4. 1000 B.C: the ancient Egyptians used a linen sheath for
protection
5. The earliest evidence of condom use in Europe comes
from scenes in cave paintings at Combarelles in
France.
6. The first improvements to the condom was made: the
linen cloth sheaths were soaked in a chemical solution.
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10.
11.
12. Latex polyurethane
outstanding elastic made from a type of
properties plastic.
stretched in excess of
800% before increase sensitivity
breaking
are damaged when can be used with oil-
used with oil-based based substances, les
substances s allergenic than latex
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The use of condoms has been traced back several thousand years. It is believed that around 1000 BC the ancient Egyptians used a linen sheath for protection against disease
A page from De MorboGallico (The French Disease), Gabriele Falloppio's treatise on syphilis. Published in 1564, it describes what is possibly the first use of condoms.