Clinical Spinal irritation; the whole spine is sensitive, especially the last dorsal vertebrae, the symptoms (<) sitting still and stimulants. Muscular rheumatism of the lumbar region, extending to the hips and thighs, (<) rising from a chair, stooping, etc.
Extremities
Trembling; with twitching of muscles of thighs. Cramp. Sticking in joints; S. in all, extending into tips of fingers when sitting, (<) after heat, with tearing. Tearing; in bones of l. forearm, then in knee; after physical effort; drawing in middle of almost all bones, so that they had no steadiness. Aching. Darting pain through all joints, (<) ankles, knees and elbows, with numbness of adjacent parts and an exhausted paralyzed sensation in muscles of upper arms and thighs, (<) r. Bruised feeling, (<) lower; B. in morning on waking, with weariness. Drawing; here and there, ending in slow stitches. Weakness; of hands and feet during menses; sudden, at noon, more when standing than when sitting, with trembling and ravenous hunger. Heaviness on walking in open air. Stiffness; with soreness; of joints, with lancinations transversely across above joints, pressure upon joints caused soreness and pricking.
Upper Extremities
Axilla. Stitches in l. and down forepart of chest arresting the breathing, in evening. Tearing extending into l.; sticking, in r. Sore feeling in a spot.
Shoulder. Jerking in r., then bruised pain in l. scapula. Stitches in l.; beneath r. after dinner. Tearing; deep in r.; upon l., about beginning of neck; deep in the bone of the joint upon which she was lying in evening; on r., (>) scratching, with pressure in middle of upper arm; in joints, with tension; sticking, on top of r. Tearing arthritic pain extending to fingers. Heaviness on waking, with pressure. Falling asleep of joint.
Arm. Twitching, and of hands. Tearing, and in hands. Bruised pain, (<) morning and evening; B. pain in l., he is unable to raise it on account of pain in deltoid. Inclination to stretch; I. to move himself with his arms. Weakness and tension; W., with pain in wrist as if wrenched. R. fails at times to respond to her demand.
Upper Arm. Sticking in r. in morning when dressing; in anterior surface of l. after dinner, with burning. Tearing near l. shoulder; close to elbows; in anterior surface of l. near elbow and in r. near shoulder; in deltoids extending down upper arms; intermittent, in middle of inner side of l. Pain in r.; rheumatic, in deltoids, (<) raising arm. Bruised pain in r. humerus; in l. deltoid. Drawing in l. close to elbow; acute rheumatic, in deltoids from top of shoulders down arms, (<) raising arms. Rheumatic tension in head of l. humerus. Bubbling in l.
Elbow. Sticking in r. in evening when yawning, with tension. Tearing in bends; in r. in morning, (>) rubbing; up and down in l., in a spot of a hand’s breadth. Rheumatic pressure. Rheumatic drawing. Relaxed sensation in r. Heaviness as if paralyzed in bend of l.
Forearm. Tearing in l., (<) upper part; bubbling, in muscles on inner side of r., not far from elbow. Cramplike drawing, or in fingers. Drawing pain as if in bone. Bruised pain on touch and on turning arm, at times with tearing in thick part of it. Rheumatic tension above l. wrist.
Wrist. Tearing; in r.; in region of pisiform bone; in middle of r., then towards back of fingers; in r., with painful drawing; in bend of l., with tearing stitches on back of l. hand; extending to first phalanx of thumb when riding in a carriage. Burning pain in r. and in ball of hand. Drawing pain in r. as if sprained. Rheumatic drawing in r. Tension in r. as if muscles were too short.
Hand. Trembling; when writing, with weakness (China, Phosphorus); during menses; more when resting it quietly upon the table than when leaning upon elbow. Tearing in r. just beneath wrist; in r. palm near fingers; in metacarpal bones of index fingers; on back of r. fourth and fifth metacarpal bones and in wrist; in back of l., at times alternating with tearing on r. hand; sticking, in r., in bend of wrist and in palm near little finger; tensive, in r. palm. Pinching or sticking in ball of l. above little finger. Pressure on ball of l. Tearing drawing in palm between l. thumb and index. Tension in metacarpal bone of little finger extending towards wrist. Rigidity, (<) r.; of back when playing the piano, with feeling of cramp in extensor muscles of thumb. Asleep in morning on waking. Paralysis of r., it was blue, cadaverous, heavy insensible, with small, thready, scarcely perceptible pulse.
