Condom with Latin Instruction
This condom includes a Latin manual. It dates from 1813, was found in the Swedish city of Lund, and is preserved at Lund University Historical Museum. It was made of sheep intestine with silk ribbons.
Before the use of rubber in the nineteenth century, condoms such as this one were made of animal intestines, while silk ribbons kept it in place. The Latin manual, which also functions as a pouch for the condoms, explains its correct usage.
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Condom with Latin Instructions
story by FAN Jiayi, FANG Taoce, LI Jiarong, LIN Jiangnan, YE Zhikun.An old but unused condom from 1813, with two ribbons and a translucent body. Our story will introduce the armor of early 19th-century gentlemen as they fought in the pleasure house, and their sex lives, desires and appeals, worries and complaints. In sharp contrast, the humble condom also brought misery to some poor people…