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 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 66 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