THe HiSToRY of CoNDoMS
Who knows Dr. Condom?
It begins, as suspected, with Christopher Columbus. When he returned to Barcelona from his celebrated discovery of the West Indies in 1493, he didn't only have exciting stories.
The pleasant little souvenir was first made public later- a secret illness which according to the rumours was triggered by his crew. Syphili, cynically known as "present from the new world", rapidly spread over the whole of Europe. The Italian doctor and anatomist Gabriele Fallopio found one of the first protection methods against the fatal infection. In his book from 1564, "De morbe gallico" he recommended wearing a small cloth bag soaked in medicines and inorganic salts if having sexual intercourse.
The birth time of birth control? Hundred of different types of condoms are on the market around the world today - in different colours, forms, flavours, studded, ribbed etc. For contraception, for HIV protection or simply just for fun. Whether the story of the origin can really be traced back to Gabriele Fallopio, we don't know. Also as unclear as the story of origin of the contraceptive, is the creation of the word "condom".
Was it the Latin term "condus" (container) or the English doctor Dr. Condom, who essentially gave the name to the contraceptive? If it was the doctor then it makes the story a bit funnier. Dr. Condom served the British king Charles II (1660-1685). The king always craved pleasure and fathered numerous children. His doctor, Dr. Condom eventually tried to use ram's intestines as a contraceptive to prevent any further children.
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