Talk:Fainting room

editing source as a part of a school project
I'm adding information to this source as part of a school project to help people better understand the psychological ideas behind fainting rooms and how their possible criminal minds may have influenced females hysteria.````

I've tried...
...to add a little more detail. My history teacher was talking about it a few weeks ago, and one of the text books at school had that written.

I can't verify that information at the moment, however, since I don't have the book with me. If somebody knows a website or book that has that information listed it'd be great.

Somebody should find out a little bit more about this. The Victorian Era was an interesting period.

O2mcgovem 17:38, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not quite too sure...
"that would push in their stomachs"

I don't know how else to say it. I mean the bit under the ribcage and above the hips. If anyone knows how to improve it, please do.

Also, I think the textbook mentioned organs being crushed due to frequent use, and something to do with circulation if anyone wants to try and find anything out.

O2mcgovem 17:37, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Contemporary usage?
Is a "fainting room" mentioned in any pre-1920 context, other than the one label in this hotel in that gaudily colorized and ersatz bogus-historical tourist joint, Deadwood SD? It would seem to be an extension of that invention of antique dealers in Victoriana, a "fainting couch", equally not a genuine 19th-century term.--Wetman (talk) 04:56, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks pretty genuine.

"... We must have two dressing-rooms in the third story, one for the gentlemen, one for the ladies--and a little fainting-room besides; the small east room will do for that--we can put in it the easy-chair, with the white batiste cover I brought over from the city, with a pitcher of iced-water, and restoratives, all ready. It is always best, Mrs. Bibbs, to have a pretty little fainting-room prepared beforehand--it makes the thing more complete."

The lady in the green muslin agreed entirely with Mrs. Hilson; she thought it would be unpardonable not to have a fainting-room.
 * Elinor Wyllys, a novel (1846), by Susan Augusta Fenimore Cooper, daughter of the well known novelist James Fenimore Cooper.


 * I imagine there are other uses, this is just the first one that came up in Google Books. --GRuban (talk) 07:01, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Citation Request
I've added a request for a citation regarding the theories of the uses of such a room, especially those involving pelvic massage, as this appears to be an unsourced claim.

Binarywraith (talk) 04:37, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

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Hysteria
I've removed the paragraph about such rooms being used for the treatment of hysteria by "pelvic massage" - i.e masturbation. Though widely reported in the popular press, the use of this practice as a treatment for hysteria is extremely dubious, and all references to its existence ultimately lead back to Rachel Maines unsourced and widely criticised book. 90.198.54.7 (talk) 20:13, 18 August 2022 (UTC)