The observations that have now become familiar from the time of the influenza showed that the people who make beer and drink diligently were spared from it completely or nearly so.
In the event of the return of influenza or the arrival of a dear relative called “Rona”, the establishment of an “Imperial and Royal General Pilsner Beer Hospital” is recommended. Its director: Councillor Leopold Schmid, innkeeper in Griechengasse.
(Figaro, Vienna, 1890)
Sic Transit Pestilentia 