Attila

Vibrators

Friday, 3. October 2008, 04:13:47

I get so many hits from people who search for "viberators" - I don't know why the word vibrator is so hard to spell. Anyway - I believe that this is part of what they are looking for:

History of the vibrator

Hysteria was thought to be a consequence of lack of sexual intercourse. For centuries hysteria was believed by many to lead to inflammation of the uterus, which necessitated the expulsion of fluids to prevent it from wandering away from its anatomical home and possibly suffocating the woman who housed it. Physicians ranging from Hippocrates to Freud believed they had to coax the wandering womb back to its proper place or size with "massage treatments." Known records of hysteria and its massage treatments date back as far as 2000 BC in Egypt.

The treatment was not generally regarded as sexual but doing it by hand was tiring work for the medical professional. Not surprisingly, the invention of stream-driven vibrating machines was welcomed by all but they were expensive.

The vibrator was first patented as a medical device by Joseph Mortimer Granville, a British doctor, in 1883. The electromechanical version of the vibrator was designed to relieve Hysteria but it too was large and not easily portable.

The huge potential market for hand-held vibrators was recognised by entrepreneurs with Hamilton Beach of Racine, patenting their first hand held vibrator in 1902. The vibrator was the fifth electrical home appliance available, after the sewing machine but well before the electric iron and vacuum cleaner. Vibrator innovation was even a driving force behind the creation of the small electric motor.

In the early 1900s women could use mail order to buy vibrating massagers from advertisements in publications such as Needlecraft, Modern Priscilla and Womens Home Companion. One Vibrator advertisement, from 1910 stated:

The secret of the ages has been discovered in Vibration. Great scientists tell us that we owe not only our health but even our life strength to this wonderful force. Vibration promotes life and vigour, strength and beauty. ... Vibrate Your Body and Make It Well. YOU Have No Right to Be Sick...

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Comments

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gdare # 3. October 2008, 04:44

Wow!!! Amazing piece of history. You really made a thorough search

Btw, what I mentioned yesterday, this will not help in removing weirdos out of your post

attilasoul # 3. October 2008, 04:51

It's okay, Darko, I got other methods to do that!

gdare # 3. October 2008, 04:54

Errr.... wait, I am not weirdo, I don`t have to be scared

ripp2002 # 3. October 2008, 05:27

Interesting...

Moesring # 3. October 2008, 06:29

I love the bottom picture.

But I concur, you aren't going to get rid of the pervs if you keep making posts like these.

attilasoul # 3. October 2008, 06:50

@ Darko ~ Do you have proof that you aren't a weirdo?

@ Ripp ~ Thanks.

@ Moe ~ I think they'll stay no matter what I do.

rose-marie # 3. October 2008, 09:18

The electromechanical version of the vibrator was designed to relieve Hysteria but it too was large and not easily portable.

Interesting post

. Now if you excuse me, I feel a slight case of Hysteria coming...

wickedlizard # 3. October 2008, 09:25

you are very well informed...

attilasoul # 3. October 2008, 09:28

@ Rose ~ It's good to know there is a cure for that!

@ Issy ~ Yes, and now you can say that you are too!

gdare # 3. October 2008, 09:34

But I don't feel like a weirdo

Cois # 3. October 2008, 09:57

Very interesting..

i have two portables

didn't cost me a dime

Spaggyj # 3. October 2008, 10:12

Bloody hell! I never knew all this stuff

attilasoul # 3. October 2008, 10:41

@ Darko ~ It's like serial killers. The neighbours never suspect anything!

@ Cois ~ You have two vibrators?

@ Kimmie ~ So now you know what to do if people call you hysterical!

Cois # 3. October 2008, 10:44

Well they do vibrate kinda

haven't been used in a while though..

Spaggyj # 3. October 2008, 10:49

I've never had a vibrator

. OMG, I just got a little visual in my head:

Me: Bloody hell, I don't believe this!
Mik: Calm down, Kim...
Me: No it's fucking ridiculous!
Mik: Kim... KIM, YOU'RE HYSTERICAL!
Me: What?! Oh, am I?! RIGHT! *angrily pulls out a vibrator, makes a point of brandishing it at Mik and "puts it somewhere", still angry-faced*

Cois # 3. October 2008, 10:52

that's gonna haunt me

Spaggyj # 3. October 2008, 10:53

Haunt you? It's gonna haunt me!

