Galvani,

Luigi, Italian physician and anatomist, 1737-1798.

galvanic bath - water bath that is charged with galvanic current.

galvanic current - continuous one-direction electric current.

galvanic skin response - skin's response to electric stimulation. Synonym(s): electrodermal response

galvanic-faradic test - an electrodiagnostic test of muscles.

galvanism - oral manifestations of direct current electricity occurring when dental restorations with dissimilar electric potentials (such as silver and gold) are placed in the mouth. Synonym(s): voltaism

galvanometer - an instrument used to measure current.

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References in periodicals archive

Medicine and Science in the life of Luigi Galvani. Brain Res Bull.

Neuromodulacao atraves da estimulacao transcraniana por corrente continua: Prescricao da sessao que retarda a fadiga

Its history dates back to the 1700s, when Italian Luigi Galvani carried out tests on dead frogs.

IS IT BYE BYE TO THE BATTERY?

One of their first outings together was to a public lecture in London about the medical uses of electricity and 'galvanism.' Luigi Galvani in Italy had discovered that touching a severed frog leg with metal instruments caused the leg to quiver!

Frankenstein's chemical roots. (Chemfusion)

Lind, born in 1736, recreated the work of Italian Luigi Galvani, who made dead frogs' legs twitch using electricity.

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