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Română: Experimentul de stimulare al lui Luigi Galvani.
Experimentul de stimulare a mușchiului unei broaște efectuat de Luigi Galvani. Reacția electrochimica creeata de doua metale zinc (Z) şi cupru (C) într-un arc bimetal în contact cu electroliți dintr-un țesut muscular produce un curent electric stimulativ ce declanșează contracții musculare.
English: Luigi Galvani discovered that frog's legs twitch when electricity is passed through the muscles, a phenomenon called galvanism that lead to the subject of electrophysiology and treatment by electrotherapy.
Date
30 October 2014, 17:43:15 (original upload date)
Source
David Ames Wells, The science of common things: a familiar explanation of the first principles of physical science. For schools, families, and young students. Publisher Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman, 1859, 323 pages (page 290)
Author
Luigi Galvani
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2011-11-19 10:11 Iantresman 730×598× (50795 bytes) [[Luigi Galvani]] discovered that frog's legs twitch when electricity is passed through the muscles, a phenomenon called "[[galvanism]]" that lead to the subject of "[[electrophysiology]]" and treatment by "[[electrotherapy]]". Source: David Ames Wells,
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