A hundred years of lumbar puncture.
In the years 1991 and 1992 the 100th anniversary of the announcement of the lumbar puncture method (1891) and 150th anniversary of the birth of its inventor Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke (1842) are celebrated. In the article a short review is given of the development of this method.
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Clinical Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia.
D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000266:history*