After receiving his medical degree in 1877, Binswanger spent the next few years as assistant to Theodor Meynert in Vienna and Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal at the Charité Hospital in Berlin.
Binswanger spent the next few years as assistant to Theodor Meynert in Vienna. Binswanger spent the next few years as assistant to Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal at the Charité Hospital in Berlin. Binswanger was receiving his medical degree in 1877.