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Galvanism

noun

Electricity produced by chemical action.

The therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis). Synonyms: electric healing, electrical healing, electrotherapy.

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"Galvanism" Quotes from Famous Books

... Till the discovery of what has been denominated Galvanism, it was difficult, if not impossible, to explain the circumstance alluded to in the text, that copper corrodes the iron work of vessels. Now, it is thought there is no mystery in the matter. But, in truth, we have only been enabled by more certain ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 14 • Robert Kerr

... simple nature of chlorine; his other researches were the investigation of astringent vegetables in connection with the art of tanning; the analysis of rocks and minerals in connection with geology; the comprehensive subject of agricultural chemistry; and galvanism and electro-chemical science. He was also an early, but unsuccessful, experimenter in ...

— Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8 • Various

... chemistry nor galvanism can man, we apprehend, be more than instrumental and co-operative, not originally and independently creative. In almost every form of life, whether animal or vegetable, art can multiply varieties,—can train, ...

— An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" • Anonymous

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