The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction
by Rachel P. Maines
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages208 pages
ISBN
9780801866463
Published
1998
Description
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 chron...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.
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