The doctor and the pandemic: Spokane’s 1918 fight against the Spanish influenza
UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 20, 2019, 3:14 p.m.
Dr. John Anderson was strolling down Riverside Avenue in downtown Spokane when a man spit on the sidewalk in front of him – a common, if foul, occurrence. It was also an arrestable offense, as the man would soon find out.
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