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When Puberty is Delayed.Race, too, accompanies certain differences in the period of sexual maturity; and while we may suppose that differences in race were originally the results of differences in climate and natural surroundings, yet it is true that even in our own country, exposed to essentially identical conditions of climate and temperature, the darkeyed Jewess and the dark-skinned negress attain sexual maturity one, two or three years earlier than other females. While, therefore, inherited tendencies are largely influential in determining the exact period of puberty, yet individual influences may be made to hasten or retard to some extent this development. Idleness, physical and mental; stimulating, highly-seasoned food and beverages ; constant stimulation of the emotions by works of fiction, by the theatre, and by the society of the opposite sex ; by observation of, and association with, older girls blessed with long dresses and lovers-all these and similar influences, the atmosphere of more mature years, which the child is often injudiciously permitted to breathe, naturally hasten her sexual development. Could any doubt exist upon this question, it would be allayed by the fact that girls born and bred in the country attain their sexual development later than those in the city. Not only does the first menstruation occur six or seven months later in life in the country than in the city girl, but the period of puberty, when once inaugurated, proceeds less rapidly. The comparative freedom of the former from those peculiarities of city life which stimulate the passions while repressing the physique, explains both the rapidity and the imperfection of the sexual development in the city girl as compared with her country cousin. Just as the age at which puberty begins varies with the individual, so, too, does the rapidity with which the process is completed differ. In some the first menstruation is followed at the usual period of twenty-six or twenty-eight days by the second and third, and subsequent ones appear at the interval common in mature years. Not so in all cases, however. A considerable interval, sometimes even six months, may elapse after the first before the appearance of the second menstrual flow, and that, too, without the occurrence of pains in the back, or other symptoms common to such occasions. In such cases menstruation seldom becomes regular during the first year or even two years of puberty. Yet it must be understood that this condition demands no interference by either physician or parent. It merely indicates that the process of ripening is proceeding more slowly, though by no means less surely, than in other cases. So long as the menstrual flow is accompanied with no more than the usual symptoms of general disturbance, so long as the girl's general health remains unimpaired, so long will her sexual development progress satisfactorily without artificial means. The same individual differences are manifested in the intervals elapsing between the menstrual periods ; while the average time may be regarded as twenty-six to twenty-eight days, some healthy women menstruate at intervals of twenty-four, twenty-one, eighteen, or even sixteen days ; others thirty, thirty-five or even forty. This, too, is a matter which need occasion no anxiety nor demand interference, provided the interval be maintained with reasonable regularity. It sometimes happens, also, that after child-birth, the monthly periods become regularly longer or shorter than they were previous to that occasion. The length of time during which the flow continues may also vary in different individuals, and, indeed, in the same woman to a less extent, without overstepping the bounds of health. While the general average in our climate may be regarded as about four days, some women flow six, others only two, or even one day. So, too, the quantity of blood lost at each menstrual epoch presents similar variations within the bounds of health - four or five ounces representing a fair average. In these respects also, notwithstanding the individual peculiarities, the same general laws prevail as are illustrated in the development of the function in general. In the warmer climate the average flow is greater and the interval shorter ; in the colder climates menstruation is generally less frequent and less profuse. Social surroundings and personal habits exert marked influence in this regard ; the same factors which induce early menstruation are usually productive of more frequent and profuse discharges. The youthful devotee to society, so-called, is not infrequently annoyed by menstrual irregularity, which her rustic sister - a stranger perhaps to household and culinary luxuries - escapes. It may be said in general that the more robust and vigorous the individual the less is the interference with the general health at the menstrual period. It is usually the weak, nervous, delicate women - those accustomed to personal luxury and emotional excitement - who are most subject to profuse and frequent menstrual discharges. There is one point of importance which may be ascertained without difficulty - the menstrual blood never clots when this function is naturally performed ; a clotting of the blood indicates something wrong in the organs concerned. Such, then, are the circumstances usually attendant upon healthy menstruation during the first year of the girl's sexual life. Sometimes, however, cases are observed in which the process even from the beginning presents unnatural features requiring the advice and assistance of the physician. Among these is painful menstruation or But first, if you want to come back to this web site again, just add it to your bookmarks or favorites now! Then you'll find it easy! Also, please consider sharing our helpful website with your online friends.
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