OBSERVATIONS ON THE MENOPAUSE

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Abstract
A natural sequence of thought leads us into ovarian organotherapy in the treatment of symptoms of the menopause. Since it is well known that the ovarian function changes and the ovaries retrogress after the menopause, and that the maintenance of normal menstruation depends on proper ovarian function, it seems reasonable to attempt substitution therapy for the relief from symptoms of either artificial or natural menopause. However, there has been very little accurate observation of the results of ovarian therapy in the presence of control cases treated in other ways. Most of the contributions to recent literature have been of the nature of pure chemical or physiologic research, which is adding greatly to our knowledge, or they have been general dissertations on the subject by clinicians, usually without protocols and controls. Such discussions of clinical opinion, have, on the whole, confused the situation and retarded progress. It seemed to us that

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