Abstract
Summary
Total number and distribution of active sweat glands were determined for American Negro, Caucasian and Eskimo subjects under conditions of maximal thermal sweating. Both sexes were included in Caucasian and Eskimo groups, whereas only adult, male Negro subjects were investigated. A greater density and total number of active sweat glands were found in Caucasian males than in Negro males; Caucasian women appear to exceed any other group in these measurements, regardless of race or sex. The measurements in Eskimo women did not follow this pattern and they appear to be like the others measured.
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