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S Wolfe

Publications and source records attributed to S Wolfe.

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PubMed1970

Metabolic studies of isolated human eccrine sweat glands.

This paper describes a method for isolating and studying the metabolism of human eccrine sweat glands. (a) Electron microscopy of glands which had been isolated and then incubated for an hour revealed no apparent alteration in morphology. (b) Known variation in gland size (male > female > children) was reflected in the relative rates of lactate production. (c) Lactate production was approximately 1.5 nmoles/gland per hr in the absence of glucose and rose to 2.7 at physiological concentrations of glucose (5.6 mmoles/liter). This amount of lactate production agrees well with the amounts found in sweat. (d) Both adrenergic (epinephrine) and cholinergic (methacholine) stimuli increased lactate production. (e) Glycogen depletion was demonstrated during incubation. (f) O(2) consumption was measured and aerobic metabolism was found to account for less than 1% of the energy derived from anaerobic pathways. These studies demonstrate that the large amounts of lactate appearing in human eccrine sweat can be accounted for by glandular metabolism and that both glycogen and glucose can be used as substrates.

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PubMed1967

A study of the work of a medical social worker in a group medical practice.

An exploratory study was made to demonstrate the role, the work and the relationships of a full-time medical social worker in a group medical practice. Patients were seen on referral only, and a schedule for interview was developed for purposes of categorizing areas of social dysfunction. The following areas of dysfunction were studied: accommodation, job, social activities, family problems and medical diagnosis and/or treatment. A profile emerged of the patients referred as compared to patients in the practice as a whole. The "social sickness" in patients was more likely to exist between the ages of 20 and 44 years or over 65. It occurred more frequently in females and in individuals living alone or in a family of seven or more, in people from the lower social classes and the unemployed, retired people or actual or potential social isolates, those having a psychological illness, and those with degenerative disease of the circulatory or central nervous systems. It was less frequent in patients from a farm.

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