He studied medicine in Vienna under Georg Joseph Beer (1763–1821), obtaining his medical doctorate in 1803 from the University of Landshut.
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He subsequently served as a professor at the Universities of Bamberg, Landshut, Bonn (1818–1830), and Munich.
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