Invented the vibrator

For the sexually unfulfilled woman these days, there are a wide variety of solutions. Unfortunately for doctors, hysteria treatment had a downside — achy, cramped fingers and hands from all that massage. I can already hear the prude squad gasping with horror. The pelvic massage was a highly lucrative staple of many medical practices in 19th-century London, with repeat business all but guaranteed. I showed it to my college g f they were wowwww! Now that we are relatively confident that masturbation does not make little girls go blind, or cause palms to sprout hair, exposure to sex toys shouldn't harm them. But maybe a lot of straight guys thought it was going to be pornier than it was; maybe there was a little bit of fear of looking sleazy.

Instead, they were made to give cavalry soldiers improved stability so that they could shoot their bows with improved efficiency while riding on horses. Notify me when new comments are posted. As of , Alabama is the only state where a law prohibiting the sale of sex toys remains on the books, though Alabama residents are permitted to buy sex toys with a doctor's note. As mundane as many such items may seem, they often have surprising, and considerably more interesting, origins.