Fingers. Jerking in first joints of r. Stitches; through first phalanx of l. thumb; tearing; tearing, in middle joints of three last fingers of both hands; cutting, in tips of thumbs. Tearing in first joints and phalanges; in tips of index, middle and little fingers; in r. thumb and above it and in two adjacent fingers; beneath nail of r. thumb; in l. thumb towards tip, with painful throbbing, falling asleep and numb sensation and externally perceptible heat; sticking, in last joint of r. thumb; jerking, from first joints of l. towards tips in evening; drawing, in r. thumb. Pain in middle joint of r. index and at intervals in its first phalanx. Tearing drawing in last phalanges of l. middle and ring fingers. Drawing pain in tips, extending up arms (though the passes were downward). Throbbing in thumb, with crawling and internal heat.
Lower Extremities
Rheumatic drawing in r. Tensive pain in l. Discomfort in morning in bed when bent. Feeling of congestion of blood in l., (<) leg. Uneasiness at night. Difficult to use and control. Weakness of l. in evening; in evening, with pain in them and sensitiveness to every draught through the room; on rising from a seat, (<) calves; attacks of tremulous, (>) walking, with paleness of face; paralytic W. and heaviness in afternoon on beginning to walk, (>) continuing to walk. Heaviness; and tearing; during menses, with drawing about knees as if they would be twisted around.
Nates. Tearing on l. beneath hip; sticking, on r. below hip. Drawing pain after drinking wine. Bubbling in r. Pulsation in l.
Hip. Tearing in l.; anteriorly on crest of ilium when sitting; drawing, posteriorly on l., with burning. Pain posteriorly in l. Bruised pain in joint, with tension and pain on motion; B. pain in l. extending to middle of thigh when walking and standing, (>) sitting, with pinching, heat and sensitiveness in it and with weakness of lower limb; in joint, as if flesh were loosened from bone.
Thigh. Varices extending to labiae. Stitches in middle; about great trochanter; on posterior surface in evening when yawning; tearing, when walking and lying. Tearing beneath hips and posteriorly on r. hip; (<) thick portion; on inner side of l., (>) motion; on outer side of femur, extending from hip to middle of thigh while sitting; drawing, in articular extremity to l. and beneath hip. Jerking pain on inner side. Bruised pain in gluteals and posterior femoral muscles; on anterior surface of l., with soreness on pressure. Paralytic pain in r., first in upper part, then extending towards knee, in evening when standing, (>) sitting. Drawing sore pain on outer muscles. Drawing pain on inner side of r.; intermittent D. pain in evening. Drawing posteriorly, with pressing, so that he could not sit down, (>) walking; rheumatic D. Feeling in bend when walking as if muscles were too short. Heaviness of r. when walking, with lameness; H. in l. femur above knee in evening, with paralytic pain.
Knee. Stitches; on inner side of r. during rest; like a flea- bite on inner side of r. Tearing on outer side of l. patella; in bends in morning, (<) walking, (>) sitting, with bruised pain; in r., (>) rubbing; in bone of l., with contraction; and outer margin of bend, extending into calf; in l. extending to middle of thigh; extending upward and downward in l., with gnawing; in l. or also extending upward, with bruised pain. Pain, and in ankles; in r. patella in evening and then in l. and in heel; in a dream, and almost immovable, and on walking unusually early they were painful as after fatigue, (<) rest; gradually increasing and decreasing. Boring in evening, (<) r.; in l., with gnawing in it and tension in upper part of calf, renewed after sitting down. Burrowing. Bruised feeling. Drawing pain at night. Rheumatic drawing in r. and downward in tibia. Tensive pain in r. when walking; in hollows when walking in open air. Beating when sitting after a long walk. Crawling in l. Stiffness.
Leg. OEdema. Cramp in morning in bed, drawing it up. Stitch above r. foot when running. Tearing in l. between tibia and ankle; in forepart of r. beneath knee, then bruised pain; drawing in tendines-achilles and about inner malleoli; pulsating, in tendines-achilles. Drawing pain in evening. Drawing in r. tendo- achillis. Pressure on inner side of l. below calf, then tearing; alternating P. and drawing in bones of r. Weakness, (<) walking. Stiffness so that she could not walk. Falling asleep of r. at night.
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.