Antedating of "Menopause"

[Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock]

Thanks for the clarification.

(Heal well.)


On Jan 14, 2013, at 5:35 AM, Amy West wrote:

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> I infer it to refer to vaginal discharge.
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> ---Amy West
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> (Who ended up missing the ADS conference because she ended up in the
> g*dd*mn hospital and had emergency surgery that Thurs and Friday, and
> now has learned the term "medical menopause," and is further embittered
> that she is restricted from vintage dance, snowshoeing, skiing, and
> skating until the middle of Feb. Her next shot at attending the
> conference isn't until 2016 when it's in DC and she can combine it with
> a visit to her demented father. Yippee.)
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> On 1/13/13 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>> Date:    Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:02:14 -0800
>> From:    Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock<spanbocks at VERIZON.NET>
>> Subject: Re: Antedating of "Menopause"
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>> Sorry - 'Have you the whites?'
>>
>> What does that mean?
>>
>> --
>> Kate Svoboda-Spanbock
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Jan 12, 2013, at 8:14 AM, "Shapiro, Fred"<fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>  wrote:
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>>>> Poster:       "Shapiro, Fred"<fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
>>>> Subject:      Antedating of "Menopause"
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>>>> menopause (OED 1872)
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>>>> 1858_New Hampshire Journal of Medicine_  1 Aug. (American Periodical Series=
>>>> )  In females we enquire:  Are you regular?  Have you the whites?  Replies =
>>>> to these questions convey what is essential respecting puberty, pregnancy, =
>>>> the menopause, the different affections of the uterus and vagina.
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Fred Shapiro
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