Old Medical Treatment For Hysteria

The controversy of 'female hysteria' - Medical News Today

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Around the 1850s, American physician Silas Weir Mitchell, who had a special interest in hysteria, started promoting the “ rest cure ” as a “treatment” for this condition. Rest cure involved...

Victorian-Era Orgasms and the Crisis of Peer Review - The Atlantic

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This mass treatment—a cure for the now-defunct medical condition of “hysteria”—was made possible by a new technology: the vibrator. Vibrators allowed …

Female hysteria - Wikipedia

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Historical Treatments for Hysteria That Were Absolutely …

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Another cure for female hysteria was the shifting of a woman’s internal organs. Because of the whole “wandering womb” thing, some doctors …

Female Hysteria: When Victorian Doctors Used to Finger …

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A solution was the invention of massage devices, which shortened treatment from hours to minutes, removing the need for midwives and increasing a physician’s …

Medical Vibrators for Treatment of Female Hysteria

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Medical Vibrators for Treatment of Female Hysteria. During the late 1800s through the early 1900s, physicians administered pelvic massages involving clitoral stimulation by early …

7 of the Most Outrageous Medical Treatments in History

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1. Snake Oil—Salesmen and Doctors Collection of elixirs. Efrain Padro/Alamy Stock Photo While today a “snake oil... 2. Cocaine—The Wonder Drug Advertisement for Cocaine Toothache Drops,1890. …

"Hysteria" and the Strange History of Vibrators

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For more on the 19th-century treatment of hysteria, read The Road to Wellville by T.C. Boyle or see the movie. Unfortunately for doctors, hysteria treatment …

Female Hysteria: When Victorian Doctors Used to Finger …

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Female Hysteria: When Victorian Doctors Used to Finger Their Patients. September 14, 2019 1800s, 1900s, ads, event & history, female, medical, WTF. In the …

Fingers In The Pie: Early Treatments for Hysteria

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Patents were issued for specialized rocking chairs, wired apparatus that ran low electrical currents through patients, foot-pedal operated equipment with interchangeable end-pieces, and, by 1900, …