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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... asserted in 1918 that in neurasthenic women , " persistence of cli- toris masturbation is one of the most important agents leading to ( sex- ual ) anaesthesia because it means fixation on the infantile , male form of sexuality . " 58 ...
... asserted in 1883 that clitoral and uterine sensations had to occur simultaneously for the production of the ... assert that “ mature , normal men do not desire sex except with women they love tenderly . " 69 Having reaffirmed the norm as ...
... asserted , could be used by the pa- tient herself " after a lesson or two " ; by 1888 he seemed to perceive no need for professional intervention at any point.87 Another home device manufactured by a New York City firm about 1900 was ...