Education
He studied medicine in Prague, Vienna and Leipzig, earning his doctorate in 1853.
He studied medicine in Prague, Vienna and Leipzig, earning his doctorate in 1853.
In Vienna, his instructors included Johann Ritter von Oppolzer, Carl von Rokitansky and Joseph Škoda. In 1858 he was habilitated for special pathology and therapy. and in 1872 was appointed physician-in-chief at the Rudolfspital. He is remembered for his studies of epidemic diseases, such as typhoid, bubonic plague, influenza and especially Asiatic cholera.
During the cholera epidemic in Vienna (1855), he distinguished himself when taking charge of the cholera section at Allgemeines Krankenhaus.
He was also concerned with cardiac and pulmonary diseases, and was at the forefront in the promotion of hygienic measures.