- Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sillyhead [mailto:cdale@home.isolnet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 3:07 PM
> To: fork@xent.com
> Subject: Re: [TMG] A cookie to the person who knows... (fwd)
>
>
> Okay, I guess it's archived now! (:
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:41:41 -0400 (EDT)
> To: triangle@psicorps.org
> Subject: Re: [TMG] A cookie to the person who knows...
>
>
> This probably won't qualify as a winning entry, but I pulled this from
> http://www.goodvibes.com/museum.html#history?BASKETID=00_37bb2a43b7965,
> which is a history of *electric* vibrators:
>
> "A Brief History of Vibrators
>
> The vibrators in our collection date from the turn of the century up
> through the 1950s. The illustrious history of the electric
> vibrator begins in 1869 with the invention of a steam-powered massager,
> patented by an American doctor. This device was
> designed as a labor-saving medical tool for use in the treatment of
> "female disorders." Within 20 years, a British doctor
> followed up with a more portable battery-operated model; and by 1900,
> dozens of styles of electric vibrators, just like those in
> our exhibit, were available to the discriminating medical professional."
>
> Rachael
>