Thigh.- Jerking, and in legs; J. as if in bones. Cramp in r. Sticking in l. T. and leg towards noon, (<) next day; above r. patella at 5 P.M. on walking; in l. in direction of crural nerve at night before sleep, (<) morning on waking, (>) rising, with weakness, at night traces of the pain; on inner side of l., (>) rubbing, with burning; sudden, in course of l. crural nerve in evening, (>) walking. Tearing in T. and femora, often extending to knees, mostly (>) walking. Pain in middle of external aspect of r.; in r. nates; all night; in posterior muscles when sitting; in ischia after long sitting; crampy, in lower third of l. before going to sleep, with lassitude; in ischia as if weight of body were too great, in afternoon when sitting; as from a wound on inner side in evening; as if ischium were suppurating, preventing sitting and lying, even on touch, on rising from a seat thighs feel asleep, with pinching in ischii; sore, between nates. Soreness between T., (<) walking in open air; of nates and ischium after sitting long. Bruised pain; in anterior surface; in r. in morning on waking with drawing; at night; outer side on touch; anterior surface of r. towards evening, (<) pressure, with drawing and tension, causing limping, (>) next forenoon feeling in lower limbs as from a cold wind, pain (<) afternoon when sitting, (>) walking, returned in evening and disturbed sleep at night. Constriction in r. at 8 A.M., (<) walking; C. as from a band. Drawing pain; in tubera ischii, hip-joint and upper half of r. femur; in l. in evening; in evening when walking, next morning drawing pains when walking, (<) r. thigh, the pains lasted all the evening, even when sitting, and only once gave place to paralytic pain in l. forearm, next forenoon pain deep in r. thigh, (<) beginning to walk; in muscles of upper third of r. and in r. gluteal when walking, (<) stooping, afterwards in l. thigh; in r. in morning. (<) walking, alternating with similar pain in r. heel. Drawing in r.; on inside of l. during the day; in l. on afternoon; in l. when walking; in l. when sitting; r. during dinner, with tension, then in l.; (<) sitting;intermittent cramplike, in muscles of anterior internal surface of r. at noon, then sudden aching tension in l. side of occiput; downward on inside of l. in forenoon; backward in l. in evening, (<) middle, returned in morning on waking, (<) beginning to walk, (>) sitting. Tension in r. down to knee; in r. in forenoon when walking; cramplike, in forenoon, now in muscles of anterior internal aspect of l. thigh, now in l. calf. Weakness, and of legs.
Knee.- Cracking. Sticking; in r.; on outermost tip; in r. in morning on walking in open air, when sitting warmth and numbness (the pain was like that of a periostitis he had had three years before, form a fall), the pain (>) afternoon when walking, next morning on walking pain in lower part of knees on walking two cracks in patella and boring, difficult in ascending stairs; in r. in forenoon when standing; r. then l. at 11.30 P.M. when sitting, with horripilation on one side of chest; r., (<) standing; on slight motion (a cracking in it) and on ascending steps, (>) walking on a level; causing shivering and fright; burning in bend of l. Tearing in l. about noon; in r. K. and ankle at 3 P.M.; in l. on walking; l. on stepping, (>) lying, with sprained feeling, both returning in morning; externally in l. patella, (>) continued walking; through K. and tibia, (<) evening, with drawing, she does not know where to lay the legs; extending to feet when walking and sitting; to toes, with heaviness of feet; form r. to crest of ilium, then general prostration. Pain on moving it; through r. at night in bed, with shooting under nail of r. great toe; as from stiffness on rising from a seat. Dislocation pain in l. when walking; in l. at every step, and in ankle. Sprained soreness on descending steps. Bruised pain on rising from a seat and on bending it. Cramplike drawing pain from hollow through joint, alternately in r. and l., between 10 and 11 P.M. in bed, (<) r. Tension in hollows as if too short on stepping; T. on rising from a seat, (<) ascending steps; in r. so that he could not stretch leg; in hollow extending to feet, in bed, K. often spasmodically flexed and extended. Pressure on l. patella when sitting and walking. Sensation as if grasped by both hands in evening. Weakness; in morning in bed; (<) forenoon, and after ascending steps burning in joints; give way when walking. Stiffness, in hollows; (<) rising from a seat, with weight.
