| Born in Germany, Quincke was educated in this country under mentors such as von Kölliker, Helmholtz and Virchow. Early on he held a chair in medicine but after 30 years he retired to Frankfort-am-main continue his neurologic pursuits. Amongst his contributions to the literature were his classic description of angioneurotic edema, the studies of the mechanism of body temperatures. He recognized the syndrome of meningitis serosa and wrote on anosmia, traumatic brain lesions, and on hyperthermia in cord lesions. His introduction of the spinal puncture and procedures earned him a place in the history of medicine. |  |