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Another cause of the largeness of the vessels is, that menses make their way through them, which often occasions pregnant women to continue menstruating: for though the womb be shut up, yet the passages in the neck of the womb through which these vessels pass, are open.
When menstruating, they are not allowed to eat fish of any kind, or to go near the water at all; it being one of their superstitions, that if a female, in that state, goes near the water, no success can be expected by the men in fishing. Fish that are taken by the men diving under the cliffs, and which are always females about to deposit their spawn, are also forbidden to the native women.
Many elaborate statistics on this subject have been gathered by men of ability. Dr. Meyer of Berlin quotes the following: 28 at 50 years of age, 3 at 57 years of age, 18 " 51 " " " 3 " 58 " " " 18 " 52 " " " 1 " 59 " " " 11 " 53 " " " 4 " 60 " " " 13 " 54 " " " 4 " 62 " " " 5 " 55 " " " 3 " 63 " " " 4 " 56 " " " These statistics were from examination of 6000 cases of menstruating women.
She could tell in a numerous circle which women were menstruating. This woman could not sleep in a bed which any one else had made, and for this reason discharged her maid, preparing her own toilet and her sleeping apartments. Cadet de Gassieourt witnessed this peculiar instance, and in consultation with several of the physicians of Paris attributed this excessive sensitiveness to the climate.
Conjunctival hemorrhage has been noticed as a manifestation of vicarious menstruation by several American observers. Blair relates the history of a case of vicarious menstruation attended with conjunctivitis and opacity of the cornea. Law speaks of a plethoric woman of thirty who bled freely from the eyes, though menstruating regularly.
Sex in the human species being a matter of all the glands organized into a complex, the quantitative "strength" of that complex would be useful to know before removing any one secretion from it. At one end of the scale, this surgeon places the typically feminine woman in all her characteristics with well-formed breasts, menstruating freely and feminine in instincts he says "mind."
If they did so, it is believed that they would lose their virility; "in the rain they will shiver and in the heat they will faint." Suk men and women take their meals apart, because the men fear that one or more of the women may be menstruating.
When menstruating, they are not allowed to eat fish of any kind, or to go near the water at all; it being one of their superstitions, that if a female, in that state, goes near the water, no success can be expected by the men in fishing. Fish that are taken by the men diving under the cliffs, and which are always females about to deposit their spawn, are also forbidden to the native women.
The surgeon's hands must be clean, he must avoid the taking of food that may corrupt the air, such as onions, leeks, and the like; must avoid menstruating and other women, and in general must keep himself in a state of absolute cleanliness.