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Engraved plate of galvanism experiments: nude bodies in arched frames above, and two men in coats working beside a body on a table below.

Essai theórique et expeŕimental sur le galvanisme, avec une seŕie d'expeŕiences faites en preśence des Commissaires de l'Institut national de France, et en divers amphitheátres anatomiques de Londres / par Jean Aldini.

An engraved plate from Aldini's treatise on galvanism shows three upper scenes of nude bodies and heads set within arched metal frames, with electrodes attached. Below, two men in period coats work beside a reclining nude body on a wooden table.

Artist
Giovanni Aldini
Date
An XII. [12] -- M.DCCCIV. [1804]
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3729 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1804.
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Español: Ensayo de Aldini sobre el galvanismo: grabado con experimentos

Una lámina grabada del tratado de Aldini sobre el galvanismo muestra, arriba, tres escenas de cuerpos desnudos y cabezas dentro de marcos metálicos arqueados, con electrodos. Abajo, dos hombres con abrigos de época trabajan junto a un cuerpo desnudo recostado sobre una mesa de madera.

Português: Ensaio de Aldini sobre o galvanismo: gravura com experimentos

Uma gravura do tratado de Aldini sobre o galvanismo mostra, acima, três cenas de corpos nus e cabeças dentro de molduras metálicas arqueadas, com eletrodos. Abaixo, dois homens de casaco de época trabalham ao lado de um corpo nu deitado sobre uma mesa de madeira.

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