Heinrich Quincke

Heinrich Quincke
Born	Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke (1842-08-26)26 August 1842 Frankfurt an der Oder, Prussia (now Germany)
Died	19 May 1922(1922-05-19) (aged 79) Frankfurt, Germany

Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke (26 August 1842 – 19 May 1922) 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 medicine.