["Lunar rhythms" in the course of the epileptic process]

On the basis of a mathematical analysis of 8400 seizures during 101 moon phases it was possible to establish a correlation between the frequency of convulsive paroxysms (both in the amount of seizures in epeileptic patients and amount of patients in whom these seizures appeared) and the phasic position of the Moon--periods of a full moon and new moon. The amount of patients and seizures increased during the periods of such phases 1.52 and 1.56 times corresponding more in comparison to the median significance of these figures. A study of the role of physical ressons of a wave and magnetic nature on the development of the epileptic process may help to understand the pathogenetical mechanisms of the disorder.