Abortion by myometrial administration of prostaglandins
Abstract
Abstract Pharmaceutical preparations of abortifacient PGE-type and PGFtype prostaglandins for injection directly into the uterine muscle of pregnant female mammals, including humans, and accomplishing a medical abortion. Methods of administration of the pharmaceutical preparations into the myometrial muscular tissue of the uterus during gestation to accomplish medical abortions. In another form of the invention, hot and/or cold gases may be injected into the interior of a rotational mold containing a molding material so as to react on the molding material and transfer heat thereto or receive heat therefrom so as to accelerate or effect the setting or solidifying of the material in situ against the wall of the mold or a previously deposited material. The alternate injection or spraying of molding materials and gases into the mold may be employed to form composite hollow or solid articles of predetermined compositions and physical characteristics.
Inventors
- 👤 J Lemelson
- 👤 K Kirton
- 👤 E Southern
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