Karl Hugo Huppert
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Karl Hugo Huppert was a German chemist
and physician
.
and was in charge of what was then called “Zoochemisches Labor”.
He took up teaching at the university for the next ten years.
While still in Leipzig Huppert became professor ordinary in 1872, but the same year he accepted a call Prag to the newly established chair of applied medicinal chemistry
at the Charles University and became to first to teach the new discipline in 1872.
Among the many issues in physiological
and pathological chemistry he worked on he was mainly concerned with the formation of the body's own substances like hemoglobin
, bilirubin
and glycogen
.He documented his findings in numerous publications. Among his pupils were eminent researchers, e. g. Rudolf von Jaksch
, Otto Kahler
and Franz Hofmeister
.
Huppert was engaged in a committee of the faculty concerned with restructuring the program of medical study.
In 1878/79 und 1902/03 he was dean
of the medical faculty and in 1895/96 he was rector
of the university.
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
and physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
.
Life and achievements
Karl Hugo Huppert, son of a wood turner and merchant, Christian Huppert, studied in Leipzig as a pupil of Karl Gotthelf Lehmann (1863-1863) and in Jena. In 1960 he was appointed head of the chemical laboratory of the Jakob Hospital in Leipzig. In 1862 he took his doctoral examination in medicine and in the same year he acquired his postdoctoral qualification in biochemistryBiochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
and was in charge of what was then called “Zoochemisches Labor”.
He took up teaching at the university for the next ten years.
While still in Leipzig Huppert became professor ordinary in 1872, but the same year he accepted a call Prag to the newly established chair of applied medicinal chemistry
Medicinal chemistry
Medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry are disciplines at the intersection of chemistry, especially synthetic organic chemistry, and pharmacology and various other biological specialties, where it is involved with design, chemical synthesis and development for market of pharmaceutical...
at the Charles University and became to first to teach the new discipline in 1872.
Among the many issues in physiological
Physiological chemistry
Physiological chemistry is the chemistry of the organs and tissues of the body and of the various physiological processes incident to life. Physiological chemistry is essentially the precursor to modern biochemistry. In the nineteenth century, physiological chemistry dealt primarily with...
and pathological chemistry he worked on he was mainly concerned with the formation of the body's own substances like hemoglobin
Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of all vertebrates, with the exception of the fish family Channichthyidae, as well as the tissues of some invertebrates...
, bilirubin
Bilirubin
Bilirubin is the yellow breakdown product of normal heme catabolism. Heme is found in hemoglobin, a principal component of red blood cells. Bilirubin is excreted in bile and urine, and elevated levels may indicate certain diseases...
and glycogen
Glycogen
Glycogen is a molecule that serves as the secondary long-term energy storage in animal and fungal cells, with the primary energy stores being held in adipose tissue...
.He documented his findings in numerous publications. Among his pupils were eminent researchers, e. g. Rudolf von Jaksch
Rudolf von Jaksch
Rudolf von Jaksch , also Rudolf Jaksch von Wartenhorst, was an Austrian internist. He was the son of physician Anton von Jaksch...
, Otto Kahler
Otto Kahler
Otto Kahler was an Austrian physician. Born and trained in Prague, he is best known for describing multiple myeloma, a hematological malignancy, which is called "Kahler's disease" in his honor in several countries...
and Franz Hofmeister
Franz Hofmeister
Franz Hofmeister was an early protein scientist, and is famous for his studies of salts that influence the solubility and conformational stability of proteins...
.
Huppert was engaged in a committee of the faculty concerned with restructuring the program of medical study.
In 1878/79 und 1902/03 he was dean
Dean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
of the medical faculty and in 1895/96 he was rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
of the university.