Kolynos Dental Cream, a toothpaste made in New Haven, Connecticut, was advertised as an effective preventative and treatment for the Spanish flu because, according their advertisements, “Fully ninety percent of infection is taken into the system by mouth and nose.” Well, Kolynos was right about the means of transmission, if not the appropriate medical response. Read more about the deadly Spanish flu pandemic a century ago in On the Shore (1917-1925), a tale of conflict between generations in a Lower East Side immigrant family (see NOVELS).
