Zacutus Lusitanus relates
the history of a case of uterine occlusion, with the flow from
the lips of the cervix. There is mentioned an instance of
menstruation from the labia.
The occurrence of menstruation after removal of the uterus or
ovaries is frequently reported. Storer, Clay, Tait, and the
British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review report cases in
which menstruation took place with neither uterus nor ovary.
Doubtless many authentic instances like the preceding could be
found to-day. Menstruation after hysterectomy and ovariotomy has
been attributed to the incomplete removal of the organs in
question, yet upon postmortem examination of some cases no
vestige of the functional organs in question has been found.
Hematemesis is a means of anomalous menstruation, and several
instances are recorded. Marcellus Donatus and Benivenius
exemplify this with cases. Instances of vicarious and
compensatory epistaxis and hemoptysis are so common that any
examples would be superfluous. There is recorded an inexplicable
case of menstruation from the region of the sternum, and among
the curious anomalies of menstruation must be mentioned that
reported by Parvin seen in a woman, who, at the menstrual epoch,
suffered hemoptysis and oozing of blood from the lips and tongue.
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