_Wine_, spirit of, fired by electricity, 89 INDEX TO THE EPITOME OF GALVANISM. A _Animals_, cold blooded, best for Galvanic experiments, 131 _Arc_, animal, and excitatory, 132 B _Berzelius_, his experiments, 147 C _Conclusions_, 139, 143 _Conductors_, Galvanic, 133 _Cruickshank’s, Mr._ experiments, 140 D _Davy Mr._ his experiments, 146 _Diseases_ in which Galvanism has afforded relief, 156 E _Effects_, common, supposed to be occasioned by Galvanism, 150 F _Frogs_, Galvanic experiments upon, 138 —— —— —— —— conclusions drawn from, 139 G _Galvanism_, a short account of, 129 —— medical, 154 —— identity of, with electricity, considered, 157 L _Light_, Galvanic, to exhibit, 148 M _Metals_, most suitable for Galvanic experiments, 132 —— on the deflagration of, by the Galvanic pile, 143 P _Pile, Galvanic_, description of the, 134 —— —— experiments with the, 140, 143 —— —— its two extremities in opposite states, 146 _Pontin Mr._ his experiments, 147 T _Trough, Galvanic_, description of, 136 —— —— experiments with the, 146 V _Vegetables_, effects of Galvanism on, 152 W _Water_, the taste of, affected by the Galvanic influence, 149 ----- Footnote 1: Apuleius, Floridor, page 361. Footnote 2: Theophrast. περι λιδων. Footnote 3: Dr. Falconer, in a paper inserted in the “Memoirs of the Manchester Society,” has endeavoured to prove by quotations from the writings of antiquity, and by much ingenious reasoning, that the ancients were not only acquainted with the electrical shock, but that it is probable even the method of drawing down lightning from the clouds, was known in very early times, and particularly to Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome; and that his successor Tullius Hostilius perished, by his unskilful management of so dangerous a process. Those who wish to pursue this subject, we refer to the above mentioned paper in 3 vol. Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, page 378. The same opinion is ingeniously defended, in a work of M. Dutens, entitled, “Origine des Decouvertes atribuees aux Modernes.” Some curious quotations from the ancients, on electricity, are likewise contained in the Gentleman’s Magazine for July 1785, page 522.