Cois # 3. October 2008, 10:56

Furie # 3. October 2008, 11:14

Anyone else think that Hippocrates and Freud had a load of similar excuses for getting freaky?

"Wife, you've been working hard on this house today and I've got a reward for you. I've found a way to make sure that the stresses of the world don't get you down. Just suck on this until you feel a warm sticky quality in your mouth. Swallow that substance and you'll be safe from stress. Don't worry. I experimented on your sister first to be sure it's safe."

Moesring # 3. October 2008, 11:35

When I first read

*angrily pulls out a vibrator, makes a point of brandishing it at Mik and "puts it somewhere"

I first imagined it to be Kimmie putting it into one of Mik's somewheres in a fit of rage.

gdare # 3. October 2008, 12:23

attilasoul # 3. October 2008, 12:27

Kimmie, that's going to haunt you for a very long time!

@ Moe. It's always the quiet ones, eh?

Cois, can you come up with pictures of the thingees?

Dacotah # 3. October 2008, 14:26

At the cartoon.

attilasoul # 3. October 2008, 15:05

wickedlizard # 3. October 2008, 15:22

its just the sort of useless information i just sooooooo need...

hugzzz!

attilasoul # 3. October 2008, 15:26

It's maybe that sort of information that will help you win a game of Trivial Pursuit.

*Hugs*

Cois # 3. October 2008, 18:09

Every man has two vibrators Kitten..

some of us just don't use them anymore..

qlue # 3. October 2008, 19:34

@ Moesring .
Damn, now I've got this image of Mik walking like a 'cowboy' stuck in my head.

attilasoul # 3. October 2008, 20:33

@ Cois ~ Ah...

Okay, forget about the posting pictures-thing.

@ Aadil ~ Can you believe Moe calls his mind innocent?

theoddbod # 3. October 2008, 20:55

*shows up, leaps over previous disturbing comments*

$5.95 over a hundred years ago? Wow!

Moesring # 3. October 2008, 20:58

Actually it was $6.95.

Do they cost more than that nowadays? Being so innocent, I don't even know what a vibrator is, let alone how much they cost.

qlue # 3. October 2008, 21:00

That's only 'cos they weren't made in china back then. You do know that each and every one is factory tested don'tcha?

gdare # 3. October 2008, 21:03

On animals?

Stomyr # 3. October 2008, 21:31

Furie # 3. October 2008, 22:14

Nope, not animals. Bertha, a single mother from Alabama tests them all.

attilasoul # 4. October 2008, 04:49

@ Mart ~ My guess is that you didn't just walk into a shop a bought them back then.

Originally posted by Moe:

Being so innocent(...)

I think you ruined that image with your earlier comment!

@ Aadil & Mik ~ I was kind of hoping that they coorperating with the condoms factories.

Dacotah # 4. October 2008, 10:02

Tilla

qlue # 4. October 2008, 10:47

Millions of SABS approved government issue condoms were recalled due to them not being sub-standard!

wickedlizard # 5. October 2008, 11:47

qlue # 5. October 2008, 13:46

I meant to say, "due to them being sub standard" I have no idea where the 'not' came from.

H82typ # 16. January 2009, 23:42

*Ahem* I keep getting notified of new comments on a post here, but nothing when I click the link. Is there a problem here?
Btw, it's not this post, I just felt this one deserved... 'bumping' ... if you will... Thankyou, That is all.

Furie # 17. January 2009, 11:12

qlue # 17. January 2009, 16:44

Mik's clones are causing it.

attilasoul # 17. January 2009, 16:53

Dennis I think the problem is that you bump into a post I just changed to friends only

H82typ # 17. January 2009, 17:12

Oh!

*Gives the pretty kitty a saucer of milk*

attilasoul # 17. January 2009, 20:03

*purrrrrrrrrs*