~Waverly Hills Sanatorium~
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~Waverly Hills Sanatorium~
The Waverly Hills Sanatorium, located in southwestern Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky, opened in 1910 as a two-story hospital. In the early 1900s, it was ravaged by an outbreak of the "White Plague". The plague prompted the construction of a new hospital. The hospital was named the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. Although it was considered the best site for treating the disease, the procedures were primitive and grisly. The doctors experimented, removing organs and trying to find a cure. Tuberculosis ravaged the mind, and caused some patients to go insane. More than 6,000 patients died during the time that the Sanatorium was open. The infamous "body chute" was used for transporting bodies to the graveyard.
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