CHAPTER LXXI 

 CHRISTEN QUEVLI, M.D 



VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION FROM 1915 TO 



1916 



CHRISTEN QUEVLI was born in Norway, June 26, 1864, 

 and was the son of Anders and Gorrina Quevli. He came 

 to the United States at the age of five, when his father 

 settled at Windom, Minnesota, and engaged in mercantile busi- 

 ness. Young Quevli attended the public schools, and later on 

 the St. Olaf's College at Northfield, Minn. He graduated in 

 medicine from the Minnesota College Hospital in 1886, and after 

 that he went to Christiania, Norway, where he took a post-grad- 

 uate course. In 1888 he returned to the United States and 

 established himself in practice at Tacoma, Washington, where he 

 remained until 1892, when he again began to do post-graduate 

 work, visiting New York, Berlin, and the medical centers of Nor- 

 way, Denmark, England, and France. 



Returning to Tacoma he became health officer of the city, in 

 which capacity he served for two years. In 1901 he went abroad 

 again, studying mainly at the University of Vienna. On his re- 

 turn to Tacoma he took deep interest in tuberculosis work, and in 

 1911 was made president of the Washington Tuberculosis Asso- 

 ciation, which flourished remarkably under his administration. 

 When he entered upon this office there was no tuberculosis legisla- 

 tion in the state of Washington, there were no leagues, no visiting 

 nurses, no sanatoria, and the treasury of the association was 

 empty. To-day there are 4 county sanatoria, 25 visiting nurses, 

 30 leagues, and a number of clinics in operation, and the treasury 

 is far fiom being empty. All these achievements are due to Dr. 

 Quevli's indomitable energy and enthusiasm. 



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