Heinrich Quincke
German surgeon
Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke was a German internist and surgeon. His main contribution to internal medicine was the introduction of the lumbar puncture for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. After 1874, his main area of research was pulmonary... Wikipedia
Born: August 26, 1842, Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany
Died: May 19, 1922 (age 79 years), Frankfurt, Germany
Parents: Hermann Quincke
Siblings: Georg Hermann Quincke