Antedating of "Menopause"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 1/16/2013 10:11 AM, Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock wrote:
>Thanks for the clarification.
>
>(Heal well.)

Amen, Amy.  And I hope you are not restricted from vintage wines, and
they are not bitter.

Joel



>On Jan 14, 2013, at 5:35 AM, Amy West wrote:
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> > Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Poster:       Amy West <medievalist at W-STS.COM>
> > Subject:      Re: Antedating of "Menopause"
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> > I infer it to refer to vaginal discharge.
> >
> > ---Amy West
> >
> > (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.)
> >
> > 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"
> >>
> >> Sorry - 'Have you the whites?'
> >>
> >> What does that mean?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kate Svoboda-Spanbock
> >>
> >> 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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> >>>> Sender:       American Dialect Society<ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >>>> Poster:       "Shapiro, Fred"<fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
> >>>> Subject:      Antedating of "Menopause"
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> >>>>
> >>>> 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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