It is of burgeoning importance that the human body burden of aluminium is understood and is measured. There are surprisingly few data to describe human excretion of systemic aluminium and almost no reliable data which relate to aluminium in sweat. We have measured the aluminium content of sweat in 20 healthy volunteers following mild exercise. The concentration of aluminium ranged from 329 to 5...

Aluminum chloride hexahydrate concentration-dependently inhibits perspiration and is highly effective in palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis. The main effect is in the sealing of the sweat glands, the precipitation of aluminum-mucopolysaccharide-complexes and the damage to the epithelial cells in the excretory ducts of the eccrine sweat glands result in sealing of these ducts. Other aluminum salt...

space four inches square. On the right side, the occipital bone was also fractured and depressed, and the brain beneath was much injured and compressed. There was a hernia of a portion of the right lobe of the cerebrum at its posterior part. The left forearm was extensively fractured a little below the elbow joint. The man could not speak, but it was ascertained that he had been knocked down an...

During November 7-December 9, 1997, three previously healthy collegiate wrestlers in different states died while each was engaged in a program of rapid weight loss to qualify for competition. In the hours preceding the official weigh-in, all three wrestlers engaged in a similar rapid weight-loss regimen that promoted dehydration through perspiration and resulted in hyperthermia. The wrestlers r...

I’ve worked for at least eight A+ merit award holders. Good to know the modus operandi of the boss, although all of them seem to have got there by sheer hard work (genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration, as Thomas Edison once said). My favourite is law 30 – ‘make your accomplishments seem effortless’ which is a very hard slog (although if you are too successful at this one, it looks like...

Primary palmoplantar hyperhidrosis (PPH) is a disorder that involves excessive sweating on the palms and soles. Although the pathophysiology of PPH remains unknown, some treatments, including topical aluminum chloride (AC) and tap water iontophoresis (TWI), are effective at suppressing the perspiration. Herein, we report the kinetics of the skin pH of two cases of PPH treated with AC and TWI. W...

while digging a drain in some sugar-cane field, and while in a state of profuse perspiration, he became thirsty and drank about 10 ounces of cold water. Immediately after drinking he felt a sensation of dryness and pricking in the throat, after which the symptoms increased gradually during the day, and prevented him working, eating, and drinking; he felt besides a difficulty in breathing and sp...

Darier's disease is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis. It has an estimated prevalence of 1 in 55,000 to 100,000 individuals, regardless of gender. It is characterized by multiple keratotic papules on the seborrheic areas of the trunk, scalp, forehead and flexures, and the clinical picture is worsened by heat, sun exposure, perspiration and mechanical trauma. Histopathology observed loss ...