Children's author Roald Dahl, hydraulic engineer Stanley Wade, and paediatric neurosurgeon Kenneth Till jointly invented a shunt valve for children with hydrocephalus in 1962.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent, authoritative sources including Great Ormond Street Hospital's own history page, the official Roald Dahl website, the Royal College of Surgeons, and Wikipedia, all consistent on details and date. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.875 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=partial (upstreams: Great Ormond Street Hospital archives, Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=attributed eligibility=high]
Sources
- Breakthroughs | Great Ormond Street Hospital (seed:anatomy_and_medical_oddities)
- https://www.roalddahl.com/roald-dahl/timeline/1960s/wdt-valve (corroboration)
- https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/roald-dahl-and-the-wade-dahl-till-valve/ (corroboration)