Talk:Luigi Galvani

message: The statement has frequently been repeated that, in 1786, Galvani had noticed that the leg of a skinned frog upon the muscles of frogs. The observation that the suspension of certain of these animals on an iron railing by copper hooks caused twitching in the muscles of their legs led him to the invention of his metallic arc, the first experiment with which is described in the third part of the Commentary, with the date September 20, 1786.  --10 October 2005 (edit) (undo) User:Omegatron (Talk | contribs) 
:Good work, I added some of this. --Sadi Carnot 16:10, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Frog's Leg

message: I'm writing a paper loosely related to Galvani's work right now, and have come across an account that does put his wife in the room with him (suggesting she was in fact the person to notice the frog's leg twitch). The book is by Herbert W. Meyer, called A History of Electricity & Magnetism (1971), published by MIT press.
Also, this book suggests that Galvani was not the first to observe the connection between animal matter and electricity, though he may have been the first to associate this phenomenon with nerve endings specifically. Apparently, some physiologists named Joseph and Caldani (French and Italian) noted the contractions of frog leg muscles under the influence of electricity in 1700, and Dutch biologist Jan Swammerdam also performed some similar experiments in 1752. 
Can anyone confirm this?
Joannayo 16:30, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Galvani's Wife & Earlier Bioelectricity Experiments 

message: "In 1764 he married a well-liked woman of society named, Lucia Galleazzi, she is the only daughter of a professor at the University of Bologna." When I first read that, I laughed quite heartily at the thought of a thousand-year-old university, which had probably had thousands of professors, producing only one professor who ever had a daughter.  Then I re-read it and realized that it meant that she was the only daughter of a specific person, which made me feel foolish.  
Then I read it a third time, and realized that the wording itself is foolish as well.  The professor is not named, so it seems like a generic use of any professor from that university in all of history.  If a woman who has been dead for two centuries is referred to in the present tense "she is the only...." then it should refer to something that is ongoing and contemporary, such as a long-standing, utterly preposterous, unenforceable, and only-once-broken rule about a lack of daughters among University of Bologna professors.  It sounds to me like you could perfectly modify it to say "she is to this date the only..." and achieve the same exact meaning... which is why I shall be tweaking it. Chaparral2J (talk) 12:28, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Only professor's daughter ever?

message: I removed this uncited sentence:
: At first he thought about being a mechanic because he loved taking and dealing with spool testing. 
Doesn't "spool testing" sound like a Monty Python phrase?
I have seen some vague evidence that Galvani was interested in contraptions and gadgets, but nothing worth citing. I'll do some more reading and if I can find more information about "spool testing" or "taking and dealing" I'll add it.
Caltrop (talk) 14:23, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spool Testing ? 

message: I read in the aritcle that "At first he wished to enter the church.".. It would be useful to add that he become member of the Third Order of Saint Francis . Anyway it's "Church" and not "church".--79.56.178.43 (talk) 06:38, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Why would that level of detail be important?  Galvani's historical significance is in his scientific discoveries, not theology, religious works, or devotional example.  It seems the very definition of irrelevant trivia to me.  This is an encyclopedia entry, not an exhaustive biography.
Indeed, I am not at all clear why his religious beliefs have a separate section in the article.  It does not seem appropriate for this particular personage any more than including the scientific views of a moral philosopher or faith leader would be.TheCormac (talk) 03:06, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  third order of Saint Francis 

message: "In 1796, Napoleon and the French Army arrived at Bologna. One year later, they forced the professors of university and the civils servant to swear fidelity with the new mode, that is to say the Cisalpine Republic. Galvani refused to pronounce this oath which consisted in promising a feeling of hatred against any person and any institution who did not share the ideas of the revolution, for religious reason but also for a question of principle (considering the assent of the curia bolonaise). Thus after thirty-three years of teaching, it lost its station and all the remunerations from which it profited."
"He took refuge with his brother Giacomo and broke down completely through poverty and discouragement.".--79.56.178.43 (talk) 06:52, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Galvani banned from teaching and lost all his income  

message: "... especially after the death of his wife, Marcus, in 1840".
Actually, I believe his wife was called Caterina. --95.89.34.214 (talk) 22:04, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: His wife Marcus?

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message: * The crater Galvani on the Moon is named after him.
* The Società Chimica Italiana awards the Luigi Galvani Medal to recognize the work of foreign electrochemists.
* R&D bioelectronics company Galvani Bioelectronics is named after him
* There is a statue of Galvani in his native Bologna in the eponymous Piazza Galvani. 
* There are streets named after Galvani in Le Havre, France; Antony, Hauts-de-Seine; Bolzano, South Tyrol; Bucharest, Romania and Linz (Austria)
===Galvani-related landmarks in Bologna===
Galvani’s home in Bologna has been preserved and can be seen in the central.
 arguably Galvani worked for years trying to find the source of electricity that drives muscles. he used frog legs as a voltage detector .the yield of that research was the discovery that the electricity was stored in the ph of the body yet he didn't need to say it was in the acetylcholine(endo-nitric-acid-enzymes which emulate "zenotype" nitric acid), yet he alone discovered it could extract it by contact with 2 pieces of dissimilar metal electrically connected to each other. Volta simply used the acetylcholine of a lemon which is just another form of life. today we use lithium and PVC plastic and acid is phased out with the acceptation of petroleum powered cars using lead acid batteries built after "Galvani's discovery", not Volta.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathan scott james (talk • contribs) 13:02, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Perhaps you were thinking of "acetic acid", not acetylcholine, which is a neurotransmitter; but lemons and other citrus fruits are rich in a different organic acid, citric acid. But we should be working from Reliable Sources here, not personal opinions. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:08, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Legacy

message: Galvani’s home in Bologna has been preserved and can be seen in the central.
 arguably Galvani worked for years trying to find the source of electricity that drives muscles. he used frog legs as a voltage detector .the yield of that research was the discovery that the electricity was stored in the ph of the body yet he didn't need to say it was in the acetylcholine(endo-nitric-acid-enzymes which emulate "zenotype" nitric acid), yet he alone discovered it could extract it by contact with 2 pieces of dissimilar metal electrically connected to each other. Volta simply used the acetylcholine of a lemon which is just another form of life. today we use lithium and PVC plastic and acid is phased out with the acceptation of petroleum powered cars using lead acid batteries built after "Galvani's discovery", not Volta.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathan scott james (talk • contribs) 13:02, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Perhaps you were thinking of "acetic acid", not acetylcholine, which is a neurotransmitter; but lemons and other citrus fruits are rich in a different organic acid, citric acid. But we should be working from Reliable Sources here, not personal opinions. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:08, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Galvani-related landmarks in Bologna