"My memoranda,"
he writes, "show that discharges occur most frequently on the
first, second, and third days after new moon. There is also
another period on the fourteenth and fifteenth, which might
indicate a semi-lunar rhythm. The days of minimum discharge are
the seventh, eighth, twenty-second, and twenty-third." It may be
added that the yearly average of ecbolic manifestations, varying
between 50 and 55, comes out as 52, or exactly one per week.
A weekly periodicity is very definitely shown by A.N.'s data.
Sunday once more stands at the head of the week as regards
frequency, in this case very decisively. The figures are as follows:--
Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.
48 21 24 35 28 26 27
In another case which has reached me from the United States, the
data are slighter, but deserve note, as the subject is a trained
psychologist, and I quote the case in his own words. Here, it
will be seen, there appears to be a tendency for the ecbolic
cycle to cover a period of about six weeks. In this case, also,
there is a tendency for the climax to occur about Saturday or
Sunday. "X. is 38 years old, unmarried, fair health, pretty good
heredity; university trained, and engaged in academic pursuits.
He thinks he may have completed puberty at about 13, though he
has no proof that he was in the full possession of his sex-powers
until he was 15 years 3 months old (when he had his first
emission).
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