[Old medical dissertations in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University Frankfurt-on-Oder (Viadrina), 1700-1811].

Based on an analysis of the medical dissertations which have survived from the University of Frankfurt-on-Oder (Viadrina), this paper illustrates the importance of old medical dissertations as historical sources. For 389 out of 570 medical students who received their medical doctorate at the Viadrina between the years 1700 and 1811, the topics of their dissertations have been ascertained. 15 dissertations on obstetrical and gynaecological topics are more closely analysed.