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Definition:
In the late 19th century a German physician named Wilhelm Fliess (1859 - 1928)
developed the idea that human lives are regulated by cycles which are initiated
at the moment of birth. Named biorhythms, he originally postulated two but
eventually a third was added. They are: physical, emotional and intellectual.
Believers in biorhythms think that by monitoring the flux in their three cycles, they can predict better and worse days for them. The three cycles are 23, 28 and 33 days long (respectively), and when more than one crosses a "node" (zero line), it is thought that a crisis is supposed to ensue.
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