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from The Spokesman-Review
Breathing easier
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Washington Tuberculosis Association, which grew out of a meeting on Sept. 12, 1906, of the State Medical Society in Spokane. The group eventually became the American Lung Association of Washington. In 1915, Edgecliff Sanitarium, the only modern TB hospital in Eastern Washington, opened its doors. It would stay open until 1978, treating hundreds upon hundreds of patients, first simply with rest and relaxation and later with drugs and surgery. The sanitarium, once decayed and vandalized into an eyesore, was remodeled in 1992 and reopened as Park Place retirement community.
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