Shocking Bodies: Life, Death & Electricity in Victorian England - Morus, Iwan Rhys
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Although electricity was known about by the ancient Egyptians, it was not until the Victorian era that its potential really began to be realised. Luigi Galvani's discovery of bioelectricity opened up a whole new world of possibilities, in which it could cure sickness, restore sexual potency and even raise the dead.

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Although electricity was known about by the ancient Egyptians, it was not until the Victorian era that its potential really began to be realised. Luigi Galvani's discovery of bioelectricity opened up a whole new world of possibilities, in which it could cure sickness, restore sexual potency and even raise the dead.
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Iwan Rhys Morus is a leading expert on the cultural history of Victorian science. He is the author of Frankenstein's Children and When Physics Became King, the coauthor of Making Modern Science, and the editor of Bodies/Machines.