Galvanism experiments on human body parts

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Galvanism experiments on human body parts. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Investigating the effects of galvanism on dissected bodies, whereby muscles are stimulated using electrical current. Engraving from 'Essai theorique et experimental sur le galvanisme, avec une serie d'experiences faites en presence des Commissaires de l'Institut national de France, et en divers amphitheatres anatomiques de Londres' by Jean Aldini.

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