the doctor is IN...
Yes, you *may* add "Antique Vibrator Repairman" to my list of titles. I know you've been wanting to do that for a while, and now you may. A few months ago, I picked up an antique vibrator which did not run, but today I opened it up, did some work, and now it purrs like a kitten, more than a hundred years after it was made.
On closer inspection I have decided that it *was* probably used as a medical device. The patent is 1902 (pronounced 'nineteen-aught-two'), and the aggressive marketing of vibrators to individuals didn't start until the 1910s. Also, there is significant wear on all the attachments, especially on the small rubber ball, some of which has been worn away like marble steps.
At the turn of the century, women with nervous dispositions or hysteria, were taken to doctors who induced 'hysterical paroxysms' (read: orgasms) with electromechanical vibrators.
On closer inspection I have decided that it *was* probably used as a medical device. The patent is 1902 (pronounced 'nineteen-aught-two'), and the aggressive marketing of vibrators to individuals didn't start until the 1910s. Also, there is significant wear on all the attachments, especially on the small rubber ball, some of which has been worn away like marble steps.
At the turn of the century, women with nervous dispositions or hysteria, were taken to doctors who induced 'hysterical paroxysms' (read: orgasms) with electromechanical vibrators.