How to Fight Spanish Influenza

The article recommends avoiding crowds, coughs, and cowards, but fearing neither germs or Germans. Recommendations include having a clean mouth, a clean skin, and clean bowels.

Document Type: Newspaper Article
Historical Event: New Mexico Role in WW I Era (1916-1919)
Sub Event: Flu Epidemic
Origin: House Pioneer News
Date: November 29, 1918
Author: Dr. L. W. Bowers
Permission: Public Domain
Contributor: Roger Zimmerman
Albuquerque Historical Society

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