VARIATION IN THE FUNCTIONAL POWER OF HUMAN SWEAT GLANDS

A method has been worked out for the measurement of the volume of sweat produced by individual glands. A special paper, impregnated with iodine, absorbs water in a uniform way and shows the area of wetting by a sharply defined blue dot. Indirect calibrations showed that 1 cm.3 of water would form a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dole, Vincent P., Thaysen, Jørn Hess
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1953
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2136283/