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

Of course, menstruation before the third or fourth year is extremely rare, most of the cases reported before this age being merely accidental sanguineous discharges from the genitals, not regularly periodical, and not true catamenia.

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

Perhaps the venous h�morrhages obey the lunar periods, as the catamenia, and h�morrhoids.

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

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)

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)