TY - JOUR T1 - THe farris test for ovulation AU - Farris EJ Y1 - 1949/01/01 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1949.02900180052022 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 50 EP - 50 VL - 139 IS - 1 N2 - To the Editor:—  Relative to the comments of Dr. Pendleton Tompkins, it may be stated that in the 23 complete cases of the 27 reported, 4 conceptions resulted from a single donor insemination on the day of prediction; 5 resulted from a single insemination with the husband's specimen on the day of prediction. Two of these had coitus later, but within eight hours of the insemination. In these 9 cases, no other intercourse occurred at any time during the cycle. Ten other conceptions resulted from coitus on the predicted day, as follows: 5 from isolated coitus which occurred once only, and at no other time in the cycle; 2 from coitus performed twice within ten hours and at no other time in the cycle, and 3 from coitus performed twice within the twenty-four hour period of the predicted day of ovulation. The 4 remaining persons had coitus on the predicted SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1949.02900180052022 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900180052022 ER -