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Medical Vibrators for Treatment of Female Hysteria
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Feb 29, 2020
During the late 1800s through the early 1900s, physicians administered pelvic massages involving clitoral stimulation by early electronic vibrators…
Vibrators (Massage)VibratorsHysteriaHysteria--Early works to 1900Orgasm
Sexology (1904) by William Henry Walling
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jul 12, 2021
In 1904, physician William Henry Walling published Sexology, a family medicine reference book. In his book, Walling proposed that his guidance would…
LiteratureMasturbationCoitus interruptusSexSexology
The Gräfenberg Spot (G-Spot)
By: Baylee A. Edwards
| Published: Aug 27, 2024
The Gräfenberg spot, or the G-spot, is thought to be an area in the anterior, or front, vaginal wall that contributes to sexual pleasure. Ernst…
Sexual HealthSexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalVaginaClitorisVulva
Vaginal Speculum (after 1800)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Oct 31, 2019
A vaginal speculum is a medical device that allows physicians and health providers to better view a woman’s cervix and vagina during pelvic exams…
VaginaHysteriaGynecologySecond-wave feminismReproduction
Sexual Hygiene (1902), by the Alkaloidal Clinic
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Mar 21, 2022
In 1902, editors of the medical journal Alkaloidal Clinic Wallace C. Abbott and William Francis Waugh published Sexual Hygiene, a book about normal…
LiteratureSexual HealthSex EducationHygienePublications
Non-Therapeutic Infant Circumcision
By: Matthew Tontonoz
| Published: Aug 12, 2025
Non-therapeutic infant circumcision is the surgical removal of healthy foreskin from a male infant, often shortly after birth, for the purpose of…
Circumcision, MaleMale circumcisionMasturbationForeskinForeskin removal
Lewis Albert Sayre (1820–1900)
By: Matthew Tontonoz
| Published: Aug 09, 2025
Lewis Albert Sayre was an orthopedic surgeon who practiced medicine in New York City, New York, during the second half of the nineteenth century and…
Circumcision, MaleForeskinScoliosisSurgical CastsAmerican Medical Association
“Anatomy of the Clitoris” (2005) by Helen E. O’Connell, Kalavampara V. Sanjeevan, and John M. Hutson
By: Baylee A. Edwards
| Published: Nov 13, 2023
In 2005, Helen O’Connell and colleagues published “Anatomy of the Clitoris,” a review article, in The Journal of Urology. The article was one of the…
Female orgasmGenital Organs, FemaleGenitalia, Female