Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke

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Heinrich Quincke

Heinrich Irenäus Quincke (born August 26, 1842 in Frankfurt (Oder) , † May 19, 1922 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German internist and university professor .

Life

Quincke was the second son of the general practitioner and secret medical advisor Hermann Quincke , his older brother was the physicist Georg Hermann Quincke (1834-1924). His family moved to the capital of Berlin shortly after Heinrich was born . He learned the carpentry trade before studying medicine .

He studied medicine at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin and completed guest semesters at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg . In 1863 he was at the Charité at the pharmacologist Mitscherlich for MD PhD . From 1865 he worked for the physiologist Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke at the University of Vienna and in 1866 became assistant to the surgeon Robert Friedrich Wilms at Bethanien (Berlin) for a year . Study trips also took him to Paris and London. Until 1871 he was an assistant doctor to Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs at the Berlin Charité. In 1870 he completed his habilitation in internal medicine . In 1873 he followed the call of the University of Bern to the chair of internal medicine and took over the management of the medical clinic at Inselspital . In 1878 he moved to the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel as a full professor , where he also became director of the medical clinic. He got into disputes with Friedrich von Esmarch , who was also active in Kiel . 1900/01 he was rector of the university. Like his father, he received the character of a secret medical councilor. In 1908 he retired . His last residence was Frankfurt am Main, where he gave lectures as an honorary professor .

Act

Quincke did research in various fields of medicine. In addition to internal medicine, he promoted new knowledge in neurology and pulmonary surgery. In 1868 he recognized the connection between aortic insufficiency and the pulsation in the capillary vessels of the skin ( Quincke's capillary pulse ). He was the first to describe the changes in the shape of the red blood cells ( poikilocytosis ) in pernicious anemia . He invented technical devices to improve nursing care (sweat bed, cooling down on water pillows, rotating air huts for lung patients). As a "Quincke position", he introduced the lower or side position of the upper body in lung patients with bronchiectasis for better coughing up.

The lumbar puncture , which he performed first in 1891, was initially used therapeutically to reduce intracranial pressure. Quincke reported on this in his publication Lumbar Puncture of Hydrocephalus . He also recognized the importance of the cerebrospinal fluid . In socio-political writings, he made suggestions for improving medical studies and consolidating the medical profession.

The introduction of the lumbar puncture (named after him) for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes (1891) was significant for the history of medicine . From 1874 his main field of research was pulmonology . In 1882 he first described the clinical picture of angioedema, Quincke's edema named after him .

Honors

In 1883 Quincke was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Fonts

  • On the physiology of the cerebrospinal fluid. In: Arch. Anat. Physiol. wiss. Med. Year 1872, pp. 153–177.
  • Concerning the acute localized edema of the skin . In: monthly Practical Derm. 1882; 1, pp. 129-131.
  • with Carl Garrè : Outline of lung surgery. Jena 1903.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Boschung: Quincke, Heinrich Irenäus. 2005, p. 1210.
  2. ↑ Christa Geckeler: Friedrich von Esmarch .
  3. ↑ Rector's speeches (HKM)
  4. ↑ Michael Heck, Michael Fresenius: Repetitorium Anaesthesiologie. Preparation for the anesthesiological specialist examination and the European diploma in anesthesiology. 3rd, completely revised edition. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York et al. 2001, ISBN 3-540-67331-8 , p. 803.
  5. ^ List of members Leopoldina, Heinrich Irenäus Quincke
personal data
SURNAME Quincke, Heinrich Irenaeus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Quincke, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German internist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt Oder
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1922
Place of death Frankfurt am Main