History of Treatment of Female Hysteria NSFW

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Women who presented mood swings and depression in ancient times were sent by their husbands to the doctor.

In ancient times, women with anxiety, mood swings and depression were sent by their husbands to the doctor, who diagnosed them as suffering from a disease called “hysteria”.

Their treatment was based on a “pelvic massage” in order to achieve hysterical paroxysm, known today as orgasm.

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Patients with hysteria had to undergo a treatment called “pelvic massage”, which was based on the stimulation of the genitals manually by the doctor or the midwife until they reached orgasm, at this time it was called “hysterical paroxysm”, considering the repressed sexual desire of women a disease.

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Going to the doctor’s office for this became very common, so much so that doctors and nurses began to invent all kinds of devices to make this treatment easier, more effective, faster and cleaner, since doctors got tired because they could take up to an hour to perform this massage.

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