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THE TECHNOLOGY OF ORGASM

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"HYSTERIA", THE VIBRATOR & WOMEN'S SEXUAL SATISFACTION

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. Later, they substituted the efficiency of mechanical devices, including the electric vibrator, invented in the 1880s. In The Technology of Orgasm, Rachel Maines offers readers a stimulating, surprising, and often humorous account of hysteria and its treatment throughout the ages, focusing on the development, use, and fall into disrepute of the vibrator as a legitimate medical device.

    • Paperback: 208 pages
    • Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; 1 edition (March 1, 2001)
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RACHEL P. MAINES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rachel Maines is a Visiting Scientist in the Cornell University School of Electrical and Computer Science. She holds a doctoral degree in Applied History from Carnegie-Mellon University (1983) and a baccalaureate in Classics (summa cum laude, 1971) from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Maines is an historian of technology with interests in technology and the body, including sexuality, injury epidemiology, engineering safety codes, and hobby technologies.