Birth Control

This week we practice "safe" sex. Join us as we discuss some of the methods mankind has used to not get pregnant such as lemons, crocodile dung, sneezing, and our old friend mercury.

Sources:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/birth-control-history

https://time.com/3692001/birth-control-history-djerassi/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/83685/9-forms-birth-control-used-ancient-world

https://mashable.com/2015/06/07/early-birth-control/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/discovery-where-babies-come-from

https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(16)34860-9/pdf

https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/biology-fields/ancient-egyptian-pregnancy-test-survived-millenia-because-it-worked.htm

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/contraception/how-effective-contraception/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649591/

http://web.archive.org/web/20080517045452/http://www.plannedparenthood.org/resources/research-papers/bc-history-6547.htm

https://spafe.com.au/history-of-condoms/

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ae3qx8/the-perfect-birth-control-for-men-is-here-why-cant-we-use-it