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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... hydriatic devices at Bath that were specially designed for women.54 Women represented a majority of the market for hydriatic massage in Britain from at least Smollett's time . Many spas had special " female departments , " and at least ...
... hydriatic appliances.30 Even the formerly disapproving traditional physicians were sometimes forced to give ground on the appeal of hydro- therapy to patients . W. B. Oliver , writing in the prestigious London med- ical journal Lancet ...
... hydriatic massage - made it easy for physicians to provide the relief that was not otherwise accessible to many women . The vibrator was conve- nient , portable , and fast and thus enjoyed a considerable , if brief , popu- larity as a ...