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An Account of the Late Improvements in Galvanism: With a Series of Curious and Interesting Experiments Performed Before the Commissioners of the French National Institute, and Repeated Lately in the Anatomical Theatres of LondonAldini, Giovanni

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An Account of the Late Improvements in Galvanism: With a Series of Curious and Interesting Experiments Performed Before the Commissioners of the French National Institute, and Repeated Lately in the Anatomical Theatres of London

Name: An Account of the Late Improvements in Galvanism: With a Series of Curious and Interesting Experiments Performed Before the Commissioners of the French National Institute, and Repeated Lately in the Anatomical Theatres of London
Author: Aldini, Giovanni

Aldini, Giovanni

Electricity -- Early works to 1850

PROP. IX. Flame _prevents the action of the Leyden flask, as
    well as that of the pile, and also muscular contractions_      27

  PROP. X. _Certain fluids, applied to the whole surface of the
    pile, or of animal parts, do not prevent the action of
    Galvanism_                                                     29

  PROP. XI. _Mere electrization, by means of the common kinds of
    apparatus, does not increase the action of Galvanism_          32

  PROP. XII. _The Galvanic action is increased by employing as
    part of the arc the apparatus of Volta, or the electrified
    Leyden flask_                                                  34

  PROP. XIII. _Galvanism, in animals and in the pile, traverses
    large spaces with the same rapidity as the electric fluid_     36

  PROP. XIV. _The muscular contractions, which, according to the
    observations of Galvani, are produced by an electric
    atmosphere whether natural or artificial, correspond entirely
    with those produced by the pile, or by similar kinds of
    apparatus_                                                     37

  PROP. XV. _Opium, cinchona, and other stimulants of a similar
    kind, which exercise a powerful action on the animal machine,
    contribute also to excite the action of the pile_              41

  PROP. XVI. _If the general relation between Galvanism and
    electricity be examined, such a correspondence will be found
    between them, as tends to confirm the analogy already stated_  44

  PROP. XVII. _The hypothesis of an animal pile, analogous to
    that formed artificially, seems well calculated to explain
    the sensations and contractions in the animal machine_         47


  PART THE SECOND.

  ON THE INFLUENCE WHICH GALVANISM HAS ON THE VITAL POWERS         53

  SECTION I. _Galvanism applied to various quadrupeds, birds, and
    other warm-blooded animals_                                    54

  SECTION II. _Experiments made on human bodies after death_       67


  PART THE THIRD.

  ON THE POWER OF GALVANISM AS APPLIED TO MEDICINE                 97

  SECT. I. _Advantages which the medical administration of
    Galvanism has over that of common electricity_                 99

  SECT. II. _Application of Galvanism to the organs of hearing
    and of sight_                                                 101

  SECT. III. _Application of Galvanism in cases of asphyxia and
    drowning_                                                     110

  SECT. IV. _Galvanism applied to the cure of melancholy madness_
                                                                  113

  SECT. V. _General reflections on the action and influence which
    Galvanism, considered in a medical point of view, exercises
    on the animal œconomy_                                        123

  DISSERTATION _on animal electricity, read in the Institute of
    Bologna in the year 1793_                                     133

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An Account of the Late Improvements in Galvanism: With a Series of Curious and Interesting Experiments Performed Before the Commissioners of the French National Institute, and Repeated Lately in the Anatomical Theatres of London

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