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Franz Ignaz Pruner Bey | |
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| Born | (1808-03-08)March 8, 1808 |
| Died | September 29, 1882(1882-09-29) (aged 74) |
Franz Ignaz Pruner Bey (March 8, 1808 – September 29, 1882) was a Germanphysician andanthropologist.
Pruner was born on inPfreimd, Germany, on March 8, 1808.[1] His father was Ignace Brunner, a civil servant. His mother was Catherine Hochler, the daughter of a municipal councillor.[1]
In 1826, Pruner entered theLudwig Maximilian University of Munich.[1] He began studying medicine at the University of Munich the following year, where he became an assistant to Ernest von Grossi, a specialist in experimental medicine.[1] In 1830, Pruner received aDoctor of Medicine.[1]
In 1831, Pruner went toParis, France, to continue studying medicine.[1] There, he met French physician and psychiatristÉtienne Pariset.[1] The same year, Pruner joined K. M. von Hügel on a trip traveling to India, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, and Greece, where they observedcholera and plague epidemics.[1] In Jerusalem, they studying the treatment ofleprosy.[1]
In September 1831, Pruner was inAlexandria, Egypt.[1] He was offered a position at the medical school atAbu Za’bal, where he became the chair of anatomy and physiology.[1]
In 1832, Pruner returned to Munich, Germany.[1]
In 1833, Pruner traveled to Malta and Italy.[1] He studied ophthalmology inPavia, Italy.[1] The same year he returned to Egypt to become the director of amilitary hospital nearCairo.[1]
In 1835, Pruner traveled toMecca, Saudi Arabia, to help fight a cholera epidemic.[1]
In 1836, he was appointed the director of military hospitals in Cairo.[1] He was later named professor ofophthalmology at Cairo.[1]
In 1849,Abbas I of Egypt made Pruner his personal physician, giving him the titleBey.[1] He resigned from his position in 1860.[1]
In 1865, Pruner served as president of theSociété d'Anthropologie de Paris.[1]
In 1872, Pruner moved toPisa, Italy. He would live there for ten years before dying of an illness on September 29, 1882.[1]
