[PW] Re: what is the origin of "Vesper's curse"

[Alan Hope]

On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 11:10:13 -0500, you wrote:

>This is just a thought:  Since vesper is Latin for evening, and since
>it can also be spelled Vespers (capitalized, no apostrophe), perhaps
>it simply means evening pain -- and has no connection with anyone or
>anything named Vesper. Articles in Medline have it both with and
>without the apostrophe.  [Just my $0.02.]

If it's anything like mine, it's a lower back pain that builds up
through the course of the day, and would certainly be at its peak in
the evening. You take it to bed with you, of course, and if you're
unlucky it will indeed persist long enough to postpone sleep. 

But this is not an answer.


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AH
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