In 1848 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Giessen, and from 1848 to 1861 served as a military physician with a Hessian troop outfit. During this time he also worked at a small hospital in Darmstadt that he co-founded.
In 1848, he obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Giessen and served as a military physician for a Hessian troop outfit from 1848 to 1861. He also contributed to the establishment of a small hospital in Darmstadt that he co-founded during this period.