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Transcriber's note:
Old spellings and syntax in the French and English texts have not been corrected except the typos. The letter "m" with a macron have been replaced by "mm" as there is no unicode symbol or symbol combination to display this character satisfactorily. Footnote 224 is reference twice.

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THREE ESSAYS ON THE POWERS
OF REPRODUCTION.

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Frontispiece

VOTIVE COLUMNS
Of the Ancient Oscans.

Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs:

THREE ESSAYS ON THE POWERS OF
REPRODUCTION;
WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE JUDICIAL "CONGRESS"
AS PRACTISED IN FRANCE DURING THE
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

By JOHN DAVENPORT.

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Ubi stimulus, ibi fluxus. Hippocrates.

LONDON:
PRIVATELY PRINTED.
1869.

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PREFACE.

T HE reproductive powers of Nature were regarded by the nations of remote antiquity with an awe and reverence so great, as to form an object of worship, under a symbol, of all others the most significant,the Phallus; and thus was founded a religion, of which the traces exist to this day, not in Asia only, but even in Europe itself.

That scarcely any notices of this worship should appear in modern works, except in the erudite pages of a few antiquarians may be accounted for by considering the difference of opinion between the ancients and the moderns as to what constitutesmodesty; the former being unable to see any moral turpitude in actions they regarded was the designs of nature, while the latter, by their over-strained notions of delicacy, render themselves, in some degree at least, obnoxious to the charge that, in proportion as manners becomes corrupt, language becomes more guarded,modesty, when banished from the heart, taking refuge on the lips.

To supply, to some extent, this lacuna in our popular literature has been the object of the present work, in which, it is hoped, may be found much curious and interesting physiological information, interspersed with recherch and festivous anecdotes.

The text is illustrated by a few plates, drawn from antiquarian sources.

J. D.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Note. As it was found impossible always to insert the illustrations opposite the explanatory text, the following List will assist the reader to those pages which explain the objects represented:

Plate	Described on page
Facing title

Of small size and of great antiquity; in use amongst the Oscan people, who were finally subjugated by the Sabines.
I. Figure 1,
From "Recueil d'Antiquits Egyptiennes, &c., par le Comte de Caylus."
" 2,	do. , different view
" 3,	Two views of a double figure
" 4,	Roman Priapus over a baker's door at Pompeii
From "Muse secret de Naples."
II. Figure 1,
From M. Sonnerat's "Voyage aux Indes Orientales."
" 2,	Pan's Head
III. Figure 1,
From the "Forgeais Collection of Plombs Historiques."
" 2,	ditto , a different view
" 3,	ditto , ditto
" 4,	ditto , ditto
IV. Figure 1,
From O'Brien's "History of the Round Towers of Ireland."
" 2,
From the Comte de Caylus' "Recueil d'Antiquits Egyptiennes," &c.
V. Figure 1,
From Higgin's "Anacalypsis."
" 2,	Another example
From the same work.
" 3,	Another example
From the same work.
" 4,	Another example
From the same work.
VI. Figure 1,
From the British Museum copy of R. Payne Knight's "History of the Worship of Priapus."
" 2,
From Dr. Kitto's "Cyclopdia of Biblical Literature."
VII. Figure 1,
From Holyday's "Juvenal."
" 2,	Another example of a different construction

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CONTENTS.

ESSAY I.

Page
ANCIENT Phallic Worship : Phallic Worship the most ancient and general Phallic Worship found to exist in America Indian Trimourti or Trinity
Lingham
Yoni or Cteis, and Pulleiar
Taly, Anectode of the
Leaden Phalli found in the river Rhne
Round Towers in IrelandPhallic temples
The May-Pole a relic of phallic worship
Phallus held in reverence by the JewsKing David
Le prerogativi de' Testicoli (note)
An Egyptian Phallic Oath
Ancient Welsh Phallic Law
London Costermongers' Oath "By my taters"
Bembo (Cardinal), his saying (note)
Priapus, derivation of the word
Priapus, how reverenced by Roman women
Priapus, decline of his worship
The Cross (T) known to the Buddhists and the Lama of Thibet
Cross (the) regarded by the Ancients as the emblem of fruitfulness
Rev. Mr. Maurice quoted
x The Tau, Crux-Ansata, or triple Phallus
Remains of Phallic Worship in Europe
Lampsacus, the Birth-place of the deity Priapus (note)
Saint Foutin
The Phallus of Foutin at Embrunthe holy vinegar
Curious Phallic Customs
Godfrey de Bouillon and the Holy prepuce
Il santo-membro
Sir W. Hamilton's account of the Worship paid to Saints Cosmo and Damianus
Ex votos

ESSAY II.

Anaphrodisia, or Absence of the Productive Power :

Impotency, three kinds of, according to the Canon Law

Impotency, Causes of, proper to Men

Impotency, Causes of, proper to Women

Sterility and its Causes

Morgagni quoted

Clitoris, its length sometimes prevents the sexual unioncase quoted by Sir Everard Home

Columbus, Martial, Haller, Juvenal, and Ariosto quoted

Impotency, Moral Causes of

Montaigne's Advice

Impotency caused by too great warmth of ClothingHunter's Opinion

Point-TyingVoltaire's Pucelle d'Orlans quoted

Point-Tying known to the Ancientsinstances quoted

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