[Pharmacy textbooks used at the University of Tartu/Dorpat 1802-1918]

An overview about the teaching of pharmacy at the University of Tartu in 1802-1918 is presented based on the exhaustive study of the textbooks used during that period. Textbooks were written by all local pharmacy teachers of the university, some of them (those by Grindel, Giese, Goebel, Dragendorff) were also translated into other languages and used at several universities. The content and structure of the textbook by Giese, printed in six volumes (1808-1811, 2277 pages), is studied in more detail. The structure of these books was a good basis for future pharmaceutical textbooks and to Estonian pharmacy education in general. The textbooks developed at the University of Tartu form also an important connecting link between the German and Russian cultural spaces.