Flu Season is Upon Us

Tis the season, the season for sniffling and coughing, the season for giving...the flu. Already the office is filled with dutiful little germ bombs, people who refuse to stay home just because they're coughing, running a fever, and practically useless in every way. It won't be long until most of us start showing the symptoms of old-man flu's evil influence, and I'm hoping each of you decides to spend a few days at home with a hot toddy and reruns of your favorite sit-com instead of sharing your viral bounty.

Let's pause a moment for an educational film from Coronet's archives. Joan, take  it away!

Back from the Cold

Celebrating the end of my cold with a particularly militant ad for Smith Brother's cough drops snipped from the pages of a November 1919 issue of Boy's Life. I remember the Boy Scouts are supposed to be prepared, but I didn't know they were "soldiers of public health". I can't get past seeing a kid in scouting gear and gold-and-blue neckerchief standing on the corner glowering and saying "Hey bud, healthen up!"