In 1962, children's author Roald Dahl, hydraulic engineer Stanley Wade, and paediatric neurosurgeon Kenneth Till jointly invented a shunt valve for treating hydrocephalus in children.
Sources
- Breakthroughs | Great Ormond Street Hospital (gosh.nhs.uk)
- https://www.roalddahl.com/roald-dahl/timeline/1960s/june-1965 (roalddahl.com)
- https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/wade-dahl-till-valve (sciencemuseum.org.uk)
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