Primary hyperhidrosis is a troublesome disorder of excessive perspiration that affects as much as 1 percent of the population. Sufferers are usually young and are often affected by related social, professional, and psychological problems. Many methods for treating hyperhidrosis exist; however, no single treatment is without its weakness or complications. This article aims to clarify the issues ...

the interval she was being' administered nostrums by a Madari who had caught the cobra (shown in the photograph). They had applied two ligatures one above the wrist and the other below the elbow joint. She was brought to hospital in a state of collapse and complete unconsciousness. The pulse at the wrists was quite imperceptible, temperature 95.5 ?F., perspiration pouring out, corneal reflex ab...

to suffer from sharp pain over the splenic reo-fon accompanied by fever, the sharp pains pa?ssed off and were succeeded by a dull'heavy aching pain. For the last twenty days he had experienced rigors, followed by profuse perspiration, with constant fever, the temperature ranging between 99 and 100 in the morning, between 102 and 103-4 in tlie afternoon. At the same time the swelling of the spee...

Although night sweating is a common outpatient complaint medical, literature on this subject is scarce. Tuberculosis, brucellosis and lymphoma are diseases in which night sweating is a dominant symptom, but these are infrequently found to be the cause of night sweats in modern practice. While these diseases remain important diagnostic considerations in patients with night sweats, other diagnosi...

ances noted above were all exaggerated; such spasms, however, often came on at short intervals without any visible disturbing cause. The patient's body was covered with perspiration and the temperature was normal. The bowels were, as a rule, constipated, and there was also some difficulty in passing urine voluntarily. The patient could speak but very indistinctly ; she was however quite rationa...

patient semi-comatose. Lockjaw present. Back muscles moderately stiff. No convulsions. Very slight perspiration Pupils?equal, slightly dilated. Temperature subnormal. Respiration?27 per minute. Pulse?100, regular, weak. No history of any injury except that on the day before the patient picked her teeth with a dirty piece of thin, split bamboo and there was about half an ounce of blood from blee...

On Monday, 12th May 1884, I found in Ward XXIII. of the Royal Infirmary a young man who was evidently dangerously ill. He was very pale, his lips somewhat livid, his face covered with perspiration, his respiration was rapid and shallow, his pulse extremely quick and feeble. On examination of the heart, slight bulging was observed, while the area of dulness was markedly increased in all directio...