Complex sentence: Von Linstow was born in Itzehoe north west of Hamburg he received his medical Ph.D. in 1864 at the University of Kiel and worked as military doctor in Hameln later in Göttingen where he was promoted to a major.
Split into simpler sentences: Von Linstow was born in Itzehoe north west of Hamburg. He received his medical PhD in 1864 at the University of Kiel and worked as military doctor in Hameln, later in Göttingen, where he was promoted to a major.