Heinz Küstner (January 16, 1897 – 1963) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician who helped develop the

Prausnitz–Küstner test The Prausnitz–Küstner test (PK test, Prausnitz-Küstner reaction) is an immunologic test formerly used by physicians to determine if a patient has an allergic reaction to a specific antigen. The test has been replaced by the safer skin prick ...

while an assistant of

Otto Prausnitz Otto Carl Willy Prausnitz (October 11, 1876 in Hamburg – April 21, 1963), also known as Carl Prausnitz-Giles, was a German physician, bacteriologist, and hygienist who developed the Prausnitz-Küstner test with Heinz Küstner. Education ...

. He died in 1963 after years of accidental inoculation from his own experiments with antibodies and infectious agents isolated after gynecologic operations.

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German gynaecologists 1897 births 1963 deaths {{Germany-med-bio-stub