A few years back there was film called, The Road To WellVille.
the film takes place during the 1900s at the famous Kellogg sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. this well known sanitarium was run by Dr.John Harvey Kellogg (Kellogg's Corn Flakes fame) who promoted his philosophy of healthy living through nutrition. Kellogg would prescribe, yogurt enemas, electro therapy, and other quack treatments to his patients at the spa.
Kellogg's belief's on sexuality were based on Victorian ideals of the time. the idea that sexual urges should be repressed, because sex drains the body of life. in the film, Kellogg refers to the penis as the flag pole of ones grave.
during the Victorian era, it was believed that women suffered from a condition that was known as hysteria. it was nothing more then a woman's sexual urges.
women who suffered from hysteria would go to doctors who specialize in the treatment of hysteria. the doctor would manipulate the female genitalia, therefore relieving the woman of the symptoms of hysteria.
the Kellogg sanitarium provieded treatment for these women. Bridget Fonda plays the part of, Eleanor Lightbody, who along with her husband William Lightbody played by Matthew Broderick, goes to the Kellogg spa for her condition.
another female patient staying at the Kellogg spa recommends a local German doctor to Eleanor. this doctor attended university of Heidelberg, and specializes in female genital stimulation. Eleanor decides to visit this German doctor for her "hysteria" treatment.
in this scene Eleanor Lightbody is lying naked on the examing table as this German doctor asks Eleanor to just relax, and then begins to manipulate her while he hums an old German melody.
meanwhile, back at Kellogg sanitarium William Lightbody experiments with some kind of an electro masturbation device. at the spa husbains and wives are kept apart, except while dining.
all though this is an"R" rated film, unfortunately all the nudity and sexual situations are implied. all though there is some good stuff in this film to ponder.