This volume contains abstracts of most of the significant scientific literature dealing with prostaglandins published between 1906 when certain biologically active tissue extracts first stimulated the speculation of researchers and 1970 when the use of prostaglandins for experimental control of fertility and induction of labor had been reported from six countries. Of the more than 4000 articles now identified which were published between 1906 and 1972, approximately half had appeared in print by the end of 1970. A second volume will cover the material printed in 1971 and 1972 with special...