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Influenza (Grippe)

Bovril Advert

Carbolic Smoke Ball

Owbridge’s lung tonic

Pillow inhaler

Uncle Sam 1891

Vapo-Cresolene

Steven’s - inhalatum

Epidemics of influenza have ravaged mankind periodically.  Man’s response has been remarkable, on the one hand boldly advertising quack cures, while on the other almost total historical neglect for the 1918/19 episode of Spanish influenza that killed between 20 and 100 million worldwide.  

Web resources;
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/
http://www.stanford.edu/group/virus/uda/

Mentholatum