“”””I read up on the 1918 Spanish flu.
Best medicine at the time was sunshine & fresh air.
Really.””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””
That is probably true for the time. Back then everything was fixed with a bottle of elixir that could cure cancer and baldness.
What Glasseye wrote is true. I read about that myself. Hospitals were overwhelmed so they set up field hospitals. The people in the field hospitals fared far better than the patients indoors. Recovered at a much higher percentage and at a faster rate.
‘Back then everything was fixed with a bottle of elixir that could cure cancer and baldness.’
a tincture of whiskey and laudanum...didn’t cure you but you didn’t care...
And probably had cocaine and/or opium in it.