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2. Essai Théorique et Expérimentale sur le Galvanisme, 1804
Illustration from Essai Théorique et Expérimentale sur le Galvanisme (Theoretical and Practical Essay on Galvanism), 1804
Author: Giovanni Aldini (1762–1834)
Courtesy National Library of Medicine
Audiences throughout Europe attended demonstrations of the effects of electricity on animal and human bodies, including those conducted by Italian physician Giovanni Aldini.