Greek physician Galen (129-c. 200 AD) (jan 1, 129 – jan 1, 200)
Description:
The Greek physician Galen (129-c. 200 AD) notes that the Romans developed a procedure which involved slipping fibulae (the latin word for ‘brooches’) through the labia majora of female slaves as a form of contraception.Galen in his ‘Introductio sive Medicus’ also notes:
‘Between these [labia majora], a small bit of flesh, the clitoris, grows out at the split. When [the clitoris] protrudes to a great extent in their young women, Egyptians consider it appropriate to cut it out’
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 129
jan 1, 200
~ 71 years