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Frommann mentions a man who said he saw a tree in Goa which withered because a catamenial napkin was hung on it.

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

To woman is intrusted the exclusive management of another process of elimination, viz.: the catamenial function.

From Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects by Guernsey, Henry Newell

While a student, she wrought continuously,—just as much during each catamenial week as at other times.

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

Emmenagogues are remedies which have the property of exciting the catamenial flow; ecbolics, or abortives, are drugs which excite contraction of the uterus, and are supposed to have the power of expelling its contents.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )

I believe them to prove that generally girls here are doing very well as to the catamenial function.

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