Excerpt from Experiments and Observations Relative to the Influence Lately Discovered by M. Galvani, and Commonly Called Animal ElectricityFinding that it indicated, with tolerable accuracy, the prefence of very fmall degrees of the contrac tile power of mufcles, without ap ' pearing in the lea-a to fdiminilh that power, as electricity and molt other imuli never fail to do; I thought it might be ufed with ad vantage, as a tel'c, in the invefii gation of fome important fubjee'cs in phyfiology; and I have accord ingly employed it as fuch.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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