Heel.- Sticking in r.; sudden, on outside of l. bone. Tearing in r.; T. extending into thighs and hip-joints when standing, (<) knee, (>) walking. Cutting extending to hollow of foot. Pain in l. Drawing in outer part of l. in evening after lying down.
Sole.- Jerking, (>) motion. Cramp at every step. Soft, sensitive, painful on walking. Stitches; in l. Tearing in r. in evening, (>) rubbing. Pain; as if suppurating, when stepping on them; cramplike, extend-purating, when stepping on them; cramplike extending to toes on walking. Tension in narrow part of r. at noon on walking; T. as if too short on stepping. Drawing pain in morning. Falling asleep of l. in evening. Numbness, (>) rubbing, with crawling.
Corns.- Inflammation, with pain. Sticking; in evening in bed; at night in bed. Pain; as from a tight shoe; as if boot pressed them in afternoon and alternations of drawing pain combined with stiffness, now in joints of l. great toe, now in r. ankles, now in ligamentous connection of r. ankle with metatarsus. Sticking burning.
Toes.- Swelling. Inflammation of great, with pain. Nails, (<) middle, thick, horny and misshapen. Haemorrhage below nail of little. Cramp on stretching out feet; C. during menses, (>) violent pressure, with flexion and bruised pain. Sticking in l. great; forepart of l. great; middle and great; in evening, in bed; in tips when sitting and lying. Tearing in first joint of r. great. Cutting extending forward in l. great in morning in bed; extending forward along inner border of l. great in evening during rest. Pain in nail of great, with soreness. Painful drawing in first joint of l. great during rest, then on motion cramplike pain, at one time in inner malleolus, then in lower part of calf, again in knee and great toe. Tension in l. great, and in its metatarsal bone, (<) walking.
Skin
Groups of black points like comedones on forehead, but they cannot be squeezed out. Black comedones on nose, upper tip and chin. Hands hard and dry. Hang-nails. Increased excretion of carbonic acid. Smelt of sulphur; in morning. Cracked, (<) open air; C., (<) hands; hands, (<) about joints, with soreness; above roots of fingers; about knuckles of hands, with rawness and roughness. Rough and atra-bilious. Liver-spots on back and chest, with itching in evening. Blue spots about malleoli, with varices.
Redness of hands and fingers in evening, with smelling as if frozen, with tension on motion; red inflamed spot on dorsum of nose; R. on back of r. arm, with burning; R. spots on arms after washing with soap and water, with burning; R. spot on l. cheek near ala nasi, then itching and elevations, with redness and heat of cheeks, traces of similar elevation on r. cheek, (<) dinner and evening after wine, afterward desquamation. in round scales, which were transparent in centre, the skin beneath the detached scale elevated, red and sensitive, afterward new scales on the spots that had desquamated, the eruption always (<) alcoholic liquors; bluish-red spot suddenly on inside of l. index, red dry, dirty, with an attempt at formation of vesicles, perhaps artificial eczema, then pityriasis, with much itching.
Eruption; burning itching; itching, on hand; painful, about chin. Tetter on nape. Erythema on back of l. hand; on outside of leg, with itching, (<) night in bed, after scratching soreness, after the erythema smarting, (<) heat of bed. Desquamation; on face; on fingers, in round spots. A scaly eruption which had been driven away by external applications returned after scratching, with burning itching. Erysipelas of breast, inflammation, hardness and heat, with red rays extending from nipple and sticking in it. (Herpes circinatus on r. middle finger became more swollen and shining), the ducts of the affected sebaceous glands filled with the products of inflammation appear more plainly, while the whitish scaly vesicles are more easily washed off.
Rash over whole body, with itching sticking; R. on r. leg preceded by fever, leg swollen, hot red, painful, with blisters containing yellowish serum, after the blisters burst some places were covered with thin yellowish-brown scabs, others became superficial ulcers. Heat rash on neck; biting R. on face, arms and lower limbs; itching R. over whole body, then desquamation. Nettle-rash; with fever; on back of hand; over whole body, hands and feet; under hips. Chilblains on fingers, the itching (<) warmth. Elevations covering back; reddish, on trunk and limbs; red burning, in r. palm; hard, hot on l. upper arm, with sticking in it; wrinkled, colored like liver-marks, with scales.
