Background
Brunner was born in Diessenhofen, and studied medicine in Schaffhausen, Strasbourg, Amsterdam, London and Paris. At Schaffhausen he studied under Johann Jakob Wepfer (1620–1695), who was also his father-in-law.
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Johann Brunner
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He received his doctorate in 1672 from the University of Strasbourg. Beginning in 1686 he was a professor of anatomy and physiology at the University of Heidelberg. In 1716, Brunner was appointed personal physician to Charles III Philip the new Elector of the Palatinate.
He received many accolades during his life including a knighthood with the title "Brunn von Hammerstein".
He died in 1727 in Mannheim, Germany.
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German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
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Switzerland