catamenia

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They have the following custom when they have their catamenia: the wives withdraw from their husbands, or the daughter from her father and mother and other relatives, and go to certain small houses.

From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)

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

Discharge of Vaginal Parietes.—Longhi describes the case of a woman of twenty-seven, an epileptic, with metritis and copious catamenia twice a month.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Following the operation, there was a regular, painless menstruation every month, at which time the lower part of the wound re-opened, and blood issued forth during the three days of the catamenia.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The other did not marry, and although not a dwarf, was under-sized; she had her catamenia every third week.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)