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Rumbling along inside of spine. Sticking at every breath; on walking; itching. Tearing; in evening in bed, and in knees and legs. Aching; in evening when driving; at night, with bruised sensation in small of back, preventing sleep (Rhus-t.), with orgasm of blood; on stooping; (<) motion, lasting till night; sprained, on a false step; as after long stooping; tensive, in l. side on moving arm. Bruised feeling; in one spot; in muscles of spine. Drawing in spine extending upward, on stooping. Weariness in l. side on moving arm; W. in morning, as if he had not slept enough, with heaviness as if he had lain uncomfortably. Heaviness in morning on rising, and in lower limbs. Stiffness after taking cold, and in sides; now in back, now in hips, (<) turning over in bed, forced to hold his breath.
Scapulae.- Sticking in lower angle of l. in morning; between S. in evening, with tearing; in l. when leaning on l. arm; beneath s., taking away the breath and preventing stooping; in lower third of l. at night, preventing sleep, in morning it extended towards upper part of scapula and spread to muscles of nape and l. ear, (<) moving or turning neck, the pain was more drawing and tearing, (>) daytime, returned at night in warmth of bed; intermittent, along l. in morning; pulsative, undulating, in a spot below end of l. in afternoon, causing a jerk through whole body and forcing him to hold his breath (as when straining at stool), with sensitiveness to touch, movement and deep inspiration, the pain lasted all night and was felt in sleep next day, (>) lying on l. side, (<) turning in bed, next day he was often forced to stop speaking because the pain took away his breath. Tearing in l. when sitting; drawing, in r., (<) movement. Pain on coughing; beneath S. in evening. Sprained pain in r. on moving arm; between S. and in region of l. pelvis during rest, with painful jerking on motion. Drawing pain in r. in evening on going to sleep. Tension between S.; when lying and moving; and on side of neck; T. close to r., as if muscles were too short at 7 P.M. Lumbar Region.- Cracking extending to anus. Jerking in evening in bed. Stitches; in bones on expiration; transversely across; pulsating; taking away the breath till evening, with pain in head and nape, frequent alternations of chill and heat, with apprehension in pit of stomach; inward in l. sacro-iliac symphysis at 3 P.M. Tearing in l. on motion; sudden, in lumbar and sacral vertebrae in afternoon. Shooting cutting above anterior during in rest. Gnawing in a spot, after pressure upon it only bruised pain. Cramp pain in lumbar and sacral vertebrae towards evening, impeding every motion of body, (>) night repeated the following evening, leaving stiffness, which made it difficult to lean forward and forced him to stretch. Sharp pain towards sacrum. Pain; in a spot in sacral region; in l.; above lumbar region; all day, (<) urinating; in region of r. sacro-iliac symphysis at 4 P.M., and in r. shoulder; in morning after waking; in morning when sitting; in forenoon when sitting; in forenoon, (<) walking; in afternoon; at 4 P.M., forcing him to bed; in evening; in evening after short drive, (<) sitting down and rising again; at night; on waking. (>) rising; after dinner; above lumbar region when walking; in l. sacro-lumbar region, (<) turning in bed; (<) sitting down and rising up; (<) walking and standing; (>) down and rising up; (<) walking and standing; (>) walking, also returning when sitting; with hypochondriacal discomfort; so that she could not stand erect; across loins; occasionally extending up back and into chest, with occasionally extending up back and into chest, with shooting forward; extending towards middle of back and between scapulae; sudden; sudden after getting up. Bruised pain (Rhus-t.); in coccyx; all day; during the day on stooping and rising; in afternoon; in evening; (<) touch. Sprained pain in l. sacral region and hip when walking; extending across pelvis to l. trochanter when stepping and causing limping; sudden, and in lower part of back; sudden, on sneezing, then drawing pain close to spine extending into l. groin and testicles, (<) rising from a seat and walking; shooting, in sacro-lumbar region extending across pelvis to l. trochanter on stepping, causing limping. Tension; in l.; in l. sacral region and hip; at 2 A.M.; in evening; in l. loin and hip, then sudden cutting through r. knee from bend to patella, which soon alternated with a similar pain from bend of l. elbow to its apex, the pain in back (>) rising; on stooping, extending over abdomen to pit of stomach and to knee; in l. extending to region of l. great trochanter in morning on waking, (>) rising; in l. sacral region and hip and in pelvis, in bed, sometimes as if pelvic bones were separating; in l. sacro- lumbar region as if muscles were too short, it spread over l. side of pelvis to trochanter and involved abdominal muscles above crest of l. ilium, when lying on l. side, on turning it attacked the same parts on r. side. Burning pain near anus. Drawing pain. Drawing all day, (<) sitting; towards evening; at night; with weakness. Weight; in forenoon, (<) stooping. Bearing down extending into groins, during menses; B. down as if menses would come on. Lightness. Stiffness.
