The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual SatisfactionJohns Hopkins University Press, 15/01/1999 - 181 من الصفحات Winner of the Herbert Feis Prize from the American Historical Association Winner of the AFGAGMAS Biennial Book AwardWinner of the Science Award from the American Foundation for Gender and Genital Medicine From the time of Hippocrates until the 1920s, massaging female patients to orgasm was a staple of medical practice among Western physicians in the treatment of "hysteria," an ailment once considered both common and chronic in women. Doctors loathed this time-consuming procedure and for centuries relied on midwives. Later, they substituted the efficiency of mechanical devices, including the electric vibrator, invented in the 1880s. In The Technology of Orgasm, Rachel Maines offers readers a stimulating, surprising, and often humorous account of hysteria and its treatment throughout the ages, focusing on the development, use, and fall into disrepute of the vibrator as a legitimate medical device. |
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... Diseases of the Male and Female Genital System ( New York : J. S. Redfield , 1844 ) , 165 . 60. Robert Brudenell Carter , On the Pathology and Treatment of Hysteria ( London : John Churchill , 1853 ) ; Charles Delucena Meigs , Woman ...
"Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction Rachel Maines ... Diseases of the Reproductive Organs ( Chicago : Ottaway and Colbert , 1875 ) ... women improved each other's health simply by standing close together fully dressed ...
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