Kathy Loves Physics & History | How the Real Dr Frankenstein Inspired Mary Shelley & Birthed Electrobiology @Kathy_Loves_Physics | Uploaded 6 years ago | Updated 18 hours ago
Dr. Frankenstein actually existed! In 1802 and 1803, Dr. Aldini used electricity to get corpses to move and shake! The gruesome nature of his experiments obscured the revolutionary nature of his discoveries in both medicine and biology. This is both a ghoulish and an inspirational story!
Thanks:
Big Shout out to Bertrand Wolff in France who is working with Christine Blondel on the History of Electricity. Their videos have a lot more detail on how to recreate the experiments (and how to dissect the frog). If you speak any French I recommend you check it out!
The frog videos were made at their request by Dr. Francois Ferriere at the University de Rennes 1 and can be seen at:
http://www.ampere.cnrs.fr/histoire/items/show/343
The videos of the voltage and maximum current from a voltaic pile as well as the gentleman getting shocked can be seen at:
http://www.ampere.cnrs.fr/parcourspedagogique/zoom/video/piledevolta/video/
Finally, as usual, a big thank you to the fabulous Kim Nalley for singing "electricity" and some background music.
Dr. Frankenstein actually existed! In 1802 and 1803, Dr. Aldini used electricity to get corpses to move and shake! The gruesome nature of his experiments obscured the revolutionary nature of his discoveries in both medicine and biology. This is both a ghoulish and an inspirational story!
Thanks:
Big Shout out to Bertrand Wolff in France who is working with Christine Blondel on the History of Electricity. Their videos have a lot more detail on how to recreate the experiments (and how to dissect the frog). If you speak any French I recommend you check it out!
The frog videos were made at their request by Dr. Francois Ferriere at the University de Rennes 1 and can be seen at:
http://www.ampere.cnrs.fr/histoire/items/show/343
The videos of the voltage and maximum current from a voltaic pile as well as the gentleman getting shocked can be seen at:
http://www.ampere.cnrs.fr/parcourspedagogique/zoom/video/piledevolta/video/
Finally, as usual, a big thank you to the fabulous Kim Nalley for singing "electricity" and some background music.
