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Engraved plate of four nude corpses on tables with wires and metal rods attached, labelled Fig. 1 to Fig. 4, in a dissecting-room setting.

Essai théorique et expérimental sur le galvanisme, avec une série d'expériences. Faites en présence des commissaires de l'Institut National de France, et en divers amphithéâtres anatomiques de Londres par Jean Aldini / [Giovanni Aldini].

An engraved plate showing four nude male corpses laid on tables in a dissecting-room setting, with metal rods and wires attached to their bodies and heads. Two figures in the upper row and two in the lower row are labelled Fig. 1 to Fig. 4, with wires running to a basin and to hanging contacts. The fine line engraving shows musculature and the ground setting.

Artist
Giovanni Aldini
Date
An XII.-1804
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2899 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1804.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Experimentos galvánicos en cadáveres, lámina del ensayo de Aldini

Una lámina grabada que muestra cuatro cadáveres masculinos desnudos sobre mesas, en un entorno de sala de disección, con varillas metálicas y cables conectados al cuerpo y la cabeza. Las figuras están numeradas del Fig. 1 al Fig. 4, con cables que llegan a un recipiente y a contactos colgantes.

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Uma gravura mostrando quatro cadáveres masculinos nus sobre mesas, em um ambiente de sala de dissecação, com hastes metálicas e fios presos aos corpos e às cabeças. As figuras estão numeradas de Fig. 1 a Fig. 4, com fios levando a um recipiente e a contatos pendurados.