Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 963

LEOPOLDO MARCO ANTONIO CALDANI (1725-1813) Institutiones physiologicae. Typis Cominianis 1778 xvi, 471 pp. 18.5 cm.

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The Leyden jar became widely available in the mid-eighteenth century, and Caldani used it frequently for his studies of animal tissues. Although he was not successful in his attempts to stimulate the heart, he obtained a series of strong contractions in skeletal muscles with sparks from the jar. He first published this text on physiology in 1773 and prepared this revised edition five years later.

Cited references: Waller 1693; Wellcome II, p. 287

Gift of John Martin, M.D.