Technology of Orgasm : Hysteria, the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction, Paperback by Maines, Rachel P., ISBN 0801866464, ISBN-13 9780801866463, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US

<p>Winner of the Herbert Feis Prize from the American Historical Association</p><p> Winner of the AFGAGMAS Biennial Book Award</p><p>Winner of the Science Award from the American Foundation for Gender and Genital Medicine </p><p>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 <i>The Technology of Orgasm</i>, 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.</p>