Came of a Swiss family and received his early education in arts and sciences at Lausanne, studying for his profession subsequently at Strasburg, Heidelberg, Geneva, Bâle, and St Thomas's Hospital. He was appointed Physician to the French Hospital and Dispensary, London, and was well known in medical

Educated at Guy's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon and House Physician, and was then appointed Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Albert Hospital, Devonport. He was Medical Superintendent of the Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, and an extra Examiner in Gynaecology and Biology in the Univer