Antedating of "Menopause"

[Shapiro, Fred]

menopause (OED 1872)



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.



Fred Shapiro

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