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WALTER C. LOBITZ, JR., M.D.; JOHN B. HOLYOKE, M.D.; DORIS BROPHY, B.A., Lic. es Sc.

AMA Arch Derm. 1955;72(3):229-236.

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INTRODUCTION

Previous simultaneous biochemical studies on blood and palmar sweat¹ suggested that the eccrine sweat duct, instead of being a mere passive conductor of sweat to the surface of the skin, may play an active role in the sweating mechanism.^*

Recently Araki and Ando⁶ surmised from their multiple studies that the concentrating mechanism of urea existed in the sweat gland duct, and this surmise was strengthened by previous observations by Kuno and his coworkers. The latter noted abundant capillaries around the sweat duct, and also found that the dyes and iron which entered the duct from the surface by electrophoresis escape through the duct wall into surrounding tissues. They suggested the possibility that the duct reabsorbs water and other constituents of sweat secreted by gland cells. Nitta⁷ explored the same possibility in his experiments on the changes in sweat constituents resulting . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Hanover, N. H.

From the Department of Dermatology (Dr. Lobitz) and the Department of Pathology (Dr. Holyoke), Hitchcock Clinic and Dartmouth Medical School.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 27, 1955.

Read before the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Dermatological Association, Inc., Bellair, Fla., April 20, 1955.

This work was carried out under the auspices of the Hitchcock Foundation, with support from the Quartermaster Corps, Research and Development Command, Department of the Army (Contract #DA44-109 q.m., 1424).

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