Giles Brindley

Giles Skey Brindley, FRS (born 30 April 1926)[1] is a British physiologist, musicologist and composer, known for his contributions to the physiology of the retina and colour vision,[2] and treatment of erectile dysfunction.

[3] Brindley is perhaps best known for an unusual scientific presentation at the 1983 Las Vegas meeting of the American Urological Association, where he removed his pants to show the audience his chemically induced erection and invited them to inspect it closely.

[6] The device was tested on four blind patients, giving them some basic visual sensation, but given the technology of the day further development was impractical.

[citation needed] Brindley was, for a while, a member of the Ratio Club with Alan Turing, Horace Barlow, John Westcott and others from various fields, who met between 1949 and 1952 to discuss brain mechanisms, new technology and related issues.

Brindley also composed music for wind instruments, including Variations on a Theme by Schoenberg and The Watermans Daughter .