The Federal Trade Commission forced him to discontinue advertising his prostate treatment in 1931. His theories about chromotherapy and “The Golden Planet” of his true origin, remind me of an early L. White wrote many books about his cures and methods of diagnosis, many of which rely on natural remedies. One of the devices he sold was the Valens Bio-Dynamo Prostatic and Rectal Normalizer around 1928. George Starr White used a method he called The Finer Forces of Nature to “… diagnose and treat all manner of unhealth.” He started his research on his particular form of medical treatments as early as 1881. There were others who came up with their own versions. Young was not the only person to recommend the use of rectal dilators. Thankfully something the dilators are not used for today.ĭr. One surprising recommendation for use back in the late 19 th century was to prevent or treat insanity. The dilator relaxed and stretched the rectum to either relieve constipation or to allow hemorrhoids to heal. One would gradually insert the dilator then as one adjusted to the size, would move up to the bigger size. Young’s Piloment lubrication or vaseline. They were originally made of rubber, and the instructions suggested they be used with either Dr. The package includes several dilators of increasing sizes in a somewhat familiar butt plug shape of today olive-shaped tip with a straight shaft and flanged end. Young’s patented rectal dilators can be seen by 1893. Young of Canton, Ohio patented his rectal dilators in 1892. Young’s Ideal Rectal Dilators from 1893 to 1940. The most famous dilators were a set sold as Dr. The earliest example of a butt plug I could find were rectal dilators used to help with constipation and hemorrhoids, also known as piles. But where are the butt plugs of the past? They also come in a rainbow of colors and a variety of materials. Modern butt plugs vary in width, length, and shape. A butt plug can be worn for added pleasure during sex, during masturbation or even worn during the course of the day for continual sexual stimulation. A medical anal plug does not have a cone shape but a disc or plug shape to prevent fecal incontinence. A butt plug is different than an anal plug for medical use. The area between the flanged base and the central part of the plug curves in sharply to prevent the butt plug from slipping out. It has a flanged base to keep it from slipping further inside thus rendering it irretrievable by any means not requiring a trip to the emergency room. Just to be clear, a butt plug is a device that has a cone shaped or anatomically correct shaped end that is inserted into the anus. Today it is used in consensual BDSM play. Figging was a form of punishment or torture. The only prehistory I could find was the practice of “Figging” which is the practice of peeling ginger into a butt plug shape then inserted vaginally or anally. A flanged base was nowhere to be seen as far as I could tell. Anal pleasure seems to have been limited to manual, genital, and dildo penetration. I’m surprised because I can’t imagine the concept of toys for anal play just sprung into someone’s mind a little over a century ago. I was hard pressed to find much evidence of butt plugs before the 1800s. The dildo is as old as, well, dirt but I was surprised to find that other sex toys weren’t fully fleshed out until the 19 th century. We not only learned how to use tools to create shelter, clothing, works of art, and weapons as we evolved but used those tools to make sex toys. Humans have been carving and using many different devices for pleasure since the beginning of time.
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