People dropped whisky into their noses to treat Spanish flu. Here's what else they took that would raise eyebrows today
- Written by: Philippa Martyr, Lecturer, Pharmacology, Women's Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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But in 1918, during the Spanish flu pandemic, the world was a different place. No one was entirely sure what caused influenza. By the time health authorities began to...
