Heinrich von Bamberger was born in Zvonarka, near Prague, (now in the Czech Republic) and studied medicine in Prague. Already in 1854 he was appointed professor of pathology and therapy in internal medicine at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany, where he remained until 1872. In the same year he became professor at the University of Vienna, in a position filled before him by the renowned professor Oppolzer. Heinrich von Bamberger became famous for his brilliant lectures and for his diagnostic techniques.
Bamberger’s disease, Bamberger’s bulbar pulse, and Bamberger’s sign for pericardial effusion, all bear his name. He is especially known for his textbook on cardiac diseases Lehrbuch der Krankheiten des Herzens (1857), and for his diagnosis of symptoms of cardiac diseases. His other works include Morbus Brighti, a book about kidney diseases (1849) and Die Krankheiten des chylopoetischen Systems (1864), which during his life has also been translated into Italian and Dutch. His findings and methods made headway in internal medicine.
During the last two years of his life H. von Bamberger was president of the Vienna Medical Association. A bust of Bamberger, in memory for his contribution to the medical faculty stood on the compound of the University of Vienna.