Italian physiologist and physician who asserted that animal tissues generate electricity. Although he was proved wrong, his experiments stimulated research on electricity.

• 加尔瓦尼，路易吉1737－1798意大利生理学家和内科医生，他宣称动物组织能产生电。虽然他的理论被证明是错的，但他的实验却促进了对电学的研究