 After the dissolution of the Kremsier Parliament on 7 March 1849, Fischhof was arrested, accused of rebellion and high treason, but was acquitted after an imprisonment of 9 months.He devoted himself to the practise of medicine until about 1875, when failing health compelled him to retire.With Joseph Unger, later a member of the Austrian cabinet, he published in 1861 a pamphlet entitled ""Lösung der Ungarischen Frage"", in which he called for the division of the empire into Austria and Hungary.