Johann Paul Uhle (17 April 1827 – 4 November 1861) was a German medical doctor and pathologist born in Nossen, in the Kingdom of Saxony. He died of tuberculosis in Jena at the age of 34.
Education and academic career In 1852 he received his medical doctorate at the University of Leipzig. He was an assistant at St. George's Hospital at Leipzig, and in 1859 became a professor at the Imperial University of Dorpat. In 1860 he relocated to Jena as a professor of special pathology and director of the medical clinic.
Works and scientific contributions With Ernst Leberecht Wagner (1829-1888), Uhle was co-author of an influential textbook of general pathology titled "Handbuch der allgemeinen Pathologie". It was published in seven editions, and was translated into English, French, Polish and Greek. Uhle was also author of "Der Winter in Oberägypten als klimatisches Heilmittel" (On the Winter in Upper Egypt as a Climatic Remedy).
Publications Der Winter in Oberägypten als klimatisches Heilmittel. B. G. Teubner, Leipzig, 1858. (with Ernst Leberecht Wagner) Handbuch der allgemeinen Pathologie. Wigand, Leipzig, 1862; 7th ed. 1876.
Further reading Julius Leopold Pagel: "Uhle, Johann Paul". In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vol. 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 165. (in German)
See also Ernst Leberecht Wagner Pathology History of pathology University of Leipzig Imperial University of Dorpat University of Jena
References
External links Biography in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German)
Biography at the University of Leipzig