art0hur0moh wrote:Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Not just the great western railway. But also shipping. Just discovered the Corporation and City amalgamated crests.
Though that I think is still minor. It is his contribution to medicine which has stood the test of time.
Can't recall the details. However a penny managed to find it's way into his lung. After a time he started to get ill. Doctors couldn't do anything. Weeks passed till eventually Brunel flipped (literally, but that comes later in the tale) his nut. He concluded gravity got it in there so maybe gravity could get it out. He rigged a table on a cantilever, strapped himself on so he could remain comfortable while he was upside down. Once again not clear on details but the penny eventuall left his lung and a new medical insight was discovered.
As yet I am still to discover what exactly that medical insight was.
This book has quite a large chapter on The Great Eastern.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/000 ... UTF8&psc=1