Knee. Painful swelling, with tension; numb S. of patella, and when kneeling the knee is unyielding and tense. Cracking. Sticking; under patella on walking fast; in hollow, with cutting; tearing, between K. and patella. Tearing in r. as soon as she grows cold; around K. and malleoli when sitting and lying. Twisting in r., with drawing pain on inside above r. knee. Boring in l. during rest. Pain in r.; from K. to toes, (>) walking, with drawing. Bruised pain in K. and tibia, more when sitting than when walking. Lame feeling. Drawing pain; in evening; on walking and rising from a seat. Arthritic drawing. Tension; when walking in open air; in tendons over K. on ascending stairs. Weakness; after coition.
Leg. Swelling; between tibia and calf; (<) sitting and standing, (>) walking. Cramp in calves at night after a cold; in calves at night in bed on stretching legs, afterwards tension in calves as if too short. Tickling sticking on lower part of r. tibia. Tearing anteriorly under r. knee; between l. knee and calf; now above, now below r. calf, in tibia during menses. Aching, and in ankles; A. in afternoon, and in feet; in tibia, next day between 12 and 1 P.M. in lower part; in tibia and fibula, (<) malleoli, as if bones would be forced apart; cramplike, in calves, with shooting in ankles; in lower part of r. calf, as if cramp would set in; sore, in tibiae during motion. Bruised pain in tibiae; in calves and hamstrings; in legs, with lassitude, she unavoidably sank into a slumber full of anxious dreams. Tensive pain in calf; in tendo-achillis. Drawing pain deep in r. extending over malleolus; in leg to heel, where there was stinging. Uneasiness in evening, with cramp in them. Heaviness as if they would fall asleep. Sudden paralyzed feeling in one.
Ankle. Pain in tendons about r.; in l. as if boot were too tight; sprained, when walking in open air; as if tendons were too short, when walking. Compression after walking in open air. Tension in bend as if too short, when walking; drawing T. from malleoli to knees like cramp in calves.
Foot. Fetid odor of (the generally sweaty) feet. Swelling; from much walking; with burning and dryness. Inflammation of corns. Sticking on inner side of l. after going to bed, and beneath toes; in dorsum, (<) walking on pavement; in corns, (<) knocking against them; in corns, with burning. Tearing in lower part of r. Tenderness all day, (>) walking. Tensive pain in dorsum, preventing walking on pavement. Burning pain in corns. Drawing pain in corns in evening. Drawing in corns all night. Burning swollen feeling. Tingling. Heaviness when walking. H. extending to knees from early in morning. Falling asleep of r.; F. asleep when sitting, (<) morning.
Heel. Sticking; during the day, and in corns; only at night; (<) treading, with tearing, they were pale, cold and numb; spasmodic, as if tendons were pale, cold and numb; spasmodic, as if tendons were too short, evenings on undressing, and extending to feet; burning, nights, waking her; burning, when sitting, with smarting, sore pain.
Sole. Cramp in internal borders; C. in evening in bed. Sticking; on touch; in l. when sitting. Tearing in r. close to toes. Pain along l. to between fourth and fifth. Prickling, with pain in corns. Crawling or prickling sticking in S. and under toes, (<) rest.
Toes. A nail that had been cripples for years suppurated and a healthy one formed. Inflammation and sensitiveness to touch, with soreness of corns on them. Cramp; in second. Sticking in l. great, (<) rest; burning, in tip of great. Tearing in great; in r. little. Cutting at night, (<) lying on back, with redness of tips. Pain in corns; corroding, on upper part; bone, in ball of great. Tickling in last joint of l. great, then smarting.
Skin
Wart on outer side of hand. Swelling on forehead; on nape; of a sore spot, with heat and burning pain; red, on forearm, with pain as from pressure on a boil. Red roughness on face. Roundish red spot on ball of r. hand in evening, with itching, not (>) scratching. Wine-red spots on neck and under chin. Redness over whole body after being stung by a bee, with itching red rash, inflamed eyes and drops of sweat on face. Reddish herpetic spots above hips; on sides of neck, with itching. Red rash on face, then on trunk, then on limbs, with fever, pulse 120. Brown spots on elbows, surrounded by a herpetic-looking skin; yellowish B. spots about neck, scaling off on rubbing. Eruption on head, back and shoulder, itching in evening and night; painful E. on tip of nose; E. on pubes increased. Scurf on chin. Desquamation on palm; D. in roundish spots, (<) hands and fingers.
