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Another source for condom history
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Anita Cohen-Williams <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 9 Aug 1996 10:25:27 -0700
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Better late than never!
 
Panati, Charles. EXTRAORDINARY ORIGINS OF EVERYDAY THINGS (New York: Harper
& Row, 1987). ISBN 0-06-096093-0 (paper). Pages 334-336. Panati mentions
that a condom made of vulcanized rubber appeared in the 1870s, but the
thinner modern latex rubber was not introduced until the 1930s.
 
Anita Cohen-Williams
Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, and SPANBORD
Center for Spanish Colonial Archaeology
4060 Morena Blvd., Suite G-250
San Diego, CA  92117
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