catamenia

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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

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)

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)

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)

In place of catamenia there was a discharge reddish-green in color.

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