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Condom: First used
Hercules Saxonia recalled, in 1597, that Fallopius had invented the linen condom and further
suggested that it
could be improved by soaking it in a chemical solution several times and allowing it to dry in
the shade. While
it is conceded that Fallopius was one of the first to mention the sheath or condom it is also
stressed that such a
device was probably invented in many different parts of the world at different times. It is
possible that sheaths
of various types were used in ancient Rome - there is a legend, related by Antoninus Liberalis,
of a goat's bladder
being employed as a female sheath. According to the tale, Minos, the King of Crete, had a
problem - his semen
contained serpents and scorpions which injured the women with whom he made love. Happily
his wife Pasiphae
was immune to the creatures, yet the union was sterile. A remedy was discovered when a
goat's bladder was
placed in the vagina of a second woman. Minos ejaculated his serpents into this obliging lady
and then could
cohabit with Pasiphae who thereupon conceived. Sheaths could also have been used in ancient
times for
decoration as well as for contraception.
There is an illustration of an Egyptian wearing a sheath that hangs in clumsy fashion
before him. And it has been
suggested that use of the condom in ancient Egypt could well date to the XIX Dynasty (1350
B.C. to 1200 B.C.)