''Lühhike öppetus'' ( Estonian for ''Brief Instruction''), by modern orthography 'Lühike õpetus', was the first

periodical publication A periodical literature (also called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) is a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule. The most familiar example is a newspaper, but a magazine or a journal are also example ...

in the

Estonian language Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 16 ...

. Edited by Dr.

Peter Ernst Wilde Peter Ernst Wilde ( – ) was a Baltic German physician and Enlightenment era Estophile. He is noted for establishing a printing house at Kuningamäe, Põltsamaa, Estonia, and printing the first Estonian periodical, Lühhike öppetus, there i ...

and printed for a short while in 1766–1767, it described various simple medical techniques intended to be usable in the field by peasants. The full title of the newspaper was ''Lühhike öppetus mis sees moned head rohhud täeda antakse, ni hästi innimeste kui ka veiste haigusse ning viggaduste vasto'', and it can be translated as ''Brief instruction announcing some good medicine, both for human and bovine ailments and traumas''. It was printed weekly, with each issue having four pages. A total of 41 issues were printed. August Wilhelm Hupel was responsible for translating the content to

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''Lühhike öppetus'' did not deal with news; thus, it is not universally classified as a

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— despite its format. Various sources refer to it as a magazine, a journal, or even a

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published in 41 volumes. The first regular

publication unequivocally considered a newspaper, the '' Tarto maa rahva Näddali-Leht'', appeared in 1807.

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* Aino Valmet: ''„Lühhike öppetus“ keelelisest küljest'' —

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, 1966, issue 11, pages 683–688 * Helgi Vihma: ''Eesti esimese teadusliku sõnaraamatu eelkäijast'' – Kodumurre, 1972, issue 10/11, pages 53–55 * ''Veel A. W. Hupeli osast esimeses eestikeelses ajakirjas. Läbi kahe sajandi'', compiled by

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, 1971, pages 7–10 * H. Normann: ''Märkusi esimesest Eesti arstilis-tervishoiulisest ajakirjast.'' –

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, 1926, issue 12, pages 428–432. * Bartlett, Roger. (April 1, 2006) ''

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