Dr joseph mortimer granvilles internal pelvic massage

English physician and inventor

Joseph Mortimer Granville (4 May , Devonport – 23 November , London) was an English physician, author and inventor known for having first patented the electromechanical vibrator for relief of muscle aches, exclusively for male patients.

It was also claimed by Rachel Maines that the device was used to treat hysteria, by bringing women to orgasm, but her work is not historically accurate.

Biography

Granville qualified in and in He attained the higher medical degree M.D.

in from the University of St Andrews.^[1]

In his earlier years he was much engaged in journalism, and was, we believe, a frequent contributor to the editorial columns of the Lancet. He practised at one time in Bristol, but afterwards settled in London, and gave particular attention to the treatment of gout, upon which he wrote largely.^[1]

In addition to his famous invention of an electric vibrator, he also invented a sphygmogra