DEAR SIR,--The information, given by two prominent physicians
in Berlin, in answer to the questions in your letter, is
mostly of a negative character. I believe them to prove that
generally girls here are doing very well as to the catamenial
function.
First, most of the girls in North Germany begin this function
in the fifteenth year, or even later; of course some few
sooner, even in the twelfth year or before; but the rule is
after the fifteenth year. Now, nearly all leave the school in
the fifteenth year, and then follow some lectures given at
home at leisure. The school-girls are of course rarely
troubled by the periodical function.
There is an established kind of tradition giving the rule for
the regimen during the catamenial period: this regimen goes
from mother to daughter, and the advice of physicians is
seldom asked for with regard to it. As a rule, the greatest
care is taken to avoid any cold or exposure at this time. If
the girls are still school-girls, they go to school, study and
write as at other times, _provided the function is normally
performed_.
School-girls never ride in Germany, nor are they invited to
parties or to dancing-parties.
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