The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-30
aWALTER WEBB RECEIVERS
,,srssE WAS NOT CONSUME
BIZ r,oy IS MANY SUPPOSED.
Ir.r Typhoid Fever He p'y ra1,".S MIX Tx.
Leg and Blood Poisoning Fol' "". NJ. .no

. r.,bnid Fever He Developed Milk
and Blood Poisoning Followed the
a.s.L.Up Of the Clots-Drives Out Now.
- walter webb. who Was generally supposed,
,' ~ no, by his physicians, to be Ill OF con.
s-,,or hasn't got consumption at all and Is
"I Iii enough TO he on the street II Is be
S ,,,t he will soon be in vigorous health.
NV NH called at the Lincoln National Bank
NJ ,.v afternoon TO see his friends there and
.n,.s,ed to be recovering rapidly from his
ears illness Thomas L. James. tho
WV n, the bank said that about a fortnight
Non he went TO see Mr.. Webb at his home.
GREATLY surprised TO hear the invalid say
En-, Gas going down TO the bank in the course
DAYS Mr.. webb did appear on the street
oA,,s later. and walked into the bank, across
80, from the Grand Central Station looking
Iii And as cheerful as he ever had looked.
,h,r he has been driving OH, every day.
o'" -r... ,.ars ago. when Mr.. webb was at tho
-, N. operating department Of the New York
Pc h, was taken down with typhoid fever.
,n.,x,,d when the disease had run its course,
S hs vn, convnlcscent, pheemdSid dolens
'.e.,il ler developed This maady is uncommon
" ., IN women. 1t may appear in conyalescence
- lever Is scntery and malignant and tuber-
Isv
III, a, ,hfombosis CLOTHING u the blood in the
. although the infrcquency Of we'll marked
w., Al IN, disease has left the nature OF milk
,..n,rble lei. " white leg, az IL is variously
''I,A . matter Of dispute among Psychologists.
pain IN one Of the legs is the first symptom.
,.r,rv there is acute pain along the fcmoral
49,, ar In the calf or in the ankle. Sometimes
~. Mod clo,,ed vein eau I've felt Within q day
apd inf Cd mai
,..or,. hard. The swelling spreads and in
',...s in hardness and the leg becomes pale
~ glossy The pain Is intense and any move.
nsat Of he LEG causes suffering Usually after
: ,ss DAYS the disease recedcS but then weeks
s,y ,lapse before it disappears II is not fatal
I. H. ssfly stage. and IL Is never dangerous eN-
src, when {, is complicated by something else.
he danger comes, as it did in Mir. Webb's
49, when the blood rlots break up slowly into
Ssbr,s and scatter through the body This dc.
MS more or less laden with pus, goes into the
tlcci and pOlsous H. The treatment OF NJ
Ntbb's milk lex" was not entirely successful
W.. w. me blood poisoning clo,s we're distributed
Stoush his body. lie soon appeared TO have
consumption. lie RAPIDLY lost weight and dry
t.rkins cough afflicted him. Everything was
done iSr him He was taken 20 his brothers
n, William Seward Webs Adirondack Park
S.hssa.ne as It was thought that the consump.
tSn'curins ait Of the pine woods would aid in
For T. large part n a wear Mr. Webb ran the
o,.,.ting department ~ the New York Central
from Ne hA 81 NJ ON llt lrlcEtApu anu tnt tnhllS
put ne had 10 give IL up About the time war
With SPAN began Mr. Webb resigned as Third
VoePr-s,dent Of the New York Central and he
.l. had 81 give up the vice presidency OF the
Wagner Palace Car Company. Last winter
The invalid was taken 81 Aiken, S, G.. TO see II
he ar there would help him. When he was
b,ough; b.ck 30 his country home at Scarborough
on he Hudson he had every appearance ~ a
dytnr consumpuve Several eminent specialists
10 saber ,ulat diseases were consulted and 1t was
sxreed thet Afr Webb's trouble was not consump-
ton but blood poisoning. due 10 tho breaking
10 u the blood clo;s Of the phIspmdSid dolerS
When q new treatment was begun Mr. Webb
Vas soon on the road ~ recovery and he decided
70 spsnd the winter in town \ few weeks ago
hsHas brought down from Scarborough 10 Sec
fet,ry Elhu Roots town house at Is East Sixty
ninth street which Mfr Webb has taken for the
Uinpr Since then he has bc~n growing better
every day Railroad men hope that he will re-
enter ralroodinS During the few years he
vas with the NanderhiltS he gained the name
Of being one Of the most energetic and most val.
g.be railroad men IN the country. Some ot
The most important changes in the New York
Central were his The employees used to say
that II Walter knew every lie from New York
10 Buffalo The famous speed trials OF the EN-.
pre State Express were among his achievements