Medtronic founder: Frankenstein inspired me to build the portable pacemaker
In the preface to Frankenstein, Mary Shelley described her reflections following conversations with other intellectuals considering 19th century science: “Perhaps a corpse would be re-animated; galvanism had given token of such things,” she wrote. “Perhaps the component parts of a creature might be manufactured, brought together, and endued with vital warmth.” Despite fear or superstition about […]