Luigi Galvani
Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher
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Luigi Galvani was an Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher who lived during the 18th century. His work laid important groundwork for the study of electricity and its effects on living organisms, influencing both scientific understanding and the term "galvanism" used in electrical science today.
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- Born
- 1737
- Died
- 1798
- Works
- 26
Top works
- De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius
- A translation of Luigi Galvani's De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius
- Aloysii Galvani in Bononiensi Archigymnasio, & Instituto Scientiarum publici professsoris ... De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius
- Il "Taccuino"
- Ragguaglio di un altro manoscritto inedito del celebre Galvani
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Luigi Galvani (/ɡælˈvɑːni/ gal-VAH-nee, US also /ɡɑːl-/ gahl-; Italian: [luˈiːdʒi ɡalˈvaːni]; Latin: Aloysius Galvanus; 9 September 1737 – 4 December 1798) was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher who studied animal electricity. In 1780, using a frog, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitched when struck by an electrical spark. This was an early study of bioelectricity, following experiments by John Walsh and Hugh Williamson.
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1737 births1798 deaths18th-century Italian male writers18th-century Italian medical doctors18th-century writers in LatinAcademic staff of the University of BolognaBattery inventorsHistory of neuroscienceItalian Roman CatholicsLatin-language Italian writersMedical doctors from BolognaPeople from the Papal States