 He decided to specialise in obstetrics and took the position of physician-accoucheur at the Farringdon General Dispensary.He was also a senior physician at St John's Hospital for Skin Diseases.In 1863 he published "Skin Diseases of Parasitic Origin", in which he was the first physician in the UK to create a thorough study of the pathology and causes of dermatophytosis (ringworm).