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

[Simon Cauchi]

On 4/01/2007, at 3:04 AM, Steele Sue ((RW6)) PAHNT wrote:

> "Vesper's curse" is a medical condition which causes back pain and 
> keeps
> patients awake at night.  A doctor at my hospital is trying to find out
> why is is so named - who was Vesper and what was the curse?

I think it should be spelt without the apostrophe: Vespers curse.

The pain comes on at evening, that is, about the time of Vespers, the 
name for evening prayer in the Catholic church.

Simon Cauchi
<simon.cauchi at xtra.co.nz>