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    A man (Luigi Galvani) wearing a suit and wig, seated and looking to the left.

    Luigi Galvani, ca. 1879

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    ExhibitionBoundary Crossing / 1818

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    <a href='carousel31.html'>1. <em>Essai Théorique et Expérimentale sur le Galvanisme, tome premier</em>, 1804</a><h4>Illustration from <em>Essai Théorique et Expérimentale sur le Galvanisme, tome premier</em> (Theoretical and Practical Essay on Galvanism, first volume), 1804</h4> <h5>Author: Giovanni Aldini (1762–1834)</h5> <h5>Courtesy National Library of Medicine</h5><p>In Giovanni Aldini’s demonstrations, the application of electrical current produced twitching of the eye and other movements.</p> <a href='carousel34.html'>4. <em>Essai Théorique et Expérimentale sur le Galvanisme</em>, 1804</a><h4>Illustration from <em>Essai Théorique et Expérimentale sur le Galvanisme</em> (Theoretical and Practical Essay on Galvanism), 1804</h4> <h5>Author: Giovanni Aldini (1762–1834)</h5> <h5>Courtesy National Library of Medicine</h5><p>To the astonishment of his audience, when Italian physician Giovanni Aldini applied electricity to a beheaded ox, the eyes opened, the tongue moved, and the nose of the animal stirred.</p> <a href='carousel33.html'>3. <em>An Account of the Late Improvements in Galvanism</em>, 1803</a><h4>Illustration from <em>An Account of the Late Improvements in Galvanism</em>, 1803</h4> <h5>Author: Giovanni Aldini (1762–1834)</h5> <h5>Courtesy National Library of Medicine</h5><p>In London in 1803, Italian physician Giovanni Aldini administered electrical current to the ears and nose of a recently beheaded ox.</p> <a href='carousel32.html'>2. <em>Essai Théorique et Expérimentale sur le Galvanisme</em>, 1804</a><h4>Illustration from <em>Essai Théorique et Expérimentale sur le Galvanisme</em> (Theoretical and Practical Essay on Galvanism), 1804</h4> <h5>Author: Giovanni Aldini (1762–1834)</h5> <h5>Courtesy National Library of Medicine</h5><p>Audiences throughout Europe attended demonstrations of the effects of electricity on animal and human bodies, including those conducted by Italian physician Giovanni Aldini.</p>
    1. Essai Théorique et Expérimentale sur le Galvanisme, tome premier, 1804

    Illustration from Essai Théorique et Expérimentale sur le Galvanisme, tome premier (Theoretical and Practical Essay on Galvanism, first volume), 1804

    Author: Giovanni Aldini (1762–1834)
    Courtesy National Library of Medicine

    In Giovanni Aldini’s demonstrations, the application of electrical current produced twitching of the eye and other movements.

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