CONTENTS.
ESSAY I.
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| NCIENT Phallic Worship: Phallic Worship the most ancient and general Phallic Worship found to exist in America Indian Trimourti or Trinity | [1-2] [2] [3] |
| Lingham | [3] |
| Yoni or Cteis, and Pulleiar | [4] |
| Taly, Anectode of the | [4] |
| Leaden Phalli found in the river Rhône | [5] |
| Round Towers in Ireland—Phallic temples | [6] |
| The May-Pole a relic of phallic worship | [6] |
| Phallus held in reverence by the Jews—King David | [6] |
| Le prerogativi de' Testicoli (note) | [6] |
| An Egyptian Phallic Oath | [8] |
| Ancient Welsh Phallic Law | [8] |
| London Costermongers' Oath "By my taters" | [9] |
| Bembo (Cardinal), his saying (note) | [10] |
| Priapus, derivation of the word | [10] |
| Priapus, how reverenced by Roman women | [10] |
| Priapus, decline of his worship | [11] |
| The Cross () known to the Buddhists and the Lama of Thibet | [12] |
| Cross (the) regarded by the Ancients as the emblem of fruitfulness | [12] |
| Rev. Mr. Maurice quoted | [12] |
| [x] The Tau, Crux-Ansata, or triple Phallus | [14] |
| Remains of Phallic Worship in Europe | [14] |
| Lampsacus, the Birth-place of the deity Priapus (note) | [14] |
| Saint Foutin | [14] |
| The Phallus of Foutin at Embrun—the holy vinegar | [16] |
| Curious Phallic Customs | [16-17] |
| Godfrey de Bouillon and the Holy prepuce | [18] |
| Il santo-membro | [18] |
| Sir W. Hamilton's account of the Worship paid to Saints Cosmo and Damianus | [18] |
| Ex votos | [18] |
ESSAY II.
Anaphrodisia, or Absence of the Productive Power:
| Impotency, three kinds of, according to the Canon Law | [21] |
| Impotency, Causes of, proper to Men | [21] |
| Impotency, Causes of, proper to Women | [21] |
| Sterility and its Causes | [21] |
| Morgagni quoted | [21] |
| Clitoris, its length sometimes prevents the sexual union—case quoted by Sir Everard Home | [24-25] |
| Columbus, Martial, Haller, Juvenal, and Ariosto quoted | [25-26] |
| Impotency, Moral Causes of | [28-29] |
| Montaigne's Advice | [32] |
| Impotency caused by too great warmth of Clothing—Hunter's Opinion | [33] |
| Point-Tying—Voltaire's Pucelle d'Orléans quoted | [35] |
| Point-Tying known to the Ancients—instances quoted | [37-38] |
| Point-Tying among the Moderns recognised by James I. | [40] |
| Counter-Charm to Point-Tying | [41] |
| Agreeable Mode of curing such Enchantment | [42] |
| Case of Point-Tying related by Venette | [43] |
| Montaigne's curious Story | [44] |
| Judicial Congress in Cases of alleged Impotency | [47] |
| [xi]Manner of conducting the Congress | [48] |
| Judicial Congress originated with the Church | [52] |
| Judicial Congress practised in France during the 16th and 17th Centuries—Forbidden in 1677 | [52] |
| Boileau quoted | [55-56] |
| Cases determined by the Judicial Congress | [54-58] |
| Willick, Dr., his Remarks and Advice upon the Sexual Intercourse | [58-63] |
ESSAY III.
Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs:
| The Mandrake or Dudaïm the most ancient aphrodisiac | [66] |
| Rachel and Leah | [66] |
| Solomon's Song | [67] |
| Pliny the Elder quoted | [68] |
| Sappho's love for Phaon accounted for | [68] |
| Superstitious ideas respecting the mandrake during the Middle Ages | [69] |
| The Knights Templars accused of adoring it | [69] |
| Mandrake, Weir's description of it | [70] |
| Mandrake under the name of Mandragora used as a charm | [70] |
| Macchiavelli's Comedy of La Mandragora and Voltaire's account of it | [71] |
| Love potions, Venetian law against them | [72] |
| Richard III. accuses Lady Grey of witchcraft | [72] |
| Maundrell's account of the Dudaïm | [73] |
| Singular Aphrodisiac used by the Amazons | [75] |
| Philters, or love potions used by the ancients | [75] |
| Hippomanes, wonderful powers of, as an aphrodisiac | [79] |
| Recipes for love-potions | [80] |
| Fish an aphrodisiac—Hecquet's anecdote | [86] |
| Mollusca, truffles and mushrooms used as aphrodisiacal | [88] |
| George IV.'s appreciation of truffles (note) | [88] |
| Effect of truffles described by a lady | [89] |
| [xii]Latin epigram on the vices of the monks | [90] |
| Naïveté of a monk on the score of adultery | [91] |
| Curious Quatrain in the Church of St. Hyacinth | [91] |
| Madame Du Barri's secret | [93] |
| Do., Do., description of (note) | [93] |
| Tablettes de Magnanimité—Poudre de joie—Seraglio Pastilles | [94] |
| Musk, Cantharides—effects of the latter | [96] |
| Cardinal Dubois' Account of a Love-Potion | [98] |
| Caricature upon Dubois (note) | [98] |
| Indian Bang | [104] |
| Stimulating Powers of Odours | [106] |
| Cabanis quoted | [107] |
| D'Obsonville quoted | [108] |
| Portable Gold—Shakespeare quoted | [109-110] |
| Bouchard's Account of Aphrodisiacal Charms | [111] |
| Flagellation—Graham's Celestial Bed—Lady Hamilton—Lord Nelson, &c. | [121-126] |
| Burton quoted | [126] |
Anti-Aphrodisiacs: