What did people do to fight the flu in the '50s?
What remedies were used to cure the flu in 1959?
From lathering mustard and lard on your chest to onion water and old sweaty socks, BBC archive footage from 1959 captures how people conquered the flu before modern medicine.
As part of the Tonight programme, Alan Whicker and Fyfe Robertson took to the streets to hear people's tips, with some saying they sweat it out while another advised to just "get on with it".
"Just don't be languid and hang about, just get out of it and work it off yourself," one man said, adding: "I've still got it now and I'm still about".
Video edited by Lena Mohammed