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Abstract
A study of sixty-one cases of hyperhidrosis has been presented. The essential abnormality
is excessive stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system or an increased sensitivity
of this system. Excessive sweating has been the predominant symptom, but other signs
of sympathetic irritation have usually been present. For this reason we have suggested
the term hypersympathotonia to describe this pathologic entity. The etiologic factors
have been discussed and a simple classification has been offered. The reasons for
selection of certain cases for sympathetic surgery have been submitted. Finally, the
results of sympathectomy have been presented.
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☆Read at the second annual meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Chicago, Ill., June 20, 1948.
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© 1949 Published by Elsevier Inc.
