LOT 274 Patek Philippe, ref. 1461, a stainless steel wrist watch
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Patek Philippe, ref. 1461, a stainless steel wrist watch, no. 626517 910864, circa 1940, manual wind movement, 18 jewels, adjusted to 5 positions, 3 heat, cold, isochronism, silvered dial, applied Arabic numerals and dot markers, pointed baton hands, subsidiary constant seconds dial, snap case back, engraved Dr Lewis H, Weed. Baltimore, MD., on a Darlena black leather strap with stainless steel pin buckle, case back, dial and movement signed, diameter 31mm Lewis H. Weed was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He received his B.A. in 1908 and his M.A. in 1909, both from Yale University, and his M.D. in 1912 from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. After his graduation from medical school, Weed served two years as Arthur Tracy Cabot Fellow in charge of surgical research at Harvard University.In 1914, he returned to Johns Hopkins as instructor of anatomy in the school of medicine; in 1919, he was named head of the department. Weed served as dean of the school of medicine from 1923 until 1929, and as director of the medical school until 1946. In 1939, Weed was appointed chairman of the Division of Medical Sciences of the National Research Council. In 1947, he resigned his Johns Hopkins posts in order to devote more attention to this position, at this time he was also appointed as a consultant to the US Army Medical Department. He discovered the origin of the cerebrospinal fluid and mapped out its circulation, an accomplishment which led to a number of important clinical developments.
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