CHAPTER XLIX 

 GERALD B. WEBB, M.D. 



PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION FROM IQ2O TO IQ2I 



GERALD BERTRAM WEBB was one of the youngest men 

 to serve as president of the Association. Born in England 

 in 1871, he received his preliminary education at Dean 

 Close Memorial School, Cheltenham. As a child he had the 

 privilege of playing in the home of the celebrated Jenner at 

 Berkeley. He began his medical studies at Guy's Hospital, Lon- 

 don, in 1891, and remained there until 1895. He came to the 

 United States and was graduated from the University of Denver 

 in 1896. He went to Europe in 1905 and pursued special studies 

 on immunity and tuberculosis with Sir A. E. Wright, and did 

 clinical work, particularly in tuberculosis, with Lorenz, Covacs, 

 Ghon, and others at the Allgemeine Krankenhaus in Vienna, and 

 also at some of the other European tuberculosis sanatoria. On 

 his return to America in 1906 he established himself at Colorado 

 Springs, paying particular attention to tuberculosis practice. In 

 1910 he took over the Cragmor Sanatorium, which was founded 

 by Dr. S. E. Solly in 1905. He has completely rebuilt this sana- 

 torium and enlarged its capacity from 20 to 100 beds. 



In 1912 Dr. Webb represented the National Tuberculosis Asso- 

 ciation at the International Congress on Tuberculosis in Rome. 



During the World War Dr. Webb served as Lieutenant Colonel 

 of the Medical Corps of the United States Army. He had active 

 charge of the tuberculosis work of the American Expeditionary 

 Force in France. After his honorable discharge he resumed his 

 work in Colorado Springs and founded the Colorado School of 

 Tuberculosis, of which he became the president. He is now con- 

 sulting physician to the Cragmor and Sunny Rest sanatoria at 

 Colorado Springs. He is a member of the American Medical 

 Association, the American Association of Physicians, the Amer- 



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