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Some of the symptoms of female hysteria are faintness, nervousness, insomnia, fluid retention, heaviness in the abdomen, muscle spasms, shortness of breath, irritability and a loss of appetite for food. ... Posted in 19th century, history, lifestyle, victorian | Tagged female hysteria, vibro-massagers,
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19thcentury.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/female-hysteria/
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More specifically, Victorian Era (1837-1901) physicians referred to these symptoms as female hysteria from the Greek idea of a "wandering womb seeking its proper place." The symptoms, according to their testing, could treated by the stimulation of the female genitals which induced “hysterical paroxysm.”...
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www.explorehistoricalif.com/hysteria.html
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Taylor recommended it for treatment of an illness known at the time as "female hysteria." Hysteria, from the Greek for "suffering uterus," involved anxiety, irritability, sexual fantasies, "pelvic heaviness" and "excessive" vaginal lubrication -- in other words, sexual arousal.
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www.herprivatepleasures.com/hysteria.htm
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This paper examines how "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins and "Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria" or "Dora" by Sigmund Freud were both written at the turn of the 19th century and share, not just a common theme of female hysteria, but also reflect the analysis and treatment of such a disorder in...
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Female hysteria. Female hysteria summary with 4 pages of encyclopedia entries, research information, and more. ... Female hysteria was a once-common medical diagnosis, made exclusively in women, which is no longer recognized by modern medical authorities.
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www.bookrags.com/wiki/Female_hysteria
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Comments & Reviews about Female Hysteria in Literature ... "Dora" by Sigmund Freud were both written at the turn of the 19th century and share, not just a common theme of female hysteria, but also reflect the analysis and treatment of such a disorder in the highly male-dominated society of the times.
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www.shvoong.com/f/humanities/writing/447150-female-hyst...
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I have also been intrigued with the concept of The Wandering Uterus, I learned about it in a sociology class when we were talking about Female Invalidism in the 19th Century (the doctors still believed in the wandering of the uterus!) and that is why I named my zine The Wandering Uterus, so I could show off how much...
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www.robinhoulette.com/2008/07/female-hysteria.html
www.robinhoulette.com/2008/07/female-hysteria.html
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Simply because it can be applied more rapidly, uniformly and deeply than by hand, and for as long a period as may be desired." ... email this story ... share this story on facebook...
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Female Hysteria -- This diagnosis was used to explain any of a number of symptoms in women, including shortness of breath, insomnia, muscle spasms and irritability. First used by ancient Greek doctors, the term persisted as a psychological diagnosis until 1952, when the American Psychological Association dropped it.
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victoriansexmachine.blogspot.com/2007/04/female-hysteri...
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