Ferdinand Adolf Hueppe (1852-1938) was a German doctor and bacteriologist. He is known for "Hueppe's Rule," which derived from his work on "hormesis," the chemical stimulation and inhibition of bacteria. Hueppe studied at Berlin from 1872-76. He worked with Koch in Berlin between 1880-84 and was later associated with the Chemischen Institut Fresenius at Wiesbaden. In 1889, he became Professor of Bacteriology at Charles University in Prague where he remained until 1912. He published Die Methoden der Bakterien-Forschung in 1885. An English translation by Hermann M. Biggs followed in 1886, titled The Methods of Bacterial Investigation. In 1892, he published, with Else Hueppe, Die Cholera-Epidemie in Hamburg, 1892...der asiatischen Cholera. See also George Sternberg. Hueppe's maturely considered work was published in 1896 as Naturwissenschaftliche Einführung in die Bakteriologie (Wiesbaden: C.W. Kreidel Verlag). An English translation by E.O. Jordan followed in 1899, titled Principles of Bacteriology.
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