Did you know that a vibrator was once a medical instrument?
The history of vibrators began in Victorian England. Then diagnoses such as hysteria appeared. It was demonstrated by almost all dissatisfied women of different ages. Methods of diagnosis and treatment were also described by Hippocrates, and the earliest dildos carved from stone were found during excavations in Germany.
Doctors engaged in private practice to treat hysteria were especially in demand among noble women, spinsters and nuns. The results were excellent, and the women went home in high spirits, lining up to get a piece of joy for a very impressive fee. But back then, this process was performed manually with the doctor”s fingers, sometimes taking up to an hour. Then, in 1869, American physician George Taylor first used a huge steam engine for treatment. George satisfied his patients, three of whom he drove to the car! However, the procedure time was reduced to five minutes.
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By 1880, British scientist Joseph Molmer Granville had perfected a machine to pleasure women. Thus was born the electromechanical vibrator known as the Granville hammer. Doctors and men prescribed this miracle to improve their health. How they used it is interesting!
In 1902, the Hamilton Beach Company patented a small device for home use. By the way, they not only caused an orgasm, but also led to a massage of the face and other parts of the body.
In 1966, John Table invented the first battery-powered vibrator. Since then, vibrating massagers began to be used exclusively for sexual pleasure, disappeared from drugstore windows, and specialized sex shops appeared.
