Thus Robertson Smith's statement that the value of the gum of the acacia as an amulet is connected with the idea that it is a clot of Menstruous blood, i.
"The Evolution of the Dragon"
G. Elliot Smith
Nor can any man, be he who he will, and though he watches, prays, strives, denies himself, and puts his body under what chastisement or hardships he can; yea, though he also get his spirit and soul hoisted up to the highest peg or pin of sanctity and holy contemplation, and so his lusts to the greatest degree of mortification; but sin will be with him in the best of his performances: with him, I say, to pollute and defile his duties, and to make his righteousness speckled and spotted, filthy and Menstruous.
"The Pharisee And The Publican"
John Bunyan
They make that the covering of their nakedness and filthiness which is in itself as Menstruous and unclean as any thing.
"The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning"
Hugh Binning