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

by E. Heinrich Kisch

In Swedish Lapland	18 years,	0 months,	0 days.
In Christiania	16 years,	9 months,	25 days.
In Copenhagen	16 years,	9 months,	12 days.
In Munich	16 years,	5 months,	12 days.
In Göttingen	16 years,	2 months,	2 days.
In Vienna	15 years,	8 months,	15 days.
In Berlin	15 years,	7 months,	6 days.
In Stockholm	15 years,	6 months,	22 days.
In Manchester	15 years,	6 months,	0 days.
In Warsaw	15 years,	1 month,	23 days.
In London, between	15 years,	1 month,	4 days.
and	14 years,	9 months,	9 days.
In Paris, between	15 years,	7 months,	18 days.
and	14 years,	5 months,	17 days.
In Madeira	14 years,	3 months,	0 days.
In Montpellier	14 years,	2 months,	0 days.
In Corfu	14 years,	0 months,	0 days.
In Marseilles	13 years,	11 months,	11 days.
In Calcutta	12 years,	6 months,	0 days.
In Egypt	10 years,	0 months,	0 days.

The collective results of the investigations of French authors regarding the average age at which menstruation first appears are given in the following table:

I. In Temperate Climates:
Observer.	Place.	No. of Cases.	Average Age.
De Soye	Paris	1,000	15 years,	0 months.
Dubois	Paris	600	15 years,	3 months.
Raciborski	Paris	200	14 years,	5 months.
M. Despines	Paris	85	14 years,	11 months.
Arau	Paris	100	15 years,	4 months.
Courty	Montpellier	600	14 years,	3 months.
Puech	Nîmes	941	14 years,	2 months.
M. Despines	Toulon	43	14 years,	1 month.
M. Despines	Marseilles	25	14 years,	1 month.
Puech	Toulon	144	14 years,	1 month.
Grey	London	1,498	15 years,	6 months.
Lee & Murphy	London	1,719	15 years,	6 month
Torisiano	Corfu	33	14 years,	6 months.
Lebrun	Warsaw	100	15 years,	1 month.

from these observations we obtain an average of 15 years.

II. In Cold Climates:
Observer.	Place.	No. of Cases.	Average Age.
Ravn	Copenhagen	3,840	16 years,	9 months.
Frugel	Christiania	157	16 years,	6 months.
Dubois	Russia	600	16 years,	8 months.
Faye	Norway	100	15 years,	6 months.
Lundborg	Esquimaux	16	15 years,	6 months.
Wistrand	Stockholm	100	15 years,	7 months.

from these observations we obtain an average of 16 years and 3 months.

III. In Hot Climates:
Observer.	Place.	No. of Cases.	Average Age.
Goodeve	Calcutta	239	12 years,	5 months.
Lith	Deccan	217	13 years,	5 months.
Robertson	Calcutta	540	12 years,	6 months.
Webb	Calcutta	39	12 years,	5 months.
Dubois	Asia	600	12 years,	11 months.

from these observations we obtain an average of 12 years and 7 months.

In 6,550 cases collected by Krieger menstruation first appeared:

At the age of:
9 years in	1 instance.
10 years in	7 instances.
11 years in	43 instances.
12 years in	184 instances.
13 years in	605 instances.
14 years in	1193 instances.
15 years in	1240 instances.
16 years in	1026 instances.
17 years in	758 instances.
18 years in	582 instances.
19 years in	425 instances.
20 years in	281 instances.
21 years in	111 instances.
22 years in	55 instances.
23 years in	15 instances.
24 years in	15 instances.
25 years in	1 instance.
26 years in	4 instances.
27 years in	2 instances.
28 years in	1 instance.
29 years in	1 instance.