barrenness

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Barrenness is a deprivation of the life and power which ought to be in the seed to procreate and propagate; for which end men and women were made.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

Barrenness is one of its most common consequences.

From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel

Barrenness is oftentimes the result of displacement of the womb or other unfavorable conditions in the female.

From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Stall, Sylvanus

Barrenness may frequently be remedied by the exercise of great care upon the part of both the husband and the wife in the matter of diet and proper physical exercise.

From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Stall, Sylvanus

Barrenness itself conduces to a certain virility of taste; man, indeed, if I may say so, is "the barren animal."

From Beyond Good and Evil by Zimmern, Helen