Milton C. Winternitz - Plate X (Fig. 1): Lungs of goat, monkey, and guinea pig after exposure to phosgene.
Milton C. Winternitz

Milton Winternitz led Yale Medical School as its Dean from 1920 to 1935. An innovative, even maverick leader, he not only kept the school from going under, but turned it into a first-class research institution. Dedicated to the new scientific medicine established in Germany, he was equally fervent about "social medicine" and the study of humans in their culture and environment. He established the "Yale System" of teaching, with few lectures and fewer exams, and strengthened the full-time faculty system; he also created the graduate-level Yale School of Nursing and the Psychiatry Department, built numerous new buildings, and much more.

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Plate VI (Fig. 2): Trachea of same case, opened from behind.

Plate VI (Fig. 2): Trachea of same case, opened from behind. (1920)

Milton C. Winternitz (American, 1885-1959)
Plate XIII (Fig. 1): Heart and lungs of dog dying 12 hours after chlorpicrin gassing.

Plate XIII (Fig. 1): Heart and lungs of dog dying 12 hours after chlorpicrin gassing. (1920)

Milton C. Winternitz (American, 1885-1959)
Plate II (Fig. 1): Trachea and lungs of dog dying 12 hours after gassing.

Plate II (Fig. 1): Trachea and lungs of dog dying 12 hours after gassing. (1920)

Milton C. Winternitz (American, 1885-1959)
Plate XXIV (Fig. 18): Pneumonia with early abscess formation in dog dying 5 days after exposure to mustard gas.

Plate XXIV (Fig. 18): Pneumonia with early abscess formation in dog dying 5 days after exposure to mustard gas. (1920)

Milton C. Winternitz (American, 1885-1959)
Plate XXXIII (Fig. 1): Trachea and lungs from dog dying 1 day after exposure to ethyldichlorarsine.

Plate XXXIII (Fig. 1): Trachea and lungs from dog dying 1 day after exposure to ethyldichlorarsine. (1920)

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Plate XXXVII (Fig. 6): Pneumonia confined to one lobe and appearing as large yellow abscesses on the surface in dog dying 5 days after exposure.

Plate XXXVII (Fig. 6): Pneumonia confined to one lobe and appearing as large yellow abscesses on the surface in dog dying 5 days after exposure. (1920)

Milton C. Winternitz (American, 1885-1959)
Plate XX (Fig. 1): Water color drawing showing lungs and trachea of dog dying 37 hours after exposure.

Plate XX (Fig. 1): Water color drawing showing lungs and trachea of dog dying 37 hours after exposure. (1920)

Milton C. Winternitz (American, 1885-1959)
Plate XVI (Fig. 1): Lungs of goat, monkey, and rat surviving, respectively, 4 hours and 10 minutes, 4 hours and 55 minutes, and 6 hours, after exposure for 15 minutes to chlorpicrin.

Plate XVI (Fig. 1): Lungs of goat, monkey, and rat surviving, respectively, 4 hours and 10 minutes, 4 hours and 55 minutes, and 6 hours, after exposure for 15 minutes to chlorpicrin. (1920)

Milton C. Winternitz (American, 1885-1959)
Plate XIV (Fig. 2): Broncho-pneumonia and purulent pleurisy in dog dying 7 days after gassing.

Plate XIV (Fig. 2): Broncho-pneumonia and purulent pleurisy in dog dying 7 days after gassing. (1920)

Milton C. Winternitz (American, 1885-1959)
Plate XXVIII (Fig. 3): Lungs of dog surviving 7 hours after a lethal dose of cyanogen bromide.

Plate XXVIII (Fig. 3): Lungs of dog surviving 7 hours after a lethal dose of cyanogen bromide. (1920)

Milton C. Winternitz (American, 1885-1959)
Plate V (Fig. 1): Heart and lung of dog dying 24 hours after gassing.

Plate V (Fig. 1): Heart and lung of dog dying 24 hours after gassing. (1920)

Milton C. Winternitz (American, 1885-1959)
Plate XXVI (Fig. 22): Eye of dog dying 4 days and 21 hours after exposure to mustard gas. (Fig. 23) Eye of animal dying 7 days after exposure to mustard gas. (Fig. 24) Water color drawing of trachea showing constriction below larynx; 1 month after exposure.

Plate XXVI (Fig. 22): Eye of dog dying 4 days and 21 hours after exposure to mustard gas. (Fig. 23) Eye of animal dying 7 days after exposure to mustard gas. (Fig. 24) Water color drawing of trachea showing constriction below larynx; 1 month after exposure. (1920)

Milton C. Winternitz (American, 1885-1959)
Plate XXII (Fig. 3): Large areas of atelectasis in an emphysematous lobe of a dog’s lung. (Fig. 4) Tongue, larynx, and trachea of dog 2 days after exposure to mustard gas, showing edema of larynx, membranous tracheitis, and laryngitis.

Plate XXII (Fig. 3): Large areas of atelectasis in an emphysematous lobe of a dog’s lung. (Fig. 4) Tongue, larynx, and trachea of dog 2 days after exposure to mustard gas, showing edema of larynx, membranous tracheitis, and laryngitis. (1920)

Milton C. Winternitz (American, 1885-1959)
Plate XXV (Fig. 19): Necrotizing membrane of epiglottis and larynx and extensive pneumonia 5 days after a 30-minute exposure to mustard gas.

Plate XXV (Fig. 19): Necrotizing membrane of epiglottis and larynx and extensive pneumonia 5 days after a 30-minute exposure to mustard gas. (1920)

Milton C. Winternitz (American, 1885-1959)
Plate III (Fig. 2): Trachea and lungs of dog dying 5 days after gassing.

Plate III (Fig. 2): Trachea and lungs of dog dying 5 days after gassing. (1920)

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