Apo kōpēs eis to bēma: Positiones Peri tēs tōn katamēniōn epochēs

flow out against the order of nature, and this is called a dripping: or finally, some matter exits beyond custom: due to its manifold difference, various distinct affections arise.

XIX.
For if semen (for example) exits, it is called gonorrhoea semen discharge: if it is other matter, it will be called by another name.

XX.
Such matter flows out if there is no fault in the uterus itself, either by the whole body exonerating itself through it, or from one or more parts.

XXI.
When it flows from the whole, we name it a womanly discharge. When from another part, it almost lacks a name. When it arises from a disease of the uterus, we call it a uterine discharge.

XXII.
But it is not our purpose at present to discuss these lesions, but we have decided to speak only of suppressed menses.

XXIII.
Moreover, the suppression of the katamēniōn menstruation is nothing other than the retention beyond nature (for that which happens due to old age is not morbid, just as old age itself is not) of that blood which is accustomed to be evacuated every month when all things occur naturally.

XXIV.
There is great disagreement among physicians when assigning causes, since some reduce them to four, others to three, and others to two categories of causes.

XXV.
We will reduce them to two main headings, so that the suppression of the menstrua