Taking precaution of unwanted pregnancy and of sexually transmitted diseases always was part of Civilization. The birth of
children out of an official marriage always was reason for social scandals. The Chinese were the makers of the first version of the condom: wraps of silk paper greased with oil; as well as the Japanese. Since 1850 B.C. the egyptian women placed in their vaginas a number of products, gadgets to block or to kill spermatozoa. During the 16Th century the spread of sexually transmitted diseases devasted Europe. At this time they were called venereal diseases. In the 17th century, an english doctor known as Condom doctor, got scared with the number of illegitimate children to Carlos II of England so he created a protective sheath for the king made of animal gut. In English its called condom after this doctor. The term protective was used for the first time in signs at whore houses in Paris in 1780. In 1839 Charles Goodyear developed the process of rubber vulcanization; but evolution happened with latex condoms from 1880. In 1901 the first condom with reservoir for sperm appeard in the US reaching popularity only after the 30's.