This advertisement, placed in a Greenfield, Massachusetts, newspaper at the height of the influenza epidemic of 1918, claims that a 35-cent purchase of Germifume could prevent one from contracting influenza. It was intended to be sprayed on a handkerchief and held over the nose when the user was in public spaces. Since the epidemic killed 45,000 people in Massachusetts, it is doubtful that this product was very effective.
Greenfield Recorder. “Protection Against Influenza.” October 16, 1918. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l08-042/. Accessed on February 7, 2025.
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