She had borne twins in her second, fourth, and eighth confinement, and altogether had 16 children.

Holdefrund in 1836 mentions a case in which menstruation did not commence until the seventieth year, and Hoyer mentions one delayed to the seventy-sixth year.

Marx of Krakau speaks of a woman, aged forty-eight, who had never menstruated; until forty-two years old she had felt no symptoms, but at this time pain began, and at forty-eight regular menstruation ensued.

At the time of report, four years after, she was free from pain and amenorrhea, and her flow was regular, though scant.

She had been married since she was twenty-eight years of age.