I have heard that hysteria was treated in the late 19th century by stimulating women to a “hysterical paroxysm”, or orgasm. Was the female orgasm not known outside of a medical context?

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I have heard that hysteria was treated in the late 19th century by stimulating women to a “hysterical paroxysm”, or orgasm. Was the female orgasm not known outside of a medical context?

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AskHistoriansEnglish · 2 years ago

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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/soulsilver_goldheart on 2023-10-06 15:01:12.

Furthermore, do we know much about patients’ experiences of this? Were they able to refuse such presumably violating treatment? Was it seen by them as due course, the way modern women might see a Pap smear today?

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