Pimples on forehead; face; r. cheek; nose and upper lip; chin, neck; upper arm and lower limbs; about malleoli; here and there, with scabby eruptions, beneath skin on dorsum of hands; in a group under skin on back of r. hand, at joint of middle finger; of the skin on thighs and arms, afterwards some had a red areola and at their apices a vesicle filled with scales, (<) region of elbows, thighs, (<) inside and near knees, rough; irregularly shaped on back of hands, (<) r. thumb, with itching, (<) forenoon. Furunculous pimples, (<) face, with red areola and itching; F. pimple on l. temple and r. mastoid process. Hard pimple on l. cheek; l. angle of jaw; red, painful, near l. angle of jaw. Inflamed pimple on forehead; above l. brow; side of forehead; face; r. whisker; cheek; r. cheek; nape; lumbar region; back of r. hand; r. index and middle fingers; l. index, middle and ring fingers; back of third joint of r. index, at the apex a vesicle filled with opaque fluid, changing to pus, and the pimple became painful; at division between nates, making walking difficult. Painful inflamed pimples behind ear; on nates. Red pimples on thighs and r. hand, then on l. upper arm; on back of r. hand, then on l. upper arm; on back of r. hand, with itching; on nose, upper lip, chin and forearms, with itching; and at times burning after scratching; nose cheek, forehead and chin, with pain. Pimples painful to touch on forehead. Painful pimples above brows; on r. ear; r. brow; l. side of nape superiorly; white between toes. Itching pimples; below l. corner of mouth; on arm; outside of l. elbow; backs of hands; inside of thighs; thighs, with red spots; on forehead, on rubbing a sticking in them; back of r. hand, when scratched they excrete a clear fluid, with twitching and smarting between fingers; between l. thumb and index, with areola, a vesicle filled with clear fluid formed in the apex, which burned when scratched; on face, moist after scratching; P. on outside of l. elbow, itching in morning; P. behind r. ear, with itching after going to bed.
Pustules above l. brow; in r. brow; on forehead; dorsum of nose; cheek; which let out fluid when scratched on back near loins; pulsating, on l. ala nasi; reddish, with rough areola near union of ring and itching on touch; reddish itching on r. thumb near hand, itching in warmth of bed. Pustules similar to itch in bends of elbows and on wrists; on dorsum of r. hand; anteriorly on l. thigh. Onychia at l. thumb-nail after a slight injury, pain extending to metacarpus, inflammation of first joint of thumb. Redness at tip of r. thumb, on side next index, back of thumb, bearing the nail, painful as if gathering, next day a whitish spot in centre of the redness, then a purulent deposit with a pale red areola imbedded in skin, afterwards the deposit became a brownish swelling, a transparent fluid had exuded beneath the pus and raised it up, fluid had exuded beneath the pus and raised it up, but the pus gradually mingled with it, in the whole hand throbbing pain, (<) touch, ending with burning smarting the bed of the nail was not involved.
Eruption like that after vaccination. Suppuration of abraded skin. Boils; on tragus; on r. whisker; l. shoulder; inflamed, on l. side of lower jaw; on back, when squeezed discharging blood and pus. Scabs on nose causing tension in its tip. Ulcer about a nail (panaritium); U., with tensive pain; offensive, on nail; scabby, with sour-smelling matter; bleeding of an old U.
Vesicles on each frontal protuberance; below l. nostril; on ring finger; here and there on hands, index fingers and l. thumb, afterwards roughness of the parts; on sole after walking; ulcerating, on soles; a slight injury on finger becomes sore, with pain on touch. Itching vesicles on back of hand; between l. ring and middle fingers filled with clear fluid; scabious on first, phalanx of r. ring finger, afterwards between l. thumb and index.
A small cut is sore and smarts, then burning, then inflammation, with throbbing pain. Stitchlike prickling over whole body in evening in warmth of bed. Sticking on cheeks, shoulders and thighs; here and there in forenoon; in an old wart (under eye), with tickling; creeping and flying S. in a wart and parts of the wart fell off. Burning pain in parts on which he was lying at night, disturbing rest. After rubbing, pain as if denuded. Creeping shivering without chilliness. Formication over whole body; on face; in hands; over l. zygoma in afternoon, with burning; in finger-tip, (<) hanging arm down, with prickling hot, down back; sticking in r. heel; tickling in l. arm and lower limb in evening in bed, obliging frequent drawing up. Tickling on calf at 5 A.M. Itching biting on nates; in B. as from fleas in evening after lying down, preventing sleep, appearing in another spot after scratching.
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.