Studies on Palmar Sweating*

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Abstract
A palmar sweat study was performed on 1160 patients in an Army General Hospital. For comparative purposes sweat studies were also made on patients admitted to the neuro-psychiatric wards, patients discharged from the Army on certificates of disability, and members of the hospital staff. The sweat response was graded and it was found that 83% of the 1160 patients gave either a strong or intense palmar sweat response. An excessive type of sweat reaction was found in high incidence in those patients discharged from the Army and most frequently in those patients with a diagnosis of psychoneurosis. The palmar sweat response has important clinical significance, especially when it is looked upon as a cholinergic phenomenon related particularly to emotional activities.

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