Mechanical Contraception

Contraceptive - Family planning

Hormonal

Intrauterine

Mechanical

Chemical

Rhythmical

Condom

Diaphragm

Cervical Cap

Sterilization

The condom has found long spreading; the Englishmen name it "Parisian" and the Frenchmen "Londoner". "Italian" would be more correct, because this oldest barrier method was described at first time by the Italian gynecologist and anatomist Fallopio 1564, indeed not to prevent pregnancies, but to offer protection against sexually transmitted infections (STD's).

A similarly great importance attained the diaphragm (first of all in the USA) that a little bit more than 100 years ago (1882) were introduced by the German doctor Hasse (under the pseudonym Mensinga). The idea came from the Berlin gynecologist Wilde, which invented the cervical cap just 50 years previously which has not asserted itself in Germany, however.