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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  L. L. Uhls, M. D., Overland Park, Kan. There is no doubt but that the
institution conducted by Dr. Uhls, near Overland Park, is of more importance to
the happiness and well being of the human family than any other industry or
institution in Johnson county. Dr. Uhls is a skilled physician and a specialist
in nervous diseases and has been in a position in connection with his
professional work to gain as much experience along that line as any other
physician in the State of Kansas. After having served fourteen years as
superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane at Osawotamie, Dr. Uhls
resigned to take up the special line of work in which he is now engaged. August
1, 1913, he came to Overland Park, purchased ten acres of land, especially
selecting the locality most suitable for his purposes and began to arrange for
the construction of his hospital, preferring a surburban place to one in the
crowded city. This place fronts on Seventy-fourth Street, Kansas City, and the
Rock road passes by the west side and the buildings are about two blocks from
the Strang line at the Seventy-fourth Street station. He opened his hospital as
soon as he had the first building completed, and since that time has been adding
additional buildings and improving and beautifying the grounds, and in the
construction of additional buildings he has scarcely been able to keep pace with
the demand for more room to accommodate the ever increasing patronage of the
place. Treatment at the hospital and sanitarium includes board for the patients,
and every convenience for comfort and entertainment, is provided. Fine rest
places on the spacious lawns and even automobiles are provided to give the
patients frequent trips for recreation. The main building which was first
constructed is 32x60 feet, two and one-half stories, and the men's cottage is a
40x64 foot structure, and Dr. Uhls' private residence is a one and a half-story,
cozy bungalow. All of the buildings are thoroughly modern in every particular
with steam heat and modern lighting system and numerous bath facilities are
provided. Dr. Uhls has his own "egg plant" where he "raises fried chickens" and
also has plenty of home-grown, fresh eggs for the table. So, taking this
hospital altogether, it's an ideal arrangement for a place of rest and
recuperation for tired nerves, under the capable care and direction of Dr. Uhls.
Notwithstanding that everything seems to be ideal and about as near perfection
as possible, Dr. Uhls keeps right on improving and has many plans to improve,
enlarge and beautify the place, which he is putting into effect as rapidly as
possible. Dr. Uhls is a native of Illinois. He was born at Chester, March 25,
1857. His father, Alonzo Uhls, was a native of Tennessee and came to Illinois
with his parents who settled at Chester at an early day. He married Miss
Elizabeth Eyman, a native of Bellville, Ill. They were married at Chester in
1851, and were the parents of the following children: C. F., born in 1853, is an
engineer, married Miss Callie Brown and resides at Spokane, Wash.; Melissa, born
in 1855, married J. E. Stewart, who is department commander of the Grand Army of
the Republic for Washington and Alaska and his wife holds a similar position in
the Women's Relief Corps and they reside in Spokane, Wash.; Dr. C. C, born in
1861, married Miss Inez Nixon and they are residents of White City, Kan. Dr. H.
A., born in 1864, married a Miss Ratliff, of Parsons, Kan., and they reside in
Chicago, Ill.; E. E., born in 1867, resides in St. Louis, Mo., and Dr. L. L.,
the subject of this sketch. Dr. Uhls was reared in southern Illinois and
received his literary education at Sparta, Randolph county. He then took up the
study of medicine, taking a course in one of the great medical institutions of
the country, Rush Medical College of Chicago, from which he was graduated in the
class of 1884, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He began the practice at
White City, Morris county, Kansas, remaining there seven years. He then went to
Geuda Springs, Sumner county, and remained there four years. In 1895 he became
assistant physician at the Osawotamie State Hospital for the insane, remaining
in that capacity until 1897 when he located at Paola, Kan., and again engaged in
private practice. Two years later, or in 1899, he was appointed superintendent
of the State Hospital at Osawotamie and in 1913, resigned that position and came
to Overland Park and founded the hospital and sanitarium as above set forth. Dr.
Uhls was married September 13, 1883, to Miss Anna E. Bean, of Chester, Ill. To
Dr. and Mrs. Uhls have been born two children: Elizabeth, is gifted with musical
ability of high order, and after graduating from Washburn College, Topeka, she
continued her musical studies in Europe, taking a complete course of instruction
at Berlin. She is now the wife of James D. Lindsay, Kansas City, Mo., and
Kenneth, born Janaury 21, 1893, was graduated from the Osawotamie High School
and now a senior in Kansas University. Dr. Uhls in addition to his busy career
is professor of pyschiatry of the medical department of Kansas University and
delivers a course of lectures each year at Rosedale. Dr. Uhls is one of the
foremost physicians of Kansas and in his particular line of work is the equal of
any in the State. He prominently affiliates with the different medical
fraternities and is a member of the American Medical Association, and was
formerly a member of its house of delegates, is ex-president of the Kansas State
Medical Society and is a member of the Medico-Psychological Association of
America. He is a member of the Academy of Medicine of Kansas City, Mo. He and
his wife are members of the Presbyterian church and he has served as a
representative in the National Council, or General Assembly, of the Presbyterian
churches of the United States.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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