In a few months military life became equally distasteful, and he purchased his discharge with the assistance of Justus von Liebig, with whom, after a short interval at Dresden, he went in 1836 to study at Giessen and work in Liebig's laboratory.
In a few months military life became equally distasteful, and he purchased his discharge with the assistance of the German chemist Justus von Liebig. After a short period of living in Dresden, he went to the University of Giessen in central Germany in 1836 to study and work in Liebig's laboratory.