BATHING AND AURAL DISEASES.

Bathing epilepsy

A patient who had complex partial seizures provoked by bathing is reported. All the attacks occurred during or immediately after bathing, irrespective of water temperature. The semiology was suggestive of a seizure focus in the mesial temporal lobe. Though there are some similarities with hot-water epilepsy, this case appears to be a distinct type of reflex epilepsy.

Aural Syphilis.

Air-cdre. McElligott said that he had seen more keratodermia in war-time than formerly. As often as not it was associated with non-specific urethritis, arthritis and metastatic conjunctivitis-the so-called Reiter's disease. The effect of the sulphonamides had been disappointing and hyperthermy had seemed to give the best results. He had not yet had an opportunity of trying penicillin in this co...

Aural Antennae

Aural Antennae are portable devices which translate sound impulses into vibrotactile stimulus. By swapping audio sensation for haptic sensation we illustrate one variety of artificial synesthesia. The compact devices can be worn to act as electronic travel aids for the hearing-impaired or used for augmented reality applications. Using a simple model of the audio scene’s background noise, the de...

An Essay on Warm, Cold, and Vapour Bathing; with Practical Observations on Sea Bathing, Diseases of the Skin, Bilious, Liver Complaints, and Dropsy

Tub bathing versus traditional sponge bathing for the newborn.

OBJECTIVE To compare selected effects of tub bathing versus traditional sponge bathing in healthy, term newborns and their mothers' ratings of pleasure and confidence with the bath. DESIGN Randomized controlled study. SETTING The maternity unit of an eastern Canadian hospital. PARTICIPANTS One hundred two mother-baby pairs were randomly assigned to an experimental tub bath or a sponge bat...