Carl Prausnitz
Carl Prausnitz · Science & Medicine
Immunologist who co-described the Prausnitz-Küstner reaction, foundational to allergy science.
1876, Hamburg, Germany — 1963, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England
Germany · United Kingdom
Carl Prausnitz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Immunologist who co-described the Prausnitz-Küstner reaction, foundational to allergy science.
Carl Prausnitz (Otto Carl Willy Prausnitz) was a German physician and immunologist who, with Heinz Küstner, described the Prausnitz–Küstner reaction in 1921, demonstrating that allergic sensitivity could be transferred through blood serum. This became a cornerstone of allergy science and pointed toward the antibodies later identified as IgE. Of Jewish paternal ancestry, he was forced from his Breslau chair in 1934 and emigrated to England.
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Immunologist who co-described the Prausnitz-Küstner reaction, foundational to allergy science.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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