Philosophers such as Aristotle and Pliny the Elder argued that the full Moon induced insanity in susceptible individuals, believing that the brain, which is mostly water, must be affected by the Moon and its power over the tides. Today, the Moon's gravity is known too slight to affect any single person. However, people continue to insist that admissions to psychiatric hospitals, traffic accidents, homicides or suicides increase during a full Moon, although there is no scientific evidence to support or reject such claims.
Lunatic, from Latin 'lunaticus.'
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