[Basic medical study in the early 18th century. On the 300th anniversary of the birthday of Georg Daniel Coschwitz (1679-1729)].

The 300th anniversary of Georg Daniel Coschwitz's birthday gives rise to remember his engagement in the service of the Medical Faculty of Halle University. Under his personal initiative with the construction of an anatomical theatre an important institutional gap of the educational programme in Halle is closed. The basic study of medicine of the early 18th century is described with the help of the example of Halle university. In this phase the educational practices are vastly determined by individual activities which form the basis for later regulations by the state.