To Guard against Spanish Influenza

• Suggested treatment: rest in bed until fever abated, fresh air, “… abundant food with Dover’s powders for the relief of pain …”• Six or seven cases at the Marine Hospital, several at quarantine• All arriving seamen examined by physicians, new cases promptly isolated• Suggested prevention: “… syringe the nasal cavities four times a day with either Dobell’s solution, Protargol solution or Argyrol solution.”• “Strap hangers in cars are advised to keep their faces to the windward and avoid inhaling the breath of a fellow passenger.”Newspaper article1