Gabriele Fallopio

 

                                                                       Gabriele Fallopio

 

 

 

 Gabriele Fallopio

 

 

 

 Syphillis Epidemic

1495-1947

 

 

 

 

Falloppio (1523-1562) proposed a method of preventing syphilis transmission: the medication-soaked linen sheath. Thus was born the idea of a mechanical barrier against sexually transmitted diseases: the condom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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