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| - | '''Female hysteria''' was a once-common medical diagnosis, made exclusively in women, which is no longer recognized by modern medical authorities. It was a popular diagnosis in Western nations, during the [[Victorian era]], for women who exhibited a wide array of [[symptoms]] including faintness, nervousness, insomnia, fluid retention, heaviness in abdomen, muscle spasm, shortness of breath, irritability, loss of appetite for food or sex, and a "tendency to cause trouble". | + | '''Timaeus''' (or '''Timaios''') is a Greek name, meaning "Honour". It may refer to: |
| - | + | *[[Timaeus (dialogue)]], a Socratic dialogue by Plato | |
| - | Patients diagnosed with female [[hysteria]] would sometimes undergo "pelvic [[massage]]" — manual stimulation of the [[female genitalia|woman's genital]]s by the doctor to "hysterical paroxysm", which is now recognized as [[orgasm]]. | + | *[[Timaeus of Locri]], the 5th-century Pythagorean philosopher, appearing in Plato's dialogue |
| - | ==Early history== | + | *[[Timaeus (historian)]], the historian from Tauromenium in Sicily, born around 345 BC |
| - | The history of hysteria can be traced to ancient times; in ancient Greece it was described in the gynecological treatises of the [[Hippocrates |Hippocratic corpus]], which date from the 5th and 4th centuries [[BCE]]. [[Plato]]'s dialogue ''[[Timaeus]]'' tells of the [[uterus]] wandering throughout a woman’s body, strangling the victim as it reaches the chest and causing disease. This theory is the source of the name, which stems from the Greek word for uterus, ''hystera'' (ὑστέρα). | + | *[[Timaeus (crater)]], a lunar crater named after the historian |
| - | + | *[[Timaeus the Sophist]], Roman-era writer who wrote a ''Lexicon of Platonic words'' | |
| - | [[Galen]], a prominent physician from the second century, wrote that hysteria was a disease caused by [[sexual deprivation]] in particularly passionate women: hysteria was noted quite often in virgins, nuns, widows and, occasionally, married women. The prescription in medieval and renaissance medicine was intercourse if married, marriage if single, or vaginal massage (pelvic massage) by a [[midwife]] as a last recourse. | + | *Timaeus, mentioned in the {{bibleverse||Mark|10:46|NASB}} as the father of [[Bartimaeus (Biblical)|Bartimaeus]] |
| - | ==See also == | + | *Timaeus, one of the Three Legendary Dragons from the Japanese anime series [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000 TV series)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]] |
| - | * [[Furor uterinus]] | + | *Timaeus, an [[Electronic Data Capture]] system made by [http://www.cmedtechnology.com Cmed Technology] |
| - | * [[Human female sexuality]] | + | |
| - | * [[Hysteria]] | + | |
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Timaeus (or Timaios) is a Greek name, meaning "Honour". It may refer to:
- Timaeus (dialogue), a Socratic dialogue by Plato
- Timaeus of Locri, the 5th-century Pythagorean philosopher, appearing in Plato's dialogue
- Timaeus (historian), the historian from Tauromenium in Sicily, born around 345 BC
- Timaeus (crater), a lunar crater named after the historian
- Timaeus the Sophist, Roman-era writer who wrote a Lexicon of Platonic words
- Timaeus, mentioned in the Template:Bibleverse as the father of Bartimaeus
- Timaeus, one of the Three Legendary Dragons from the Japanese anime series Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Timaeus, an Electronic Data Capture system made by Cmed Technology
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