| description: | Head Shot Of Dr. Gordon Bell, Born 1863 In Pembroke, On; Prof Of Pathology & Bacteriology. Graduate Of Manitoba Medical College 1890; Superintendent Of Brandon Hospital For Mental Diseases; Studied Ophthalmology In Vienna In 1893; Joined Dr. J. Wilford Good In Practice Of Ophthalmology; In 1897 Was Provincial Bacteriologist & Prof Of Bacteriology & Pathology. The Small Building Adjacent To The Manitoba Medical College Was The Provincial Laboratory And Domain Of Dr. Gordon Bell. There He Became A Leader In The Control Of Typhoid Fever, And Tuberculosis. He Was Responsible For Manitoba'S Public Health Act. He Died In 1923. Gordon Bell High School Was Named After Him. He Was A Naturalist, Conservationist And A Crack Shot. He Helped Build The Windego Lodge On Lake Manitoba. Later He Joined Namaycush Fishing Club Lodge At Fox Lake. In August 1923 He Visited Brandon To Investigate An Epidemic Of Virulent Streptococcal Pharyngitis. Later He Went To Fox Lake And There Developed The Dread Symptoms And Died 48 Hours Later On August 8, 1923. He Had Two Children |