Project Gutenberg 2009-01-09 Public domain in the USA. 402 Davenport, John 1789 1877 21021907 Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodisiacs_and_Anti-aphrodisiacs Produced by Bryan Ness, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction" by John Davenport is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work explores the historical and cultural significance of reproductive power, focusing on different substances and practices believed to enhance or inhibit sexual vitality. It delves deeply into ancient rituals, symbols, and beliefs surrounding fertility across various civilizations, highlighting how views on sexuality have evolved over time. The opening of the book presents a preface that outlines insights into the reverence ancient societies held for reproductive powers, often symbolized by phallic worship. Davenport reflects on the contrast between ancient and modern perspectives on sexuality, positing that what is considered lewd today was once regarded as sacred in various cultures. He emphasizes the importance of understanding these ancient beliefs to fill a gap in popular literature about sexuality, intending to provide readers with both physiological information and intriguing anecdotes related to the topic of reproduction and fertility. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 49.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Sex Phallicism Sex customs -- France -- History -- 17th century HQ Text Sociology Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - Other Category: Gender & Sexuality Studies Category: Philosophy & Ethics 414096 2025-07-11T10:55:37.734856 text/html 419288 2021-01-04T15:41:56 text/html 493501 2025-07-11T10:55:49.720843 application/epub+zip 499110 2025-07-11T10:55:42.593850 application/epub+zip 212194 2025-07-11T10:55:40.548834 application/epub+zip 985785 2025-07-11T10:55:53.815727 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 977847 2025-07-11T10:55:47.982776 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311448 2022-09-13T04:41:00.065491 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317125 2025-07-11T10:55:36.533848 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 316960 2021-01-04T15:41:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20690 2025-07-11T10:55:53.957809 application/rdf+xml 25862 2025-07-11T10:55:41.097829 image/jpeg 4740 2025-07-11T10:55:40.823845 image/jpeg 128442 2021-01-04T15:41:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 394011 2021-01-04T15:41:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 496172 2025-07-11T10:55:37.791850 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia