This view, which is maintained also by other gynecologists, finds support in _Kulischer’s_ assumption, based upon ethnological investigations, according to which coupling in primitive man took place only at certain seasons, namely, at spring and at harvest-time. In support of this view, which was held also by _von Hellwald_, _Kulischer_ refers to a number of actual and symbolical practices among different races, which make the assumption extremely probable. Sexual desire in women, the sexual impulse, outlasts the proper sexual life, and manifests itself even after the cessation of menstruation, when the possibility of conception has passed away; it appears, therefore, to have no necessary connection with the function of ovulation. This is indicated by the always respectable number of women who enter upon marriage even after the climacteric age. Thus the percentage of brides who were more than 45 years of age was: In Prussia, 2.58 per cent.; in England, 1.38 per cent.; in Sweden, 1.53 per cent.; in Ireland, 0.31 per cent. Of quite peculiar interest are the figures relating to elderly women who marry men considerably younger than themselves. Thus we learn from the tables of _Routh_ that in the space of 10 years in Ireland: Women between the ages of 46 and 55 years married Men below the age of 17 in 1 instance. Men between the ages of 17 and 25 in 35 instances. Men between the ages of 26 and 35 in 145 instances. Men between the ages of 36 and 45 in 227 instances. And women of ages greater than 55 years married Men below the age of 17 in 1 instance. Men between the ages of 17 and 25 in 3 instances. Men between the ages of 26 and 35 in 12 instances. Men between the ages of 36 and 45 in 15 instances. Men between the ages of 46 and 55 in 52 instances. In England during the year 1855 the age of the bride exceeded the climacteric age in 778 instances. The brides were: From 46 to 50 years of age in 135 instances. From 51 to 55 years of age in 219 instances. From 56 to 60 years of age in 89 instances. From 61 to 65 years of age in 22 instances. From 66 to 70 years of age in 7 instances. From 71 to 75 years of age in 3 instances. From 76 to 80 years of age in 3 instances. In Bohemia in the year 1872 the oldest bride numbered no less than—86 years. _Börner_ reports cases in which the sexual impulse remained in full activity after the change of life, and in some cases was greatly increased in intensity—these latter individuals being in a condition of real torment, which induced them to masturbate to obtain relief.