SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND Flashcards
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Written at a time of rapid growth in science.
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(electricity/anatomy)
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scientists at the time were discussing the possibility of bringing the dead back to life
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galvanism definition -
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Galvanism is a term invented by the late 18th-century physicist and chemist Alessandro Volta to refer to the generation of electric current by chemical action; specifically the generation of electric current within biological organisms and the contraction/convulsion of biological muscle tissue upon contact with electric current. “animal electricity,” a vital force which gave life to organic matter.
