# Are/were 'the vapors' really a thing?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 1, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-were-the-vapors-really-a-thing/800382 "2017-11-01T13:59:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-were-the-vapors-really-a-thing/800382/21 "2017-11-03T11:34:06Z")

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> [@bibliophage](#):
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> The Straight Dope on [Did Victorian era doctors use vibrators to treat hysteric female patients with orgasm therapy?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2737/did-victorian-era-doctors-use-vibrators-to-treat-hysteric-female-patients-with-orgasm-therapy)

Sounds like a really bad case of DSB! 😉

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