catamenia
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Whether it be merely a coincidence I am unable to say, but it is true that the majority of these cases have been in young females just after the establishment of the catamenia.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Her catamenia were very scant, but this was attributed to her change of life.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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
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
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)
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