George Forster (murderer)
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George Forster was found guilty of murdering his wife and child by drowning them in Paddington Canal, London. He was hanged at Newgate on 18 January 1803, shortly after which his body was taken to a n
An illustration of a galvanised corpse
Giovanni Aldini
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Giovanni Aldini was an Italian medical doctor and physicist born in Bologna. He is considered a pioneer in the field of electrophysiology. His work on Galvanism – the electrical stimulation of muscles
George Forster (murderer)
…hanged at Newgate on 18 January 1803, shortly after which his body was taken to a nearby house where it was used in an experiment by Italian scientist Giovanni Aldini. At his trial the events were reconstructed. Forster's mother-in-law recounted that her daughter and grandchild had left her house to see Forster at 4…
Portrait of Giovanni Aldini, 1829
Aldini demonstrating electricity generated by an ox head
De animali electricitate ("The animal electricity"), 1794