pounds in weight, and her girth at the hip was 33 1/2 inches. The
pelvis was broad and well shaped, and measured 10 1/2 inches from
the anterior surface of the spinous process of one ilium to that
of the other, being a little more than the standard pelvis of
Churchill, and, in consequence of this pelvic development, her
legs were bowed. The mammae and labia had all the appearance of
established puberty, and the pubes and axillae were covered with
hair. She was lady-like and maidenly in her demeanor, without
unnatural constraint or effrontery. A case somewhat similar,
though the patient had the appearance of a little old woman, was
a child of three whose breasts were as well developed as in a
girl of twenty, and whose sexual organs resembled those of a girl
at puberty. She had menstruated regularly since the age of two
years. Woodruff describes a child who began to menstruate at two
years of age and continued regularly thereafter. At the age of
six years she was still menstruating, and exhibited beginning
signs of puberty. She was 118 cm. tall, her breasts were
developed, and she had hair on the mons veneris. Van der Veer
mentions an infant who began menstruating at the early age of
four months and had continued regularly for over two years. She
had the features and development of a child ten or twelve years
old. The external labia and the vulva in all its parts were well
formed, and the mons veneris was covered with a full growth of
hair. Sir Astley Cooper, Mandelshof, the Ephemerides, Rause,
Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, and several others a report instances of
menstruation occurring at three years of age. Le Beau describes
an infant prodigy who was born with the mammae well formed and as
much hair on the mons veneris as a girl of thirteen or fourteen.
She menstruated at three and continued to do so regularly, the
flow lasting four days and being copious. At the age of four