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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.
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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.
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. Granville was a peculiar man, and his work included both useful contributions to medicine and outrageous quackery and self-promotion.
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 British Medical Journal, Granville provoked a month-long debate on the merits and dangers of moderate drinking.
- James Kneale
- 2014
Oct 14, 2016 · Dr Joseph Mortimer Granville's invention, which had a vibrating part attached by wires to a generator, was soon popularised. Many doctors saw how successful (and indeed popular) it was in relieving the tensions of patients.
- Colin Bisset
Dr. 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.
May 5, 2012 · Hysteria tells the story of Dr. Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy), an earnest young doctor in 1880 London.
Mortimer Granville, M.D., F.S.S. London : 1877. The Lancet Commission, as the author tells us, was designed to ascertain the efficiency of the provisions for the care of the insane; to discover and formulate the proper treatment of insanity; and to collect the statistics of the different asylums round about London.
