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The history of condoms.

By omnibrain on December 10, 2006.

i-b88d588d966bc6eaf345da8fa0d4c09c-leather_condom.gifAhh... condoms :) It seems like they've gotten much more protective .... and perhaps a little less - scratchy.

1000 BC
Condom use can be traced back several thousand years. It is known that around 1000 BC the ancient Egyptians used a linen sheath for protection against disease.

100 - 200 AD
The earliest evidence of condom use in Europe comes from scenes in cave paintings at Combarelles in France. There is also some evidence that some form of condom was used in imperial Rome.

1500's
The syphilis epidemic that spread across Europe gave rise to the first published account of the condom. Gabrielle Fallopius described a sheath of linen he claimed to have invented to protect men against syphilis.4 Having been found useful for prevention of infection, it was only later that the usefulness of the condom for the prevention of pregnancy was recognised.

Later in the 1500s, one of the first improvements to the condom was made, when the linen cloth sheaths were sometimes soaked in a chemical solution and then allowed to dry prior to use. These were the first spermicides on condoms.

Find the rest of the history here

On another note... go check out the Cum receptacle (I swear it's art!) over at Retroceptacle Ok I lie... it's really Retrospectacle (Shelley caught me..haha).

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Having been found useful for prevention of infection, it was only later that the usefulness of the condom for the prevention of pregnancy was recognised.

This was not a no-brainer in the 1500s ???

well.. probably not since I'm sure they still thought maggots grew directly out of rotten meat at that point.

hahah... you know it ;)