Its ok relativity is completely irrelevant.
Samuel Rowbotham
Damp and cold, powerfully sceptic
“It is said that he moon has a pernicious effect upon those who in the East, sleep in its beams; and that fish having been exposed to them for only one night become most injurious to those who eat it” - rev j gadsby
“At peckham rye, a boy named Lowry has entirely lost his sight by sleeping in a field in the bright moonlight”
“If we place in an exposed position two pieces of meat, and one of them be subjected to the moon’s rays, while the other is protected from them by a screen or cover, the former will be tained with putrefaction much sooner than the other”, LEctures on Astronomy M. Arago
In hindus, the sun is “Nidaghakara” creator of heat
The moon is Sitala Hima “The cold” and “Himan’su” or “cold darting / radiating”
Evidence that educated people have believed Lunacy throughout history:
The Romans even believed that Moonlight solidified to form the gem known as Moonstone.
460 BC - 370 BC Hippocrates and Aristotle
“No physician should be entrusted with the treatment of disease who was ignorant of the science of astronomy” Hippocrates
23 AD - 79 AD Pliny The Elder
The moon “leads to the brain to be 'unnaturally moist' leading to madness.”
1493 AD - 1541 AD Paracelsus
"mania has the following symptoms: frantic behaviour, unreasonableness, constant restlessness and mischievousness. Some patients suffer from it depending on the phases of the moon."
1564- AD - 1616 AD William Shakespeare
"It is the very error of the moon, She comes more near the earth than she has wont, And makes men mad." Othello Act 5 1564- 1616
1723 AD - 1780 AD Lord Blackstone
1834 AD - 1918 AD Ewald Hering
"with full moon, increasing mania."
Today
45% of educated college students believe in the moons dangerous effects
Over 50% of those in the field of medicine are likely to believe
General: craps, sea lice, worms and midges moon related behavior in lab
Modern Studies and Evidence
Animals
Increased Violence
Many animals make use of the weakened state of their prey and increase hunting
Fleas, Bradford Royal Infirmary in English, 2 years worth of records - higher bite count for humans admitted
European Eagle Owls
Aye Aye
Lions kill more the day after, when they usually hunt at night
More likely to kill humans 2011 PLOS ONE journal
11,613 cases of aggravated assault in a 5-year period: assaults occurred more often around the full moon.
Reference: Human aggression and the lunar synodic cycle (1978)
34,318 crimes in a 1-year period: crimes occurred more frequently during the full moon.
Reference: J. Psychology, vol. 93:81-83, 1976.
Lieber in National Criminal Justice RS showed an increase in homicide and aggravated assault around the full moon
Neurological Stress
Man sleeps worse
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-2340594133 individuals over 30 days, longer to sleep up to 4 days prior and following the full moon
Crime rates are increased
"The increased incidence of crimes on full moon days may be due to "human tidal waves" caused by the gravitational pull of the moon."
Full Moon And Crime, Thakur CP, Sharma D.,
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6440656)
The incidence of crimes reported to three police stations in different towns (one rural, one urban, one industrial) was studied to see if it varied with the day of the lunar cycle. The period of the study covered 1978-82
Madness is increased
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/644065Seizure rates are increased
2008 Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Institute of Neurology UCL
341 day study
Links seizure to moonlight
Correlation between intensity of the light and the seizures that incurred
Blocking the moonlight locally resulted in a drop in frequency and duration of seizures
Doodlebugs dig larger holes (even in the dark?)
Malaise
Acomys Cahirnus show drops in body temperature
Belize armadillos
Wolves hunt less,
Some scorpions glow, due to the moo n attacking certain protein groups
Hospitalization Rates are increased
Surger success lower
Interactive Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery journal
Stayed 4 days less and less likely to die
Vet rates increased
A 2007 study of nearly 12,000 pet-injury cases at the Colorado State University Veterinary Medical Center revealed emergency-room visits were 23 percent higher for cats and 28 percent higher for dogs on days around the full moon.
Mating
Corals go into mating frenzy
Tungara frogs
Man’s reproductive cycle
Moon induced baby boom , Kyoto Japan, moon near the earth (super moon) showed more
US National Institutes of Health - increase in birth rates in Kyoto Japan, when the moon was closest and brightest
Lyme Disease Life Cycle
Food spoils faster
http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=TUC19140217.2.21Fish rots when left in the moonlight
Germ Activity increases
http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=TUC19140217.2.21&srpos=10&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-moonlight+dangerous------Reducing self exposure:
Bats reduce hunting
Nightjars (little brownbird) reduce hunting
May react otherwise
Pet visits increase during full moon
Microscopic
Lyme Disease is more dangerous
Life cycle sinks up with moon
Darwin suggested that the fear of darkness
Specific Pathology On Man