The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual SatisfactionJohns Hopkins University Press, 15/06/2001 - 208 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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... recommended by Galen and Avicenna , among others , most especially for widows , those who live chaste lives , and female reli- gious , as Gradus [ Ferrari da Gradi ] proposes ; it is less often recommended for very young women , public ...
... recommended practice for women.18 The priv- ilege ( or drudgery ) of such " rubbing " was reserved for husbands , doctors , and midwives . Arnaldus of Villanova ( ca. 1235 - ca . 1311 ) recommended that the discharge of offending fluids ...
... recommended as a way of reducing congestion caused by " excessive indulgence of amative- ness , " in the form of either intercourse or masturbation.50 According to Nichols , the hydriatic douche restored tone and vigor to the female re ...