ROENTGEN THERAPY FOR HYPERHIDROSIS
- 1 June 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology
- Vol. 59 (6) , 644-652
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1949.01520310051006
Abstract
AFTER the discovery of L. Freund (1897) that roentgen rays can produce a loss of hair, the reaction of the other elements of the skin became an object of investigation. One of the earliest observations was that skin which because of some pathologic condition was exposed to the rays would become dry. Pusey,1in 1901, drew from this observation the conclusion that roentgen therapy might be effective in the treatment of local forms of hyperhidrosis. Stelwagon,2in 1903, appears to have been the first to report a case of hyperhidrosis in which roentgen therapy produced a "pronounced lessening of the secretion, and this without producing any unpleasant x-ray effects." Since that time roentgen therapy has maintained its position as an effective remedy against excessive perspiration. One of us (J. J. E.),3in 1938, summed up his experience as follows: "Roentgen rays are the most efficacious remedy in combatting extensive sweating of localized areas." MacKee and Cipollaro,4Keywords
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