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ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY

Figure 66.—Maj. James F. Coupal, thirteenth Curator of the Museum, 1922-1924.

Under the new system, the anatomical names and the pathological lesions which produced disease and death were listed, with a number assigned to each of the anatomical terms used. The numbers, listed in accordance with the International List of Causes of Death, were used as a code. The code was cross-filed, so that it was possible to locate specimens by their anatomical names, by