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PERSPIRATION (Lat. per, through, and spirare, to breathe)

This article appears in Volume V21, Page 259 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PER-PIG
PERSPIRATION (Lat. per, through, and spirare, to breathe) , the excretion of sweat from the sweat-glands of the skin. Sweat is a clear colourless neutral or slightly alkaline fluid containing 2% of solids. Under pathological conditions,
sugar
  urea and other substances are found. The secretion of sweat is constantly going on, the activity of the sweat-glands being under
control
  of the central
nervous
 
system
 . The only
function
  of sweat is the regulation of the heat discharge from the
body
 . The
chief
  morbid conditions of the sweat-glands are excessive sweating (Hyperidrosis) and foetid sweating (Bromidrosis). Excessive sweating is a symptom observed in various diseases, such as tuberculosis and rheumatic fever, but it may exist apart from such conditions, and either be general, affecting the whole
body
 , or confined to a
part
 , such as the axillae, head, hands, feet, or, as in some rare instances, the one half of the body. Excessive perspiration may often he prevented by the cold bath, and by tonics, such as
iron
 , quinine, strychnia, &c. Locally, the use of astringent lotions of vinegar or a weak solution of lead will also be of service. Foetid sweating most frequently affects the feet, specially in those who have much fatigue, and is apparently due to rapid decomposition in the perspiration which has saturated the stockings; these should be frequently changed and the feet washed several times a day, dried carefully, and dusted with some antiseptic powder.


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