Between 1897 and 1899, many medical journals (e.g. the Canadian Medical Review, shown here) carried this blurb, about a recent advance by Dr. Enoch Heinrich Kisch. Never before had anyone realized that the withdrawal method of birth control leads to female dissatisfaction… which leads to occasional heart palpitations… which lead to irregular heartbeat, constipation, vertigo, […]
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Medical advice for girls: Step away from the keyboard
From the Canada Lancet (1899), volume XXXI, no. 8, p. 1121: Neuroses from Piano Practice — Dr. Wartzold (in Jour. d’ Hyg.) blames abuse of the piano practice for the chlorosis and neuroses from which so many young girls suffer. Girls, he says, should not be compelled to hammer on the keyboard before they are […]