Condom

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The history of condom

How to make a condom

Why should we use condom?

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History of condom1000 B.C

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1000 B.C: the ancient Egyptians used a linen sheath for protection

1000 B.C

The earliest evidence of condom use in Europe comes from scenes in cave paintings at Combarelles in France. 

100-200 A.D

The first improvements to the condom was made: the linen cloth sheaths were soaked in a chemical solution.

1500s

The first published use of the world 'condum' was in a 1706 poem.19 

Even the most famous lover of all, Casanova, was using the condom as a birth control as well as against infection.

Condoms made out of animal intestines began to be available. However, they were quite expensive and the unfortunate result was that they were often reused

In the second half of the 1700's, a trade in handmade condoms thrived in London and some shops where producing handbills and advertisements of condoms

1700s

180os: Affected by technological, economic and social development in Europe and the US in the discovery of rubber vulcanization by Goodyear and Hancock. Vulcanization is a process, which turns the rubber into a strong elastic material.23

In 1861,the first advertisement for condoms was published in an American newspaper when The New York Times printed an ad. for 'Dr. Power's French Preventatives.

In 1873, the Comstock Law was passed. Named after Anthony Comstock, the Comstock Law made illegal the advertising of any sort of birth control, and it also allowed the postal service to confiscate condoms sold through the mail.24

1800s

1920s: condoms were manufactured by hand-dipping from rubber cement.

In 1919, Frederick Killian initiated hand-dipping from natural rubber latex in Ohio

In 1957, the very first lubricated condom was launched in the UK by Durex.

1980s: Apperance of AIDS/HIV => Condoms became popular

1992: The female condom available in Europe and US a year later.

In 1994: the world's first polyurethane condom for men

The 1990s: coloured and flavoured condoms.

1900s

Presents

History of condom

outstanding elastic properties

stretched in excess of 800% before breaking

are damaged when used with oil-based substances

Latex

made from a type of plastic.

increase sensitivity

can be used with oil-based substances, less allergenic than latex

polyurethane

What are condoms made of?

How to make condoms

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