While the wearing of penile sheaths made from a diversity of materials as linen, gourds, tortoiseshell, leather silk, oiled paper-- has been known in numerous societies from distant antiquity, it is less certain that these were employed as a protection against sexually transmitted disease.

The invention of the sheath made of-gut has been persistently attributed to a certain Dr. Condom, Cundum or even Quondam, during the reign of Charles II.

The next major technological innovation affecting the condom was the vulcanization of rubber, enabling the production of cheaper condoms in great quality. The first rubber condoms appeared around the beginning of the twentieth century.

Condoms are the only effective way to prevent sexually transmitted diseases STD-s such as: Aids, Hepatitis, Syphilis, Gonorrhea etc.

Condoms are user friendly, have possibly minimum side effects (very rare latex allergic reactions)and are highly reliable.