Aphrodisiacs and Love Stimulants

by John Davenport, Alan Hull Walton (Editor)

Found in this work are other chapters on The Secrets of Venus, being the two books by John Davenport entitled "Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs" and "Curiositates Eroticae Physiologiae, or Tabooed Subjects Freely Treated." aphrodisiacs or erotic stimuli and their opposites, as known to, and used by, the ancients and moderns; ancient phallic worship, remarks upon the symbols of reproductive powers; anaphrodisia or absence of the reproductive powers; on virginity and chastity; on marriage; on circumcision; on eunuchism; on hermaphrodism.

264 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2003