[1] In Würzburg he was succeeded by Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfels.

Following the death of Josef Servas d'Outrepont (1775-1845) in 1845, he was appointed professor of OB/GYN at the University of Würzburg.

In 1850 he succeeded Antonín Jan Jungmann (1775-1854) as professor of OB/GYN at the University of Prague.

Not long afterwards he succumbed to the effects of tuberculosis, which resulted in his death at the age of 38.

His 1852 book, Klinische Vorträge (Clinical Lectures), was an influential scientific work in the field of gynaecology.