galvanism

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Mary, living in the world of Galvanism, industrial and democratic revolution, and the newfound delight in rationalism, was able to give us a golem without resorting to the supernatural.

From Slate • May 22, 2017

Galvanism briefly fascinated the public, inspiring Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2017

Learned pamphlets were issued to show that animal magnetism or animal electricity or Galvanism was at work.

From Health Through Will Power by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Galvanism may bring gelatinous matter into the form of an insect, or infusoria, or entozoa; but there is no evidence that it can impart life, however exquisite the organization.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

Galvanism, gal′van-izm, n. a branch of the science of electricity which treats of electric currents produced by chemical agents.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various