6 Weird Facts About the History of Birth Control

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What do World War I, a 16th Century Italian Doctor, Coca-Cola, and a Chicago sausage maker have to do with Birth Control? Well, let’s just say the history of birth control is a very long and very odd.

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Works Cited:
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https://www.theawl.com/2012/08/hideou...
http://time.com/3692001/birth-control...
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/healt...
https://nacla.org/news/bioprospecting...
http://time.com/4081760/margaret-sang...
http://time.com/4065338/margaret-sang...
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articl...
Plants and Empire: colonial bioprospecting in the Atlantic World. Londa Schiebinger.
Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance
By John M. Riddle
NB: On page 5 on his text, Riddle notes that the condom drew its name from a “Dr. Condom” in the court of Charles II (ruled 1660-85). He cites Norman Himes Medical History of Contraception. However further investigation of the etymology of the term shows that there isn’t a verifiable record of this figure. OED lists the origins of condom as “unknown.”

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