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Hysteria is a 2011 British period romantic comedy film directed by Tanya Wexler. It stars Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal, with Felicity Jones, Jonathan Pryce, and Rupert Everett appearing in key supporting roles. The film, set in the Victorian era, is based on the discredited theory that the medical management of hysteria led to the invention of the vibrator.
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Most people have never heard of Mortimer Granville, although you must live in a cave not to have heard of his invention. Granville was a Victorian era doctor who practiced his craft on women suffering from "hysteria." This diagnosis was a catch-all diagnosis for women who had “wandering uterus” or other issues related to womanhood. The treatment was a method known as pelvic massage. We know the procedure…More