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The rabbit test was a pregnancy test that was developed by two German scientists in 1927. If a woman was thought to be pregnant, her urine was injected into a rabbit. If the pregnancy hormone (hcG) was present, then the rabbit developed certain ovary changes.

It is a common misconception that if the rabbit died, the woman was pregnant, and if the rabbit lived, she was not. However, the rabbit died either way because the rabbit had to be killed so its ovaries could be surgically removed and examined.

The test was very popular in the 1930's - 1950's. The rabbit test stopped being commonly used in the 1960's when modern pregnancy tests were developed.

Rabbit Test was also a 1978 movie starring Billy Crystal.

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