knees. Weakness.
Extremities
Trembling of hands and feet. Stretching. Tearing in l. knee and shoulder; intermittent, in joints of fingers, in humerus, knee and toes, (>) motion; wandering, (<) tibiae and soles, also in finger-joints, at times in r. patella, (>) motion. Weakness of joints as if they would not hold together. Tearing in l. shoulder in afternoon and evening when resting. Arm, tearing; intermittent sticking in l.; spasmodic pain in bones of l. in evening at rest; asleep sensation in l. in morning in bed, with crawling in fingers; asleep sensation in l. in morning, with numbness of three first fingers and of half of hand. Tearing in elbow; r. in evening. Sticking in l. index.
Lower Extremities
Legs, (<) tibiae and soles, pain as from too much walking, mornings in bed, (>) rising, with restlessness of legs. Leg on which he lies in bed too weak to endure the pressure of the other, he has to change his position continually. Sensation in r. leg as if it would go to sleep. Tibiae and soles feel bruised, as after a tiresome walk, mornings in bed. Sticking in r. ankle in morning on every step, with strained sensation. Feet, trembling; inclination to turn l. inward when walking, with sensation as if he really had turned it the wrong way; pain (<) during rest, with itching; gouty pain in l. Cramp or spasm in toes, (<) l. great, when stretching them or taking off boots.
Skin
Roughness from knuckles to middle joints. Smooth warts on l. fingers. L. concha inwardly inflamed, with suppurating pimples. Rash above l. brow and on l. cheek; red, on external throat, beginning with sticking. Nodules on face, neck and legs. Pimples on forehead; on neck and mammae; with black point in centre, painful when scratching, and feeling sore (in a herpetic patient); and ulcers, from which watery fluid oozed for hours after being opened, (<) hands, wrists and palms. It aggravates herpes and causes smarting and itching.
A scab on nose which commonly fell off when coughing is now adherent and hard. Pustules on nape, with sticking. Boils on chest and loins; on buttocks, with burning itching, soon disappearing, leaving crusts. Itchlike eruption on face, hand, back and leg, and agglutination of eyes. Vesicles on face; quickly filling with yellow lymph, sore to touch on forehead, face and behind r. ear; filled with lymph, painful to touch on various parts, some forming itching papules. An old rhagade near r. styloid process suppurated, itched and was surrounded by blisters filled with clear water, these soon changed to pustules, which healed under a crust.
Crawling on all limbs, with falling asleep of them. Itching on forehead; tip of nose; l. arm; biceps of r. arm; r. elbow; soles in evening after a glass of Muscat wine, with tickling and heat; face, neck and hands on touch; over whole body, after rubbing papules and vesicles; between fingers, and vesicles filled with lymph; on r. carpus, with red spots like flea-bites; voluptuous, where a flea had bitten, with white hard blisters on a red base; aggravation of the I., which he had had for years on knees, (<) l. and the herpetic eruption begins to become pustular.
Clinical The skin is generally yellow, dirty and greasy, with unhealthy eruptions, especially on the forehead and chest, with constant fretting and worrying. Irritation of the skin in various parts of the body; some distressing cases have been known of whole families tormented with constantly recurring body lice, in spite of all precautions of cleanliness, cured only this drug. The secretions are always offensive; there is easy perspiration, especially on the extremities; there is always great debility, even with an extreme appetite. Various forms of eczema, worse in the warmth of the bed, always with a disagreeable odor. General tendency to glandular enlargements.
Sleep
Yawning at noon; and shivering, pale blue rings, with tearing and spasmodic pains in umbilical region, evening; in evening, with early sleepiness. Sleepy all the time; in daytime; early. Sleeps when she sits down. Sleep unusually sound. Cannot fall asleep in evening. Cannot sleep on a habitual r. side, but sleeps on l. Gnashing of teeth at night, so that he wakes. Restless sleep; and unrefreshing; but refreshing; on account of disquiet dreams. Dreams anxious in morning, of robbers, travels and danger; and uneasy; earnest; that he is on the closet, and thus nearly soils his bed; of his business and of his plans.
Fever
Coldness frequently during the day; C. (<) evening, with hot flashes, debility and sleepiness; with heat, thirst and sweat; internal, towards noon, with shivering and horripilation; creeping; creeping, in afternoon, with internal shivering. Horripilations. Feet cold all night.
Heat in afternoon; in evening when riding in a carriage, with sweat; of whole body suddenly, at meals and in evening, with trickling sweat all over face, frequent thirst, dryness and burning in mouth; in evening, as if she would lose her senses, at night delirium, thirst and sweat, then she feels well. Burning in head; in forehead; in nose, transiently (>) discharge of mucus; in nose, then fluent coryza; in face, then vesicles; in r. ear, with itching.
Sweat on walking; in morning when out of doors; with consequent debility, and taking cold easily; S. on palms; on face; palms at night; perineum on moving about.
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.