Arizonans didn't have hand sanitizer in 1918. Or pedialyte. Heck, or air conditioning, the last time the state witnessed a pandemic.

But locals did slather surfaces with early versions of Lysol and Clorox, which was better than caustic benzine, a carbolic acid-based solvent that had been used up until then to slow the spread of the germs.

Aspirin offered some reliefs from fever and aches, but too much poisoned patients. And Willis Carrier's air compressor that was used to remove humidity around printing presses wouldn't be introduced until after 50 million people died worldwide during the two years of the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1918-1920.

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