Luigi Galvani
Italian physician
Died when: 61 years 86 days (734 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Luigi Galvani (/gæl'v??ni/, also US: /g??l-/;Italian: [lu'i?d?i gal'va?ni];Latin: Aloysius Galvanus; 9 September 1737 – 4 December 1798) was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, who studied animal electricity.
In 1780, 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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