World Contraceptive Day is celebrated every year on September 26. This international anniversary aims to increase young people’s awareness of contraception, increase safe contraceptive rates, improve reproductive health education, and thereby promote young people’s awareness of contraception. Reproductive and sexual health. As a contraceptive tool, compared with other contraceptive methods, condoms are easy to use, have no side effects, and have a high contraceptive success rate, so they are regarded as one of the most important "weapons" for contraception. When did condoms first appear? What does it look like? Now, let me gossip about the origin of condoms.
According to legend, in the 17th century, King Charles II of England was a romantic man. He looked for flowers and took care of willows, and kept many mistresses. The sequelae of his physical satisfaction were the succession of illegitimate children. This made the king worried, but he could not restrain his emotional impulse. Charles II's troubles were displayed on his face and spoken in his mouth. His physician, Joseph Condem, like other ministers, was both an audience and a witness. But while everyone else was helpless, Condem secretly tried to find a way to eliminate the king's sorrow once and for all.
Charles II (Charles II, 1630-1685, King of Scotland and England of the Stuart Dynasty.)
Condem thought that if he could invent something, he would be able to Keeping semen out during sexual intercourse can achieve the goal. Kandem looked up previous information and found that as early as ancient Egypt and Rome, people had used fish bladders and animal bladders for contraception. Not far from his own time, in 1551, there was an Italian anatomy professor Gabriva. ?Faropio invented a modern condom made of linen. But whether it is a natural fish bladder, an animal bladder, or an artificial linen cover, the effect is not ideal because of the thickness. If while isolating semen, the pleasure is also reduced, then it will be counterproductive.
The oldest existing condom in the world: made of fish bladder, five layers thick, more than 300 years old, now as dry and hard as a dead leaf (network picture)
Just like Edison used various metal materials to test filaments and finally found the most suitable tungsten filament, Condem also began to look for materials that are both thin and tough. In fact, animal bladders are already a more comfortable choice among many materials, but considering the bladder The position was so disturbing that King Charles II scorned it and put it aside. Kandem connected it from the bladder to the cecum. Although they were both in the water, this test of the water was a great success. Kandem first cuts the sheep intestines into appropriate lengths, dries them in the sun, and then processes them with oil and wheat bran to make them soft and thin. This invention was a great success because it solved the king's troubles. For this reason, Charles II also awarded Condem the title of "Sir". And this invention not only served the royal family, but ordinary people also benefited from it, especially families that already had enough children, so it was called a "pleasant invention." The word "pleasure" is a pun. Later, in memory of Condom, the condom was named after him.
Being knighted for inventing contraceptives, there is probably no one other than Condem...
Before the invention of vulcanized rubber, this kind of sheep intestines High-quality condoms have always been the first choice for most people. At that time, many ranches in the UK were producing condoms as well as wool. Because the French are romantic by nature and have relatively superficial restrictions on sexual behavior, they are a big country in the use of condoms. The British named condoms "French wishful bags". This move aroused dissatisfaction among the French, who named condoms produced in their country "British hats", "British raincoats" and other ridiculing titles. Later, as time progressed and the condom business was promoted globally, a more famous name emerged - condoms.
After condoms spread to China, they got a warmer name, that is, condoms. However, this name has been criticized by Zhu Qi, China's number one health educator on AIDS prevention. He claimed that condoms are actually unsafe because HIV is much smaller than sperm and can invade through the reproductive mucosa and anorectal mucosa.
Moreover, the condom education provided by some modern schools to teenagers often does more harm than good. First, because the school education methods are rough and straightforward, and the relevant teachers’ knowledge of sexual safety is not sound enough. Second, because the education and promotion of condoms, in fact, It stimulates students to experiment with sex. Because it is "safe", there are no hidden dangers. A more correct and fundamental method is the education of sexual morality. In addition, we can also get a glimpse of it from the "ABC" principles summarized by foreign experts in preventing AIDS. A stands for Abstinence, which means abstinence in Chinese, meaning "no buying and selling, no harm", but this is too harsh, so there is B, Be faithful, which means loyalty, to be dedicated to your lover and not to be sentimental. After that comes C, which is Condom. This is a digression that cannot be ignored.
Condoms often appear in AIDS prevention propaganda (Internet picture)
A condom dating back 350 years is now stored in the British Museum in London. Discovered in a toilet in Dudley Castle in central England in the 1980s, the material is made of animal small intestines. One end is sewn tightly with silk thread to prevent leakage, and the other end can be tightened to prevent slipping. Although the craftsmanship is simple, it is very simple. durable.
In today’s society, the types and patterns of condoms are as fascinating as flowers. Due to the love of colors in different countries, colorful condoms such as pink, light blue, lavender, goose yellow and even black have been created. set. The island country Japan, which has a huge demand for condoms, is famous for inventing various ultra-thin condoms and was the first to break through the thickness of condoms to 0.03 mm.
Condoms in today’s society (network picture)