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Nov 19, 2014 · Condoms have been with us for thousands of years, but the original condoms probably weren’t all that good for safe sex. Though tortoiseshell, animal intestine and linen have all been used to make them, it was Charles Goodyear’s discovery of vulcanised rubber in 1839 that brought condoms to the masses.

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Dec 11, 2016 · S hakespeare’s writing is one of the most important sources for the knowledge we have about medicine in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. His works contains a lot of information on the contemporary medical practices of the time, but they also show the social history of medicine: how medicine formed a part of people’s lives and thoughts.

May 18, 2023 · F or millennia, breastfeeding was essential for infant survival. If a mother could not or chose not to feed her own baby, or she died in childbirth, the task fell to another woman. In ancient times, this was often a female slave or a family member (it’s been reported that Tutankhamun’s wet-nurse might have been his sister), while professional wet-nurses, employed by choice as well as ...

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