Pain in l. foot, with insensibility of leg; P. in l. instep. at upper anterior part of tarsus, at night. Tenderness of feet; with sensitiveness and shooting in corns. Pain in r. little toe, (<) corn on outside of it.
Skin
Vesicle on neck near jaw; on r. side of neck, near jaw.
Itching; in face and r. ear; in whiskers on l. side of face; l. upper eyelid, groins and various parts of trunk, limbs, face and neck; abdomen, near l. side; between scapulae; between spine and l. scapula; anteriorly on l. scapulae l then at l. scapula, then on r. side of face; bends of elbows and to left of sternum, over fifth rib; posteriorly below elbows; backs of hands; legs in evening; lower limbs in evening, on undressing and afterwards; calves at night and in morning; at night when awake, (>) scratching which produced burning; buttocks before and after getting into bed; limbs, (<) night on retiring and in morning after rising; about knees, and (<) on calves, at night on inducing, after scratching minute red pimples, later pustules, afterwards almost the whole surface from things to feet covered with this nettle- rash; of legs when exposed to air on undressing and on rising in morning, (>) warmth of bed, after scratching redness and little sores which heal rapidly, on calves and about knees, (<) posteriorly; in a spot, suddenly changing to another locality; stinging; stinging, in various parts; prickling, on buttocks when exposed to the air during stool.
Clinical Prurigo, (<) cold, (>) warmth; excessive itching on undressing. Chronic urticaria. (Compare Rhus-tox., Causticum)
Sleep
Yawning. Sleepiness at 11 A.M.; in afternoon and evening after eating heartily; with desire to lie down. Sleep restless, disturbed, with short naps and unpleasant fancies even when awake; R., with many kinds of absurd dreams, constant magnifying of trifles disturbed him; R., broken and unrefreshing or disturbed by vivid dreams, he jumps and tumbles in bed, walks about the room and talks in sleep. Restlessness latter part of night; in bed at night, with discomfort. Woke about 2. A.M.
Dreams.- Of being made angry. Of vexatious conduct of a strange servant. Disagreeable; about 6 A.M.; of burglars after 4 A.M. and sleep unrefreshing. Solicitous, in morning. Of danger from floods; of D. and of disagreeable and wicked persons. Of fear and of hostile conduct of strangers towards each other. Horrid, of dead persons returning to life. Terrific, of autopsies, murdered men running about naked, falling, being drowned, etc., afterwards pleasant. Of murders at 5.30, just before waking. Of killing a small rabid dog and of being in trouble and perplexity. Of stealing a horse, of crime and trouble. Indistinctly remembered in latter part of night; indistinctly remembered, of being in a beautiful country, of being disappointed. Of seeing Queen Victoria. Of seeing friends. Of loving. Of hope and of friendly conduct of acquaintances towards him.
Fever
Sensitive to cold during the day. Chilliness; down back on motion; running up and down back and down calves in afternoon on motion; of lower limbs in forenoon; feet during the day, while face felt hot and pulsated.
Heat; towards morning; in morning on waking, with frontal headache, heat of skin, full and rapid pulse, tongue coated white, then coldness; in cheeks; l. cheek; r. side of nose and adjacent part of cheek; in palms; palms in evening; back and face, with smarting in face, then chilliness, (<) back, with pain in abdomen, nausea and shooting near middle of chest anteriorly.
Sweat in morning on waking; on lower limbs in latter part of night; cold clammy, on legs at night, then symptoms of severe cold, as scraping in throat, with tenacious mucus, cough, headache and obstruction of nose.
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.