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Female hysteria is  A medical diagnosis  Which was practiced in medicine  In the world

Western  And is still recognized in the medical world. Female hysteria was a common diagnosis in the Victorian era  For a wide arc of  Symptoms  including  Fainting ,  Nervousness ,  Lack of sleep , fluid retention, heaviness in the abdomen, muscle cramps,  Shortness of breath , lack  Appetite  Or loss  Libido , and a tendency to cause trouble were diagnosed with female hysteria and were most often treated with massage  The Basin "

External stimulation of the female genitals by the doctor until achieved

"Hysterical paroxysm", known today as  orgasm

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in the year  1859  A medical claim has been made that about a quarter of all women suffer from hysteria. This claim is plausible because there is someone who wrote 75 pages on the classification of all symptoms  Possible of

  Hysteria and at the end of the list noted that it is almost incomplete and there was no symptom that could not match the hysteria. Many doctors have speculated that the stresses of life in the modern age make cultural women more vulnerable

For nerve diseases and diseases that impair the function of the genitals

  In the United States , some have seen the prevalence of these symptoms in women as proof that the country is part of the enlightened Western world and one American doctor even said

Given the prevalence of the phenomenon that it is a sign that the country is advancing to the level of  Europe

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Rachel F. Mines, author of the book "The Technology of Orgasm: Hysteria, the Vibrator and Female Sexual Satisfaction," wrote that cases of hysteria were a nice source of income for doctors,

Because these patients were not in danger  Death  However, they demanded constant care. The notable disadvantage of these treatments was that physicians had difficulty learning the skills of achieving "hysterical paroxysm"

In massage and sometimes it took hours of work to achieve the desired result. On the other hand,

Referring the woman to a midwife for treatment caused the doctor to lose income.

The solution lies in the way of inventing massage devices, which shortened the treatment process from hours to minutes

Eliminate the need for a referral to a midwife and allow the doctor to treat most patients in the same period of time

  Already in the early 19th century there were water massage facilities in the city  Bath  In England

And in the middle  the 19th century  These facilities were common throughout Europe and the United States

And formed the basis for the development of many bathing sites

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Other common treatments for female hysteria were giving  diet  In foods rich in iron

such as  liver  cod  also  exercise  In the open air, baths in cold water, cold showers and swimming in the sea

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