Pimples on r. cheek; on chin, with ulcerative pain on touch; red, on forehead, with roughness of forehead; resembling a blood- blister, near nose; near r. nostril, afterwards forming a scab; painful, on forehead. Itching pimples on chin; legs; dorsum of foot; pointed, on calves, up to knees, with sticking where clothes touch. Induration at root of nose; painful, on forehead; red, insensible, on hands, oozing on pricking.
A sore from any break or burn. Bleeding of a cicatrix on tip of index. Purulent eruption on outer ear. Panaritium on l. index, with beating and sticking in it. Pustules on cheeks before and during menses, with burning and soreness, preceded by prickling, when opened discharging pus and blood and leaving a pit; sore P. on cheeks and wrists, later resembling chicken-pox; hard, in r. groin and between coccyx and anus, next day those in groin were painful and there were a number along posterior border and inferior angle of l. scapula, next day on crista ilii from spine to middle of each bone. Boils on thighs; on r. nates; blood, on neck below l. jaw, with stinging.
Blisters on heel from walking; on scalp, chest, back of shoulders, on calves and knees, a few became pustules and when squeezed yielded a tough sticky matter, but pressure was painful and made them look angry, those on scalp itched, brushing the hair was agreeable, but combing or scratching made pustules sore, the brush brought off more scales than usual, and skin of nose peeled. Itching blisters on upper arm; r. thumb; I. blisters and blotches on face, hands and feet.
Sticking in evening after he gets warm in bed; in an ulcer, (<) night, with burning. Pain as if sore. Sensitive to slightest knock. Drawing in part which had once been injured, with tearing. Tension, (<) forehead, with contraction. Formication in abdomen; in feet when standing; in attacks from thighs to toes. Tickling on tip of r. great toe. Itching acridity posteriorly on elbows.
Itching; on bends of elbows (Rhus., Sulphur); tip of nose; face, arms, hands, back, hips, feet, abdomen and pubes; in an ulcer; on upper part of sternum; chest; nape; axillae; on tibia; outer side of l. sole; toes; on joints, (<) bends of elbows, popliteal space, and ankles, (<) evening and morning, with itching pimples; on r. side of pubes, (<) night on going to bed, becoming moist after scratching and forming a thin scale, easily pulled off; in various parts, (>) scratching, then a pinkish color; of nipples, that at times bleed and seem about to suppurate; changing to burning; on upper part of cheeks; and after rubbing burning smarting; voluptuous, in l,. groin in evening in bed, (<) rubbing, (>) tickling, with tips of fingers.
Clinical Erysipelas of the face. Herpes and other eruptions on the face. Herpetic and eczematous eruptions. Acne. Ulcers around the joints, especially of the fingers (Borax., Mez.). Brown “liver spots” on the abdomen.
Sleep
Yawning and stretching; in morning in bed; Y. at noon and in afternoon after a walk. Sleepiness; during the day, with aversion to everything; during the day, with weakness; at 6 A.M. on waking, with aversion to motion, desire to stretch, and all day Dullness and aversion to motion, at 9 A.M., at noon; in evening, with Dullness in head; at 8 P.M., with chilliness in back and languid, dull feeling; when sitting, and falling asleep on reading; (<) forenoon. Sleep during the day as soon as she sits down; S. afternoons; from 4.30 till 7.30 P.M., after eating; almost all day every third day (in a child_), it fell asleep when it sat down and complained of pain in forehead; sound, with many vivid dreams. Difficult, late waking, with weariness in limbs. No desire to rise in morning.
Sleeplessness all night, with excitement, but vigor all day; S. except from 10 till 4: before midnight; after 1 A.M.; after 3 A.M.; for an hour or two after 3 A.M., then sleep lying on face; from 3 till 4 A.M., from rush of ideas, then sweat, (<) bend of r. elbow and knee, then quiet sleep; after 4.30 A.M.; on account of rush of thoughts; with restlessness; with fancies during slumber. Little sleep on account of pain in hip-joint on moving it. Late falling asleep; if she does not lie down early, and then early waking in morning.
Waking in a fright, with screams; W. frequently; at night after a short sleep, with restlessness; at night, with anxiety and spasms in abdomen, then in mouth, chest and hip-joints, with palpitation; about mid-night, with chilliness, anxiety, jerking and spasmodic drawing in thighs, chest and jaws; every morning at 4: at 5 A.M., then sleep again, and on waking dull and languid feeling; early, with weariness, but inability to sleep again.
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.