Johann Conrad Brunner

Johann Conrad Brunner (also Brunn von Hammerstein, born January 16, 1653 Diessenhofen at Schaffhausen, † October 2, 1727 in Mannheim, Germany) was a Swiss physician.

Life

Born in Diessenhofen on January 16, 1653 Johann Conrad Brunner studied in Strasbourg, where he completed his doctorate in 1672, and worked in Paris, London and Amsterdam in the years that followed, where he has been dealing with anatomy. In 1687, he was appointed full professor in Heidelberg, a position which he resigned after one year to return to his homeland. In 1695 he became physician to the Elector Palatine, Johann Wilhelm. Brunner, now working in the residence of Dusseldorf, has been charged by the Elector for his services as Brunn of Hammerstein to the peerage. After the death of Johann Wilhelm in 1716 Brunner remained as a private physician in the service of his successor, Charles III. Philip. Johann Conrad Brunner died on October 2, 1727 in Mannheim.

Services

1683 Brunner distant dogs, the pancreas and observed as a result of extreme thirst and polyuria; he is thus considered the discoverer of pancreoprive diabetes mellitus.

1686 Brunner discovered later named after him Brunner's glands ( glands Brunnerianae ) in the duodenum (duodenum ) of man and dog. He described the following year in his De glandulis in duodeno intestino detectis.

Works

  • De glandulis in duodeno intestino detectis, Heidelberg 1687
  • Experimenta nova circa pancreas; accedit diatriba de lympha et genuina pancreas usu, Amsterdam 1682 nov ed: Leyden 1722
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