Complex sentence: He received his education at the universities of Breslau, Berlin, Würzburg, Strassburg, and Heidelberg, and obtained the degree of M.D. in 1870; he took part in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71.
Split into simpler sentences: He received his education at the universities of Breslau, Berlin, Würzburg, Strasbourg, and Heidelberg. Afterwards he took part in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.