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When did Luigi Galvani publish his findings about electricity and muscular motion?
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Luigi Galvani
Luigi Galvani in an illustration from Le Journal de la Jeunesse, Paris, 1880.
Luigi Galvani published his findings regarding the effects of electricity on muscular motion in 1791. He detailed these observations in his essay titled De Viribus Electricitatis in Motu Musculari Commentarius (Commentary on the Effect of Electricity on Muscular Motion).1