In October 1836 , after receiving his M.D. and being appointed by the University of Zurich as a lecturer in anatomy , Büchner relocated to Zurich where he spent his final months writing and teaching until his death from typhus at the age of twenty-three .
In October 1836 he got a job at the University of Zürich as a lecturer in anatomy and went back to Zürich where he spent his final months writing and teaching until he died of typhus at the age of twenty-three .