[Obstetrics and gynecology in the medical education curriculum in the 19th century].

The paper gives a survey on development of teaching in obstetrics and gynaecology at German universities in 19th century. Three aspects of these part of medical education are described: the establishment of obstetrics and gynaecology in the medical curriculum and orders of examination, institutional development of obstetrics and gynaecology as an obligatory part of medical education, the growth of specific methods of teaching in obstetrics and gynaecology.