AN INQUIRY INTO THE INCIDENCE OF HYPERHIDROSIS IN CONVALESCENT TRENCH FOOT
Authors: Jacob J. Silverman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Article1 October 1946AN INQUIRY INTO THE INCIDENCE OF HYPERHIDROSIS IN CONVALESCENT TRENCH FOOTJACOB J. SILVERMANJACOB J. SILVERMANSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-25-4-702 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe statement is sometimes made that in the later stages of trench foot one of the frequent complaints is excessive sweating of the feet. As far as can be learned from the literature no attempt has ever been made to study this phenomenon in trench foot to determine its exact incidence. Ungley and Blackwood18divided the clinical course of trench foot into three stages: (1) Prehyperemic stage of a few hours to several days. In this stage the feet are cold, dry, swollen, numb and discolored. (2) Hyperemic stage of six to 10 weeks. In this stage the feet are...Bibliography1. BLACKWOOD W: Studies in the pathology of human 'immersion foot,' Brit. Jr. Surg., 1943-4, xxxi, 329. Google Scholar2. BURCHCOHNNEWMANN GEAEC: A study of the rate of water loss from the surface of the fingertips and toetips of normal and senile subjects and patients with arterial hypertension, Am. Heart Jr., 1942, xxiii, 185. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. DARROW CW: Neural mechanism controlling the palmar galvanic skin reflex and palmar sweating: A consideration of available literature, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1937, xxxvii, 641. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. FRIEDMAN NB: The pathology of trench foot, Am. Jr. Path., 1945, xxi, 387. Google Scholar5. JONES FW: The principles of anatomy as seen in the hand, 1942, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. Google Scholar6. JURGENSEN E: Mikrobeobachtungen der Schweissekretion der Haut des Menschen unter Kontrastfarbung, Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1924, cxliv, 193. Google Scholar7. KRAUSE : Wagner's Handworterbuch der Physiologie, 1844, ii, 131. (Cited by Kuno.9) Google Scholar8. KRAUSEWALLACESILVERMAN LAJJJJ: The incidence of palpable pulsations in convalescent trench foot, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1946, ccxi, 729. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. KUNO Y: The physiology of human perspiration, 1934, J. & A. Churchill, London. Google Scholar10. LESSER A: Report on immersion foot casualties from the battle of Attu, Ann. Surg., 1945, cxxi, 257. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. NEUMANNCOHNBURCH CAEGE: A quantitative method for the measurement of the rate of water loss from small areas, with results for the fingertip, toetip and postero superior portion of the pinna of normal resting adults, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1941, cxxxii, 748. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. SILVERMANPOWELL JJVE: Studies on palmar sweating, I. A technique for the study of palmar sweating, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1944, ccviii, 297. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. SILVERMANPOWELL JJVE: Studies on palmar sweating, II. The significance of palmar sweating, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1944, ccviii, 298. Google Scholar14. SILVERMANPOWELL JJVE: Studies on palmar sweating, III. Palmar sweating in an army general hospital, Psychosom. Med., 1944, vi, 243. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. SILVERMANPOWELL JJVE: A simple technic for outlining the sweat pattern, War Med., 1945, vii, 178. Google Scholar16. SILVERMAN JJ: Unpublished data. Google Scholar17. Trench Foot, TB Med., 1944, 81, U. S. Army Med. Dept. (abstracted Bull. U. S. Army Med. Dept., 1945, iv, 265). Google Scholar18. UNGLEYBLACKWOOD CCW: Peripheral vasoneuropathy after chilling, Lancet, 1942, ii, 447. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. WHITESCOVILLE JCWB: Trench foot and immersion foot, New England Jr. Med., 1945, ccxxxii, 415. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication January 16, 1946.From the Cardiovascular Section, U. S. Army General Hospital, Camp Butner, N. C. Colonel Roy H. Turner, Surgeon General's office, arranged for this study. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Cardiologist Looks at the HandCHRONIC TRENCH FOOT: A STUDY OF 100 CASES*WALTER REDISCH, M.D., F.A.C.P., OTTO BRANDMAN, M.D., SALVATORE RAINONE, M.D.Extraordinary alteration of the P-R interval in neurocirculatory asthenia 1 October 1946Volume 25, Issue 4Page: 702-710KeywordsCyclic adenosine monophosphateSurgeons ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...