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October 30, 1786.—So early as 1780, Galvani made experiments on muscular contractions due to electric charges. Pursuing his studies in 1786 with his nephew Camillo Galvani, in September of that year it was observed that these contractions could be brought about by the of metals touching the nerves. The experiment with the exact dates are preserved in parer in Galvani's handwriting, “Esperimenti circa l'Elettricità dei metalli;” and the results were formally drawn up in a Latin dissertation of 62 pages, bearing the date Oct. 30, 1786, forming the substance of the most important section of his “Commentary on the Electric Forces …” published five years later but differing from it in some important particulars.
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S., E. Calendar of Discovery and Invention. Nature 120, 641 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120641a0
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