the theory, initially postulated during the formative twentieth century, positing that psychoses seeming alike to schizophrenia are correlated to influenza epidemics. It was later realized that a multitude of forms of viral encephalitis might be inclusive of those symptoms that arise from schizophrenia, and a multitude of analyses have explored the impact of exposure to viral substances, specifically while inutero, on subsequent cultivation of schizophrenia.