See Dr.
Grace Feder Thompson's
letter
appealing for patients, Lydia
E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and Orange
Blossom medicine,
Dr. E. C. Abbey's The
Sexual System and Its
Derangements, which
emphasises masturbation,
as doe Dr. Pierce, and
several small
boxes of old
American patent medicine
for women.
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Dr. R.
V. Pierce's patent
medicine empire and
hospital, often
concerned with women's
diseases, cancer,
digestive illness,
fatigue,
headache, physical
therapy, female
weakness, hysteria,
nervous
disorders, gynecology
and menstruation
Selections from "The
People's Common Sense
Medical Adviser
in Plain
English; or, Medicine
Simplified," 1895,
Buffalo, New York
Was
Dr. Pierce a
hypocrite?
Below:
"The
Chattanooga
Vibrator
[see
second
illustration,
at the bottom
of the page]
in use on a male
patient, about
1904." (From
Rachel Maines,
The Technology
of Orgasm, p.
99). I would
guess this
rectal
stimulation
affected the
prostate, which
would sexually
excite the man.
Maines calls
this the "Cadillac of vibrators" (p. 15).
"Catalog
illustrations
show treatment
of both
sexes,
including treatment of males through the rectum [below].
The company
assured
prospective
purchasers that
'this instrument
will be found to
be an invaluable
aid
to
the physician
in the
treatment of
all nervous
diseases and
female
troubles,'
later
adding that 'in cases where the patient is a woman and the
nervousness is
caused by
either the
ovaries or
uterus,
particular
attention
should be
given to the
lower part of
the spine and
also to the
affected
organs
themselves.'
(Maines, p. 95)
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Below:
"The
Chattanooga
Vibrator,
sold to
physicians for
about $200 in
1900. From The
Chattanooga
Vibrator
(Chattanooga,
Tenn., Vibrator
Instrument
Company, [ca.
1904]), cover."
(Maines, p. 16)
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End | Pages
906-7
(Manipulator) | 908-9
| 910-11
(steam-powered
Manipulator) | 912-13
| 914-15
| 916-17
| 918-19
(diseases of women)
| 920
(illustration of
machine room) | vaginal
electrodes | doctor's
vibrator
set | | The
Chattanooga vibrator
& rectal vibration
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