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Vintage Vibrators

From "Concussor" to "Auto Erotic", vibrator names have come a long way.

What’s In a Name?

Vibrators now carry an overtly sexual association, with names like Flex-a-pleaser, Auto Erotic, and Beaver. When they were medical devices, they were called by a variety of names that concealed their sexual uses.

Steam-powered Manipulator (1860s)
Electro-massage machine (1888)
Concussor (1898)
Medical Rubbing Apparatus (1876)
Physician’s Vibragenitant (1906)
Vibratile (1899)
Muscle Beater (1904)
Electric Health Generator (1928)

from Rachel P. Maines, The Technology of Orgasm.


Last modified 2005-08-15 09:00 PM
 

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