 From 1857 he studied chemistry at the laboratory of Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke in Vienna, and five years later began the practice of medicine.From that time until 1865 he was assistant to Leopold Ritter von Dittel, Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal, Ludwig Türck and Eugen Kolisko (18111884) at the University of Vienna.In 1864, Basch was appointed chief surgeon of the military hospital at Puebla, Mexico.