Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-23
NOTHING MYSTERIOUS
NDEATH OF DR.. UHLE,
CORONER KNIGHT SAYS
Heart Disease Given as Cause of
Sudden End of U. of p.
Instructor in Friends
Office
COCAINE AFFECTED HIM

~. mystery in the sudden death OF DR.
.....nder A. Uhle. University OF Penn
,la instructor and authority on genito-
-,,,srr diseases. was cleared today when
<-s,t disease was named as the cause Of his
sxis. s
+ p>ath was caused by heart disease super
,-x,ced BY cocaine poisoning" according TO
~ rerort Of the autopsy presented today
- f,oroner Knight by Dr. william 8. wads-
.~rrfh. Coroner's physician.
-pcc,or Ridpath Is absolutely biameless" !"
~>r,ner Knight announced. Doctor Uhle
>-,<Iy had reduced his weight from 2iO
srsnds 70 $50 pounds II was done too
~vickiy and weakened his system. When
~ small amount OF cocaine was admin
r.~rcA Il must have struck n nerve center
80 travelling farther than was intended.
Acted upon his heart"
's-rhere Is nothing mysterious In the case"
s<ciarcd Deputy Coroner Ward. after COM
~,rfine an investigation. doctor Uhle died
q heard disease, I am satisfied"
hector Uhle fell unconscious Saturday in
a. office OF n friend. DIR. r. +. Ridpath.
1873 Chestnut street where he had gone
a undergo an operation for tonsillitis. and
<Ird nt the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital
uhllc under the pulmotor one-tenth Of
one per cent OF cocaine was injected In the
patient TO prepare for the operation. ac-
ecrfing TO John r. Stub. lifelong friend
b
BROTHERS SATISFIED
Henry w Uhle. s1s1 Germantown ave-
nue. and Charles Uhle, 344s York road.
brothers OF the dead physician, said today
nat they did not believe the small injec-
tIsn caused their brothers death. for which
hey hold no one responsible. He had been
euffering from weakness of the heart they
nd Their father died suddenly several
Pears ago. OF heart disease. Doctor Rid
path. who was quoted as saying he had ad-
mlnistered no injection, was not at his
ofhce today.
The death of Doctor Uhle, who lived
II f722 westmoreland street. was a cause
for sorrow among the scores Of physicians
uho arrived today for the seventh annual
Clinical Congress OF Surgeons He was
srheduled to address them at a clinic al
ne German Hospital today. The funeral
Hryices will be held Wednesday afternoon
m the undertaking rooms OF Andrew J.
BAR. Nineteenth and Arch streets Burial
Win be In Ivy Hin Cemetery, Chestnut
mn
PHYSICIANS CAREER
Doctor Uhle was born in Chestnut Hill.
August 20, 1874, and was graduated from
ne medical school of the University OF
Pennsylvania in 1898. He had been mar
ned. but was divorced a number of years
$50, One son was born to the Uhles.
Carries E. Uhle, who survives. Doctor
iHir ALSO mas n SISTER, Mrs. Peter BrOm-
~. OF Chestnut Hill. and two brothers.
Charles and Harry Uhle.
He served the longest term as inferno at
he German Hospital. and was the genito.
uinary specialist at that institution at the
time OF his death He Joined the teaching
Han at the University of Pennsylvania
4 Heeral years ago and became associated
Nth DR.. William H. MacKinney with
whom he has been working for the last ten
5sars- Later they were Joined by another
Wysician. DIR. William ii. Haines.
Doctor Uhle was a surgeon on the stan
q Blockley, and was an instructor in his
pccial branch of medicine and surgery at
os University. He was a fellow of the
&1erican College OF Surgeons and the
Anerican College of Physicians. a member
q the American THEOLOGICAL Association and
0e founder and for many years the presI-
etnt OF the Philadelphia Genito- Urinary So
efty. Doctor Uhle was also chairman of
hs section Of the Clinical Congress OF Sur
ceons Of North America. which opens its
pnvention in this city today.
he belonged to the PhiladelphIa Ath
Ntic, the Merton Cricket and Golf CIuhs
and was member OF the University Lodge
o. Masons. Mary Commandery. knights
Iemplar, Lu Lu Temple of the Mystic
urine and was the author of books ~
nsenational reputation on his particular
pecialty in medical science. At the time
o. his death he had almost completed a
Ieatise on which he had been at work for
hs last year.