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victorian gyno.

Date: 2008-10-30 12:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bearbarry.livejournal.com
It was called "manual manipulation," and it was the standard treatment for hysteria. This was basically a hand job that was intended to release the tension and anxiety that possessing a uterus was believed to cause.

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