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Female hysteria in Victorian Times

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:16 pm
by Shelley Louise
Female hysteria was a once-common medical diagnosis, made exclusively in women, which is no longer recognized by modern medical authorities. It was a popular diagnosis in Western nations, during the Victorian era, for women who exhibited a wide array of symptoms including faintness, nervousness, insomnia, fluid retention, heaviness in abdomen, muscle spasm, shortness of breath, irritability, loss of appetite for food or sex, and a "tendency to cause trouble!

Apparently the cure was an orgasm! !nuts!

woo hoo :)

Reading further because the physicians said that sometimes it took a long time to achieve the pelvic massage (i.e the orgasm) the electronic vibrator was invented!

You learn anew thing every day!

Thank god for Female Hysteria!

Re: Female hysteria in Victorian Times

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:23 pm
by Steve R
Dirty mare!


Re: Female hysteria in Victorian Times

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:04 pm
by Steve R
That goes for my wife too, as we also watched that programme on Sunday night.

She also expressed her approval of the remedy.


Re: Female hysteria in Victorian Times

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:12 am
by johnsix
The thought of Cary Grant slapping an hysterical woman round the face with a dildo conjures up an image.!grin!