英语词汇condom的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

condom. Condom may derive from either of two real names. Proksch in his Prevention of Venreal Diseases traces condom to a London doctor in the court of Charles II named Dr. Conton and insists that the contraceptives should thus be called “con- tons.” Dr. Conton’s invention is said to have been made from lamb intestines, dried and well oiled to make them soft and pli- able. They immediately became popular, and Casanova is on record as buying a dozen, though he called them “English caps.” It was only in 1826, Proksch claims, that a papal bull by Leo XIII damned Conton’s discovery, “because it hindered the ar- rangement of providence.” Dr. Conton probably did improve upon the condom, but an equally reliable source traces the word derivation to a Colonel Condum of Britain’s Royal Guards. This authority notes that the colonel devised the “French letter” early in the mid-17th century to protect his troops from the French. (The French, chauvinistic, too, called condoms “English letters.”) In 1667 three English courtiers—Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset—even wrote a pamphlet entitled A Panegyric Upon Condom, extolling their countryman’s invention. An excellent monograph on the origin of condom is William E. Kruck’s Looking for Dr. Condom (University of Alabama Press, 1982). The largest known condom is a 72-foot-tall specimen made December 3, 1993, to mark World AIDS Day and fitted over the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France.

词汇	condom
词源	condom. Condom may derive from either of two real names. Proksch in his Prevention of Venreal Diseases traces condom to a London doctor in the court of Charles II named Dr. Conton and insists that the contraceptives should thus be called “con- tons.” Dr. Conton’s invention is said to have been made from lamb intestines, dried and well oiled to make them soft and pli- able. They immediately became popular, and Casanova is on record as buying a dozen, though he called them “English caps.” It was only in 1826, Proksch claims, that a papal bull by Leo XIII damned Conton’s discovery, “because it hindered the ar- rangement of providence.” Dr. Conton probably did improve upon the condom, but an equally reliable source traces the word derivation to a Colonel Condum of Britain’s Royal Guards. This authority notes that the colonel devised the “French letter” early in the mid-17th century to protect his troops from the French. (The French, chauvinistic, too, called condoms “English letters.”) In 1667 three English courtiers—Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset—even wrote a pamphlet entitled A Panegyric Upon Condom, extolling their countryman’s invention. An excellent monograph on the origin of condom is William E. Kruck’s Looking for Dr. Condom (University of Alabama Press, 1982). The largest known condom is a 72-foot-tall specimen made December 3, 1993, to mark World AIDS Day and fitted over the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France.
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