Crocker quotes the case of a
tailor of sixty-five in whom hyperidrosis had existed for
thirty-five years. It was usually confined to the hands and feet,
but when worst affected the whole body. It was absent as long as
he preserved the horizontal posture, but came on directly when he
rose; it was always increased in the summer months. At the height
of the attack the man lost appetite and spirit, had a pricking
sensation, and sometimes minute red papules appeared all over the
hand. He had tried almost every variety of treatment, but sulphur
did the most good, as it had kept the disease under for twelve
months. Latterly, even that failed.
Bachman reports the history of a case of hyperidrosis cured by
hypnotism.
Unilateral and localized sweating accompanies some forms of
nervous disturbance. Mickle has discussed unilateral sweating in
the general paralysis of the insane. Ramskill reports a case of
sweating on one side of the face in a patient who was subject to
epileptic convulsions. Takacs describes a case of unilateral
sweating with proportionate nervous prostration. Bartholow and
Bryan report unilateral sweating of the head. Cason speaks of
unilateral sweating of the head, face, and neck.
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