catamenia
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Thus it is known who have their catamenia and who have not.
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)
Dupuytren speaks of denudation of the skin from a burn, with the subsequent development of vicarious catamenia from the seat of the injury.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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
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)