[Landmarks in medico-scientific publishing during the 18th and the first half of the 19th centuries]

The history of the medical and natural scientific publications in the 18th and the first half of the 19th century shows several culmination points in Halle, which are connected with the names of outstanding physicians and their activities as editors. A remarkably good typographic trade gave the prerequisite for this development, in which prominent individual examples are particularly emphasized.