John Davenport (orientalist)

John Davenport (8 June 1789 – 1877) was a British orientalist and writer. He is best known for his book An Apology for Mohammed and the Koran. Quotes As an erotic stimulant, more particularly, it may be observed that, considering the many intimate and sympathetic relations existing between the nervous branches of the extremity of the spinal marrow, it is impossible to doubt that flagellation exercised upon the buttocks and the adjacent parts, has a powerful effect upon the organs of generation. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs (London, 1869), p. 113 External links Category:1789 births Category:1877 deaths Category:Non-fiction authors from England