Stimulation in the desire to join the medical field. #ajobforme Female hysteria was a once-common medical diagnosis, found exclusively in women, which is today no longer recognized as a disorder. During this time, female hysteria was widely associated with sexual dissatisfaction. For this reason, the patients would undergo weekly “pelvic massages.” During these sessions, a doctor would manually stimulate the female’s genitals, until the patient experienced repeated “hysterical paroxysm” (orgasms). It is interesting to note that this diagnosis was quite profitable for physicians, since the patients were at no risk of death, but needed constant careInstagram

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