During the early 20th century, the number of women diagnosed with female hysteria declined sharply.

The film's title refers to the once-common medical diagnosis of female hysteria.

By the mid to late 19th century, hysteria (or sometimes female hysteria) came to refer to what is today generally considered to be sexual dysfunction.

Dr. Taylor recommended his vibrators for treatment of an illness known at the time as "female hysteria".

For decades, doctors attributed morning sickness to female hysteria, psychosis and even a deep-seated desire to end a pregnancy.

Cruger's novel examines female hysteria in a way that presages the work of later historians.

For centuries, doctors were troubled by the problem of female hysteria.

Now we have rashes that the medical community can't explain, so they attribute it to female hysteria.

Retention was believed to cause female hysteria.

A notable part of the store was the display of antique vibrators, which were initially developed as a treatment for "female hysteria".