Hysteria (Movie)

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May I introduce everyone to a great film recommended to me by a WL I used to frequent.

Titled “Hysteria” it is a romantic comedy based on the true historical invention of the vibrator thought to be able to relieve women of hysteria.

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It was a tough ask being a High Street doctor back in the 19th Century :

Set at the end of 1880, the film depicts the invention of the vibrator. Dr Granville is a young physician who has difficulty with his occupation due to constant arguments over modern medicine. He gets a job assisting Dr Dalrymple, whose practice specializes in the treatment of "hysteria", a popular diagnosis for women of that time. Medical practitioners such as Dr Dalrymple tried to manage hysteria by massaging the genital area, decently covered under a curtain, to elicit "paroxysmal convulsions", without recognising that they were inducing orgasms amongst their patients.

 

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