Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 796
rmof white threads.A metal conductor,composed of zincand copper, is thentaken (fig. 740), and one end introduced between the nerves and the vertebralcolumn, while the other touches one of the muscles of the thighs or legs ;at each contact a smart contraction of the muscles ensues. Galvani had some… … Fig. 740. -799] Disengagement of Electricity in Clieniical Actions. yyi that this electricity, which he called vital fluid, passed from the nerves tothe muscles by the metallic arc, and was thus the cause of contraction.This theory met with great support, especially among physiologists, but itwas…
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