Hospital study shows full moon's werewolf effect [View All]

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Source: Sydney Morning Herald

A study in an Australian hospital has identified a spike in out-of-control "werewolf" patients when a full moon is out.

There were 91 emergency patients rated as having violent and acute behavioral disturbance at the Calvary Mater Newcastle hospital from August 2008 to July 2009.

Leonie Calver, a clinical research nurse in toxicology, said almost a quarter of the cases (23 per cent) occurred on a night of full moon and this was double the number for other lunar phases.

The patients all had to be sedated and physically restrained to protect themselves and others. "Some of these patients attacked the staff like animals - biting, spitting and scratching," Ms Calver said.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/hospital-study-shows-full-moons-werewolf-effect-20091213-kpwl.html

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"The research is published in the pre-Christmas edition of the Medical Journal of Australia."

Right on time.

But, even taking account the tiny sample, of a rare occurrence, (91 people) for 8/2008 - 7/2009, the collected data, showing these acutely violent disturbed persons were 10x more likely to present on the night of a full moon, is statistically significant.