Theses de suppressis mensibus

XXXVI.
Indeed, while descending to the uterus, it cannot penetrate, not so much because of a defect in the paths of the uterus (of which I have spoken before), as because of its own quantity and any plethoric state an excess of bodily fluids—because it blocks its own passage—or because of its quality, since, on account of a defect in diet or the intemperance of the principal organs destined as the workshop of blood, it has become thicker and more glutinous.

XXXVII.
Let us now come to the signs of the differences. With the menses suppressed because of a colder temperature, women are more somnolent and slower to move; they are also paler and possess a color resembling lead; there is a heaviness of the whole body, nausea, and distaste; some have frightening dreams, such as those that happen to women who have conceived; the pulse is rare, the urine is watery and copious, and the excretion is phlegmatic.

XXXVIII.
On account of a warmer temperature, however, the signs of suppression are the opposite of those already mentioned. If due to dryness, the signs are to be sought from those things that were previously discussed and from the present wasting of the body and the thinness of the veins.

XXXIX.
If due to hardness, an abscess, or an outgrowth of flesh, this may be made manifest by an obstetrician touching the neck of the uterus, according to section 5, aphorism 51 and 54.

XL.
You will conjecture the coalescence or constriction of the uterine vessels from the signs of a preceding tumor or ulcer, and also from the use of refrigerating and astringent foods, washes, or topical applications. You will infer obstruction from the tension, tumor, and also the piercing pain of the belly, and if it is more severe, even from suffocation and a movement like a convulsion.