catamenia

Example Sentences

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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 worked in a man's sustained way, ignoring all demands for special development, and essaying first to dis-establish, and then to bridle, the catamenia.

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

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)

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