The Control of Localized Hyperhidrosis

Circumscribed hyperhidrosis is a common disorder of the skin which may usually be classed among the petty annoyances of life. Not infrequently, however, especially when complicated by bromidrosis, dyshidrosis or hyperkeratosis, it assumes a much more important rôle, incapacitating the person for work or pleasure. Walking is made so painful as to be impossible, the use of the hands is similarly interrupted, or the knowledge that an unpleasant odor clings to one makes the sensitive person dread to meet others. Treatment has always been unsatisfactory, as evidenced by the list of remedies recommended, until the discovery that Roentgen rays would control it. The latter treatment, however, is time consuming and expensive, and not without danger in inexperienced hands. An efficient and inexpensive local application is much to be preferred. This we possess, I believe, in aluminum chlorid, AlCl3.6 H2O, a white deliquescent salt easily soluble in