ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MARY SHELLEY

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Luigi Galvani at the end of the 18th century, proposed the theory that the human body could transfer electricity through the nerves. This activity called galvanization was shown in the movie, using it with a Toad and in Mary’s nightmare when it comes to giving life to Frankenstein, we could consider this practice as an antecedent of
A
Pasteurization of dairy products
B
The cremation of corpses
C
Wind energy for family consumption
D
Defibrillation in case of cardiac arrhythmias
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Based on such unusual observations Galvani concluded that there was a type of electrical fluid inherent in the body, which he dubbed animal electricity. According to his view, the nervous system delivered animal electricity to muscle tissue.

Detailed explanation-2: -Galvani provided the major stimulus for Volta to discover a source of constant current electricity; this was the voltaic pile, or a battery, with its principles of operation combined from chemistry and physics. This discovery led to the subsequent age of electric power.

Detailed explanation-3: -’ In his experiments on electricity and frogs, Luigi Galvani imagined that the frog’s muscle and nerve acted like the two sides of a Leyden jar. Establishing a circuit between them allows the discharge of ‘animal electricity’ analogous to the artificial electricity of the jar.

Detailed explanation-4: -Among the main achievements of the 18th century science is the demonstration made in 1791 by the scientist of Bologna, Luigi Galvani, of the presence in living tissues of an intrinsic form of electricity involved in nerve conduction and muscle contraction.

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