12 Facts About Karl Bremer

Karl Bremer was the only son, among a family of 7 children, of a physician on Hopefield in the Cape Colony.

Karl Bremer's mother moved with her children to Wellington in the Western Cape where Bremer attended school at the Huguenot College.

Karl Bremer studied at the University of Cornell in New York and at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London he studied to become a physician.

Karl Bremer was a reputable doctor at a children's hospital before returning to Cradock with his sick mother.

In 1910 Karl Bremer established himself as a physician at Cradock in the Eastern Cape and was elected to the city council.

Karl Bremer was then medical inspector of schools in the Cape Town province.

Karl Bremer was a doctor in Cape Town during the 1918 flu epidemic.

Karl Bremer became known for the attention he gave to preventative healthcare, housing and nourishment, but did not succeed to lessen the provinces' regulation over hospitals and to shift regulation to the central government.

Karl Bremer was the protector of less fortunate in society and always advocated for the advancement of rural areas.

Karl Bremer placed his attention on welfare and preventative healthcare and advocated a national medical-care.

From 1939 Karl Bremer was a member of the Medical Council of the Union of South Africa and in 1943 he became the President of the organization.

Karl Bremer retired as a physician in 1947 for health reasons.