Methods to prevent and treat Spanish flu a century ago were no crazier than those proposed today to take advantage of frightened and gullible people. Horlick’s Malted Milk, though lacking a smidgen of anything medicinal, claimed to be a “reliable diet during and after influenza.” 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).
