Early Life, Family and Medical Training Born on October 26, 1842, in Ottenbach, Switzerland, Otto Gampert grew up in a household defined by service. He was the second son of Friedrich Gampert, a local physician who practiced in the community. This upbringing placed Otto in a world of steady, practical responsibility from a young age. After completing his medical studies at the University of Zurich in 1867, he began to follow in his fa…