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Giovanni Aldini, Italian Physicist

Giovanni Aldini (April 10, 1762 - January 17, 1834) was an Italian physicist and nephew of Luigi Galvani, whose treaties on muscular electricity he edited with notes in 1791. He wrote in French and English in addition to his native Italian. His work was chiefly concerned with galvanism, anatomy (medical applications), the construction and illumination of lighthouses, and with experiments for preserving human life and material objects from destruction by fire. His most famous public demonstration of the electro-stimulation technique of deceased limbs was performed on the executed criminal George Forster in London, 1803. The Newgate Calendar describes what happened: "On the first application of the process to the face, the jaws of the deceased criminal began to quiver, and the adjoining muscles were horribly contorted, and one eye was actually opened. In the subsequent part of the process the right hand was raised and clenched, and the legs and thighs were set in motion.".
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Giovanni Aldini, Italian Physicist
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Giovanni Aldini (April 10, 1762 - January 17, 1834) was an Italian physicist and nephew of Luigi Galvani, whose treaties on muscular electricity he edited with notes in 1791. He wrote in French and English in addition to his native Italian. His work was chiefly concerned with galvanism, anatomy (medical applications), the construction and illumination of lighthouses, and with experiments for preserving human life and material objects from destruction by fire. His most famous public demonstration of the electro-stimulation technique of deceased limbs was performed on the executed criminal George Forster in London, 1803. The Newgate Calendar describes what happened: "On the first application of the process to the face, the jaws of the deceased criminal began to quiver, and the adjoining muscles were horribly contorted, and one eye was actually opened. In the subsequent part of the process the right hand was raised and clenched, and the legs and thighs were set in motion."
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