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Joseph Mortimer Granville (4 May 1833, Devonport – 23 November 1900, London) was an English physician, author and inventor known for having first patented the electromechanical vibrator for relief of muscle aches, exclusively for male patients.
In 1891 Dr Joseph Mortimer Granville wrote a series of letters to the Times that amounted to what one commentator described as “a plea for the use of more alcohol.” Though he was denounced by the B...
- James Kneale
- 2014
Mortimer Granville is a young physician who has difficulty with his occupation due to constant arguments over modern medicine. He gets a job assisting Dr. Dalrymple, whose practice specializes in the treatment of "hysteria", a popular diagnosis for women of that time.
Nov 23, 2018 · A few years ago I published a paper ( available open access here) on the anti-temperance writings of Joseph Mortimer Granville (1833-1900), a Victorian doctor and writer who died on this day.
Hysteria, set in London in the 1880s, follows the story of the ever-spirited young Doctor Mortimer Granville prior to his discovery of the vibrator and its medical benefits. Mortimer (Hugh Dancy) continually seeks betterment in the medical profession, and is enamoured with the breakthrough science.
May 5, 2012 · Hysteria tells the story of Dr. Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy), an earnest young doctor in 1880 London. Unable to find or keep a job because his progressive ideas about sanitation and germ theory offend the medical establishment (which, at this time was still putting its faith in leeches and hacksaws), Granville finally accepts a position ...
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Find books, manuscripts, paintings, illustrations, photos and unpublished archives about Granville, J. Mortimer (Joseph Mortimer), 1833-1900, many of them with free online access.
