Project Gutenberg 2009-01-09 Public domain in the USA. 271 Davenport, John 1789 1877 21021907 Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction 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.) en Sex Phallicism Sex customs -- France -- History -- 17th century HQ Text Sociology Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Sexuality & Erotica Browsing: Sociology 413959 413581 2024-09-12T05:18:21.756813 2023-09-12T08:54:20.906475 text/html text/html 419288 2021-01-04T15:41:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 394011 2021-01-04T15:41:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 465763 2024-09-12T05:18:33.406590 application/epub+zip 471620 2024-09-12T05:18:25.884614 application/epub+zip 210740 2024-09-12T05:18:23.956589 application/epub+zip 935239 2024-09-12T05:18:37.838552 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 927135 2024-09-12T05:18:31.850606 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311448 2022-09-13T04:41:00.065491 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317125 2024-09-12T05:18:20.336632 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 316960 2021-01-04T15:41:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 128442 2021-01-04T15:41:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18413 2024-09-12T05:18:37.991560 application/rdf+xml 25658 2024-09-12T05:18:24.359618 image/jpeg 4725 2024-09-12T05:18:24.157644 image/jpeg 467431 2024-09-12T05:18:21.817623 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog