Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davenport, John, 1789-1877

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"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.)

Credits:

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.)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 49.7 (College-level). Difficult to read.

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodisiacs_and_Anti-aphrodisiacs

Release date is 2009-01-09