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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... called the disorder in question " hysteria , " al- though it retained its character as a disease of the uterus . Much of this literature recalled Plato's account of the uterus wandering around the body , causing problems as it went ...
... called ' suffocation of the mother ' was widespread . " Hysterical symptoms were caused by " the alleged propensity of the uterus to be- come a vagabond , leaving its proper place in the womb [ sic ] and wan- dering into the upper parts ...
... called the “ concussor , " available by 1898 , was operated by foot power . Friedrich Bilz describes a device with a fly- wheel on a vertical stand , set in motion by a foot pedal ( fig . 19 ) . The business end is attached to " a so - ...