“…Sweat, secreted to regulate body temperature, becomes a threat to homeostasis of the body fluid, and many reports have been published on changes of body fluids caused by sweating (GLICKMAN et al, 1941;LADELL, 1949;ITOH, 1953;CHRISTENSEN, 1965, 1968;SENAY, , 1970SENAY, , 1972. According to the review by BASS and HENSCHEL (1956), an acute heat stress elicits responses which, in the absence of dehydration, result in increased plasma and blood volumes with little change in their compositions , although the behaviors of extracellular and interstitial fluids are still controversial.…”