This is a comprehensive history of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, which is a sister organization of the Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (SPO) in the United States. It includes data on the chronology, organizing and scientific officers, outline of topics, invited speakers, participants and presidential addresses of the 15 congresses of perinatal, medicine held from 1968 to 1996 in Berlin, London, Lausanne, Prague, Uppsala, Vienna, Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin, Leipzig, Rome, Lyon, Amsterdam, Helsinki and Glasgow. The book also covers the publications of the association, the background and winners of the Maternite Prize, the minutes and meetings of the General Assembly, the association's constitution and the address to the association of Pope John Paul II.