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  1. pdfFRANKENSTEIN: PENETRATING the SECRETS of NATURE 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/.../Frankenstein-English_Brochure.pdf
    ... In her novel, the protagonist, Victor Frankestein makes references to the power of electricity and his infusion of “a spark of being into the lifeless thing.” Italian physician Giovanni Aldini administered electricity to the bodies of decapitated animals ...
  2. pdfPR Information - Frankenstein Bilingual- NLM Traveling Exhibitions 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/...PR-Information_Frankenstein-bilingual.pdf
    ... Biblioteca Bodleiana, Universidad de Oxford Italian physician Giovanni Aldini (1762–1834) administered electricity to the bodies of ... and Practical Essay on Galvanism, first volume), Giovanni Aldini, 1804 Courtesy National Library of Medicine El médico ...
  3. pdfFrankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature traveling exhibition 
    https://www.nlm.nih.gov/.../PR-Information_Frankenstein.pdf
    ... and Practical Essay on Galvanism, first volume), Giovanni Aldini, 1804 Courtesy National Library of Medicine Human dissection ...