[Russia-Hall relations in medicine of the 18th century. III. Halle physicians as research travelers and members of expeditions].

In the history of Russian expeditions in the 18th century several physicians and natural scientists who were educated in Halle and temporarily working, respectively, at the university of the city on river Saale occupy a respectable position. Names such as Buxbaum, Messerschmid, Stoeller, Lerche and Pallas are mentioned with high respect up to the present time. The results of their investigations in Sibiria, in Caucasia and in Persia are regarded as pioneer achievements which became the prerequisite for the investigations of the 19th century.