The electrically powered vibrator was invented by a Matthew Henley for the treatment of female hysteria, therefore the vibrator was conceived as a medical instrument rather than the sensual object we love today.
Female hysteria is an interesting one the symptoms including, bloating, anxiety, irritability, insomnia and a 'tendency to cause trouble'.
The remedy for this 'hysteria' was a pelvic massage, yes you have it a bloody good rubbing to the genital area.
So lets get this straight, the vibrator was in fact invented to masturbate women who attended the doctor in victorian times with pre-menstrual syndrome.
It was documented that doctors found this a 'chore' and 'time consuming' and at no time was the practice alluded to as sexual in nature.
At a time when sexual repression was rife amongst polite society you could in fact attend the doctors with raging PMS and get a free fanny rubbing with a vibrator to melt all of those niggling symptoms away. Whatever's happened to the NHS!
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I always assumed the symptoms of hysteria were more linked to not having had an orgasm in forever than to PMS. OTOH, you'd think orgasm would come faster if they were that horny.
True although looking at pictures of the doctors it would be like being masturbated by old father time. We think the symptoms of hysteria are classic PMS, these girls were hormonal!
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