Female hysteria in Victorian Times
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:16 pm
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!
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!