Luigi Galvani was the pioneer of electrophysiology. A skilled anatomist, obstetrician, physician, and surgeon, Galvani conducted several experiments with animal nervous and muscular systems. After an accidental discovery of the relationship between...

The Italian physiologist Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) is noted for his discovery of animal electricity. Luigi Galvani was born at Bologna on Sept. 9, 1737. He studied theology for a while and then medicine at the University of Bologna. In 1762, upon...

Luigi Galvani was an Italian anatomist who, through his discovery that the legs of frogs would move when touched by two different metals, essentially founded the study of current electricity, also contributing significantly to the field of animal...

1737-1798 ltalian Physician Luigi Galvani was the pioneer of electrophysiology. A skilled anatomist, obstetrician, physician, and surgeon, Galvani conducted several experiments with animal nervous and muscular systems. After an accidental discovery of...

Luigi Galvani (September 9 1737 – December 4 1798) Italian physician and physicist who lived and died in Bologna. In 1771, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs twitched when struck by a spark.[1] He was a pioneer in modern obstetrics, and...