The sexual life of woman in its physiological, pathological and hygienic aspects

by E. Heinrich Kisch

In Poland, according to Raciborski, the duration of sexual activity is in Jewesses 23 years, but in women of Slavonic blood 31 years.

In France, according to Courty and Puech, the usual duration of the sexual life is from 28 to 30 years.

According to Puech, among 10 women menstrual activity lasted:

33 years in	2 women.
35 years in	1 woman.
36 years in	2 women.
39 years in	2 women.
43 years in	2 women.
44½ years in	1 woman.

Brierre de Boismont gives the following particulars of the duration of menstrual activity in 178 Frenchwomen:

5 years in	1 woman.
6 years in	1 woman.
8 years in	1 woman.
11 years in	1 woman.
16 years in	4 women.
17 years in	4 women.
18 years in	1 woman.
19 years in	3 women.
20 years in	3 women.
21 years in	4 women.
22 years in	3 women.
23 years in	12 women.
24 years in	8 women.
25 years in	8 women.
26 years in	11 women.
27 years in	7 women.
28 years in	6 women.
29 years in	7 women.
30 years in	13 women.
31 years in	13 women.
32 years in	9 women.
33 years in	9 women.
34 years in	7 women.
35 years in	5 women.
36 years in	10 women.
37 years in	6 women.
38 years in	5 women.
39 years in	2 women.
40 years in	7 women.
41 years in	1 woman.
42 years in	3 women.
44 years in	2 women.
48 years in	1 woman.

For England, Tilt gives the mean duration of menstrual activity, as observed in 500 women, as 31.21 years; it varies between 11 and 47 years; there are more cases with a period of 34 years than with any other integral number of years. Tilt found the duration to be:

11 years in	1 woman.
13 years in	1 woman.
15 years in	3 women.
16 years in	1 woman.
17 years in	2 women.
18 years in	4 women.
19 years in	1 woman.
20 years in	3 women.
21 years in	6 women.
22 years in	11 women.
23 years in	11 women.
24 years in	10 women.
25 years in	22 women.
26 years in	11 women.
27 years in	25 women.
28 years in	29 women.
29 years in	35 women.
30 years in	36 women.
31 years in	33 women.
32 years in	38 women.
33 years in	35 women.
34 years in	49 women.
35 years in	33 women.
36 years in	26 women.
37 years in	16 women.
38 years in	15 women.
39 years in	15 women.
40 years in	6 women.
41 years in	4 women.
42 years in	7 women.
43 years in	5 women.
44 years in	3 women.
45 years in	1 woman.
46 years in	1 woman.
47 years in	3 women.

For London the average figure is 34 years; for Paris, 30 years; for Vienna, 29 years; and for Berlin, 34 years.

From the data of various observers obtained from diverse nationalities, the following table has been compiled, exhibiting the mean duration of the sexual life: