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.
Notes on verification
Well-documented by multiple independent sources including the Science Museum, GOSH, Roald Dahl Museum/estate, and Sturrock's biography, all consistent on the facts of the collaboration and invention. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=partial (upstreams: Great Ormond Street Hospital archives, Science Museum collection records, Donald Sturrock biography of Roald Dahl) — 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/june-1965 (corroboration)
- https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/wade-dahl-till-valve (corroboration)