Iron Lung Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/8/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

In an decon container. Contains log book pencil and small items.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BURCHIL ON FIRST TO FIND! This cache is near the site of the old Muncipal Hospitals, Princess Elizabeth, King George and King Edward. These were established as treatment centers for infectious diseases such as diptheria, typhoid, TB, smallpox and polio. The facility was founded in 1911 by the City of Winnipeg as the Winnipeg Municipal Hospital. Two buildings, the King Edward Memorial Hospital (1911) and the King George Hospital (1914) were considered at the time to be the most modern hospitals in the world for the care of people with communicable diseases, such as typhoid fever, diphtheria, small pox and tuberculosis. Riverview gained international prominence for the services it provided to victims of poliomyelitis during a tragic epidemic in 1953 (two years before the discovery of the Salk Vaccine). Doctors and nurses at Riverview worked around the clock to care for both adults and children, many of whom were confined to iron lungs. A number of polio patients from that epidemic still live at the Centre today and proudly refer to Riverview as their home. As the incidence of infectious diseases started to decline, Riverview turned its attention to providing long term care to an increasingly aging population. Plans turned to action when, in 1950, the Princess Elizabeth Hospital opened as the first long term care facility in Canada Flotsom remembers going to the hospital Christmas party in the early 1950's where she saw people using "iron lungs" and chest respirators. Her dad was a volunteer there with other members of the Winnipeg Police. Both Flotsom and Jetsom remember the fear of polio and having their summer activities curtails until the first vaccines were developed in 1957. Keep up your immunization! The facility contains a museum with one of the few remaining iron lungs in Canada. You can visit after you find the cache or take a virtual tour at http://www.riverviewhealthcentre.com/index.cfm?pageID=169

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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