Conrad Brunner (31 August 1859 in Diessenhofen – 8 June 1927 in Zurich) was a Swiss physician, surgeon and medical historian.
[3] In 1889 Brunner married Clara Margot[2] and opened a private practice in Zurich, with privileges at a number of nearby hospitals.
Beginning in 1890 he served as an associate professor of surgery at the University of Zurich, relinquishing the position in 1897.
Conrad Brunner conducted and published clinical, bacteriological and experimental studies on the effectiveness of various contemporary wound disinfection methods.
He was able to prove that his method, namely the Brunner's Jodalkoholdesinfektion, offered by far the best guarantee against the occurrence of wound diseases.