1. gal·va·nism
    [ˈɡalvəˌnizəm]
    NOUN
    historical
    1. electricity produced by chemical action.
    2. the therapeutic use of electric currents.
    ORIGIN
    late 18th century: from Frenchgalvanisme, from Galvani, Luigi.
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  11. Galvanism, in Nicholson's British Encyclopedia (1809)

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    GALVANISM, this surprising branch of philosophy has been denominated galvanism, from Galvani, an Italian professor, whose experiments led to its discovery.. In 1789, some time before he made the most important discovery, he was by accident led to the fact, of electricity having the property of exciting contractions in the muscles of animals.

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