catamenia

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I am assured by some persons of credit, that if they are touched, or even approached, by a woman in her catamenia, they infallibly expire.

From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

In response to his argument the decree against catamenia was accordingly abolished.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

She was then sufficiently well-developed, and had a good color; all the functions appeared to act normally, and the catamenia were fairly established.

From Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls by Clarke, Edward Hammond

The correspondence of the periods of the catamenia with those of the moon was treated of in Sect.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

He says also that the catamenia generally appears about the time they are expected, or later, and very seldom earlier.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various