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GALVANI, Luigi (1737-1798). Memorie sulla elettricità animale... Al celebre Abate Lazzaro Spallanzani... Aggiunte alcune elettriche esperienze di Gio. Aldini.... Bologna: Le Stampe del Sassi, 1797.
4o (235 x 180 mm). 2 engraved folding plates printed in sepia. (Some spotting.) Later decorated-paper boards.
FIRST EDITION. "Galvani's frog preparations consisted of the spinal cords, crural nerves, and lower limbs dissected as a unit. Using these preparations, he at first touched the conductor of a static electrical machine directly to the spinal cord... and watched the convulsive contractions of the muscles in the lower limbs" (DSB). His work lead to the discovery of current electricity. Wellcome III, p.86.
4o (235 x 180 mm). 2 engraved folding plates printed in sepia. (Some spotting.) Later decorated-paper boards.
FIRST EDITION. "Galvani's frog preparations consisted of the spinal cords, crural nerves, and lower limbs dissected as a unit. Using these preparations, he at first touched the conductor of a static electrical machine directly to the spinal cord... and watched the convulsive contractions of the muscles in the lower limbs" (DSB). His work lead to the discovery of current electricity. Wellcome III, p.86.