Leg.- Swelling of veins. Trembling, with weariness sticking and tearing, when sitting more a tearing, when walking sticking and tension, during which the toes are cold. Inclination to cramp on stretching out foot. Shooting in l. tendo-achillis in afternoon; in l. T. A. near os calcis at 2 P.M. during rest; periodical, in T. A. Tearing in lower end of r. in forenoon, with burning; in r. towards ankle at noon; lower part of l. in afternoon; extending into middle of things; jerking, on inner side of r. Pain in r.; in r. after dinner; in r. at night. preventing lying on r. side; in r. up to hip-joint in morning, (<) noon, especially in hip- joint; burning, in r. in paralytic, in l. Tension in r. in morning; in r. in afternoon when sitting, with burning; in r. when standing after dinner, with weight; in r. so that he could not lie on r. side; in l. tendo-achillis in evening, (<) morning, (<) rest, (>) walking. Weakness of l.; W. morning in bed. Feeling when lying as if he could not raise it, which was not the case. Feel asleep on rising, with burning crawling in them.
Tibia.- Sticking; in l. in evening. Painful twitching in direction of long muscles of l., making walking difficult. Tearing in l. at noon; in l. in afternoon; paroxysmal, in l. in evening when walking, with digging. Bruised pain in evening on touch, as if flesh were loose from bone; intermittent B. pain outside of l. in afternoon. Sore pain in a spot in middle of r. at noon, it gave place towards evening to pain in small of back. Drawing pain; in r., with prickling in legs; along periosteum of l. at 7 P.M. during rest, then stitches in back near l. scapula. Drawing.
Calf.- Swelling. Gurgling as from drops of water extending down l. Cramp in morning in bed; in forenoon on walking; in l. in evening in bed on stretching out legs; at night on stretching out legs; even when walking, when they are painful as if too short; when dancing; in r. on stretching out leg in bed. Cramplike pain in lower part of l. between 7 and 8 P.M., on walking, with dislocation pain in l. ankle; C. pain in l. at every step, with pain in corns on l. foot. Sticking in r.; back and forth to toes in evening when standing and sitting, with tearing, the foot jerks inward, with tremulous sensation in whole body, heaviness and tearing in back, chilliness, with red cheeks, afterwards it affected pit of stomach, a tension and constriction under ribs, with oppressed respiration, and stitches in chest and upper abdomen. Boring in r. in evening, with burning. Pain on ascending steps. Drawing in l.; in muscles of r. as if it were too short and made of wood in morning on walking, afterward alternating with tension in l. occiput. Constriction. Tremulous sensation when standing. Weary pain at night in bed.
Ankle.- Cracking in motion. Swelling of malleoli, with sprained pain on motion. Turns when walking; (<) descending steps. Sticking beneath l. malleolus, (<) motion. Boring in r. inner malleolus at noon. Sprained pain in l. on standing and walking; over l. inner malleolus when walking. Drawing gnawing about l. in morning on waking. Burning griping, the burning (<) rubbing. Pain on movement, (>) next morning by continued walking; squeezing, in l. at night before going to bed, giving place to shooting in l. sole; burning, in a spot over r. internal malleolus at noon. Drawing in r. at 6 P.M.; cramplike, painful, from r. inner to outer. Tension in malleolus when walking. Weakness in l. at night, with numbness. Stiffness of malleoli.
Foot.- Swelling in warmth of bed; of bed; of r. when walking in open air. Sticking in r.; in ball of r.; in the sore foot at night, with tearing; sudden burning, on back of l.; pinching, in back of r., (<) motion. Tearing in r.; T. at night, with rigidity, preventing sleep; drawing, in r. metatarsus and toes at night. Shooting dislocation pain in metatarsal bone of r. great toe at 8 A.M. on every step up-stairs, and in afternoon when walking beneath l. outer malleolus. Cramplike pain in l. metatarsal bones, with ulcerative pain in l. sole; C. pain in l. metatarsal bones extending to sole and ankle after midnight, then in r. Drawing pain in r. in morning on waking, slightly (>) rising. Drawing extending into hips, with cracking in joints on motion. Tension in r.; in hollow; in r. in morning; in r. after dinner; in r. on moving toes; in l. metatarsus and great toe, (<) touch or motion. Throbbing in hollow of l. in evening; as from the jumping of a mouse in outer border of r. Weariness. Heaviness; in morning in bed; (<) ankles; on walking in open air, (>) continued walking.
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.