Posted 10 years ago
KendraMack
(3 items)
0.518 grams of fresh ovary in every pill!
Found this at Brimfield this past month and was (and still am) intrigued. I've been doing some research and found that Reed & Carnrick was a NJ pharmaceutical company specializing in endocrine therapy medications. This particular med, Ovacoids, was meant to treat women for ovarian hypofunction, or loss of normal ovarian function. Seems logical enough -- replace your lost ovarian function by swallowing some more ovary, maybe extracted from a bovine or goat.
Did it work? I don't know. But, according to a 1942 Journal of the National Medical Association ad, R & C had a whole line of these hormone therapies, including Testacoids (you know what that's for), Panacoids, Thyracoids, and other "gonadal tonics."
I don't know how old this particular bottle is, but it's still full of pills. I will not be trying them.
