Mother Ferry contracted the Spanish Flu and survived. Dolores says that the only thing Mother Ferry could consume was beer.
Information about the Spanish Flu:
The Spanish flu (also known as the 1918 flu pandemic) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic. Lasting from January 1918 to December 1920, it infected 500 million people—about a quarter of the world's population at the time. The death toll is estimated to have been anywhere from 17 million to 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in human history.
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Laboratories churned out vaccines and physicians threw everything in their medical bag at it, trying desperately, and in vain, to find a cure for a disease they found baffling. Ultimately, doctors came to realize that the most effective treatment was good nursing – which included nutritious food – and strong liquor.
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In 1918-19, antibiotics were not available. Penicillin, the first commercialized antibiotic, was discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming, but not released to the public until 1941.
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