hysteria Archives - Regina Kammer https://reginakammer.com/tag/hysteria/ Provocative historical romance and contemporary romance with a touch of history Sun, 20 Oct 2024 05:59:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/reginakammer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/GenWifeCrop500x500.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 hysteria Archives - Regina Kammer https://reginakammer.com/tag/hysteria/ 32 32 46495023 Victorians: Hysteria and the Vibrator, Part Two: The Vibrator https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-two-vibrator/ https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-two-vibrator/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2016 08:30:24 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=3125 In Part One of this blog miniseries, we learned how Victorian doctors defined “hysteria” and how they treated it. Spoiler alert: doctors used various methods of stimulation to bring women to achieve the “hysterical paroxysm”, i.e., an orgasm. Around 1879, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-two-vibrator/feed/ 1 3125 Victorians: Hysteria and the Vibrator, Part One: Hysteria https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-one-hysteria/ https://reginakammer.com/victorians-hysteria-vibrator-part-one-hysteria/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2016 19:36:29 +0000 http://reginakammer.com/?p=3109 I recently saw a revival of the play In The Next Room, Or The Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl. In case you haven’t heard about this play it takes place in upstate New York in the 1880s. A doctor provides … Continue reading →

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