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twenty-one she might have been presented to the public, on Commencement Day, by the president of Vassal’ College or of Antioch College or of Michigan University, as the wished-for result of American liberal female culture. Just at this time, however, the catamenial function began to show signs of failure of power. No severe or even moderate illness overtook her. She was subjected to no unusual strain. She was only following the regimen of continued and sustained work, regardless of Nature’s periodical demands for a portion of her time and force, when, without any apparent cause, the failure of power was manifested by moderate dysmeuorrhcea and diminished excretion. Soon after this the function ceased altogether ; and up to this present writing, a period of six or eight years, it has shown no more signs of activity than an amputated arm In the course of a year or so after the cessation of the function, her head began to trouble her. First there was headache, then a frequent congested condition, which she