I always hear people say "the rabbit died" when talking about a woman discovering she's pregnant, and am curious if anyone knows where this came from?
2007-02-17 04:52:06 · 2 answers · asked by alimagmel 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Before the ability to test for elevated enzyme levels, doctors would draw fluid from the uterus and inject that fluid into rabbits in a lab setting. A pregnant woman's elevated enzymes would prove fatal to the rabbit...when the rabbit died, the woman was pregnant.
2007-02-17 04:58:10 · answer #1 · answered by Stuart 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they use to take fluid from the woman and insert it into a live rabbit and if the woman was pregnant the poor rabbit died because there is something about the pregnant hormones that a rabbits system can't handle therefore causing his death
2007-02-17 13:19:24 · answer #2 · answered by jaspers mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