Clinical Spinal irritation, with suppression of the menses or haemorrhoids with dry heat; also with weakness of the chest and stomach, and sleeplessness. Has been used for so called congestions of the spinal cord.
Extremities
Affection of all. Cracking of knees and elbows. Unsteadiness of joints. Trembling; (<) hands; of hands in afternoon, with unsteadiness of gait. Jerking of one hand and foot during the day; J., with clenched teeth and moaning, then slumber, then again J. and spasmodic drawing in limbs, then weakness.
Sticking in l. hip-joint and ball of l. hand during the day; in r. calf and r. upper arm in evening thighs, r. hip and l. shoulder at night before sleep; in r. knee from standing, then in l. wrist; now in l. great toe, now in l. thumb. Tearing in wrist and ankles during rest with stiffness; frequent T. during the day, with shooting in soles; sudden, in fingers and dorsa of feet; when walking T. and shooting in r. knee and tibia, then the pain jumped into l. and then into r. humerus, and so on, changing all day. Cramplike pain in muscles of l. upper arm close to bend of elbow at noon, and after two hours alternating with similar pain in sinews of l. popliteal space. Griping, now in l. shoulder, now in feet.
Pain in joints; in r. leg, r. shoulder and r. upper arm in morning; r. metatarsal bone in afternoon, then in r. elbow, then in r. wrist, then in r. metacarpal bone; after midnight; in r. wrist, then in r. metacarpal bone; after midnight; in bones on touch, as if flesh were loose; gouty, in joints in forenoon, alternating with cramplike pain in their voluntary muscles, the same in afternoon, the former pain (<) rest, the latter (<) moving. Dragging, almost like a drawing. Bruised feeling; all day, (<) upper with heaviness; in morning; in morning on waking, with heaviness; in morning after waking; in morning after rising; at noon. Dislocation pain in forenoon, even on slight movement.
Drawing pain in evening; in afternoon during rest, now over l. inner ankle, now in r. shoulder-joint, now in r., now in l. wrist, often alternating with shooting in rectum; intermittent, in thigh during the day when walking, (<) one forenoon, when it was now in r., now in l., usually posteriorly, and at the same time paralytic pain in upper arms almost all day, and in upper part of trunk feeling as if I had taken cold; (tearing), (<) the feather bed; penetrating into marrow of bones (as from holding ice a long time) at night in bed, now in metacarpal bone of r. index, now in r. knee.
Drawing; her and there; in knees, arms and shoulders; l. hand and r. thigh; r. thigh, r. shoulder and up nape; r. calf, r. thigh and r. thumb; along r. radius and in l. metatarsal bones; bones after dinner; in bones in evening, (<) forearm; occasionally in morning, (<) r. thigh; sometimes D., sometimes tearing, sometimes shooting, leaping from one side to the other; sudden, here and there; sudden, in l. thigh and l. third and fourth fingers; sudden, in r. fingers, l. great toes and fourth fingers; sudden. in r. fingers, l. great toes and r. tendo-achillis in afternoon, (<) inner surface of r. thigh; in r. forearm near elbow, like a breath over the part, causing paralytic feeling, next day similar drawing in tibia, with sensation in small of back as if a cool breath passed over it, a similar drawing near r. wrist and little finger and back of hand, the D. generally began at dorsal side of limbs, near joint and penetrated deeply.
Tension after a short walk, and in tendons of feet; in r. shoulder-joint in morning, with tearing on inside of l. thigh; as if too short, with necessity to stretch them; cramplike, on moving, now in posterior muscles of l. thigh, now in l. calf, now in other muscles of limbs. Desire to extend and flex hands and toes. Desire to stretch in night after waking. Waving sensation.
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.