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part of his time in London, in communicating thefe important 



fubjects ofinformation to phyficians, as he has already done in 



Paris, in which place he made fome applications of his difco- 



veries, chiefly at the Hofpital de Salpetricre, in company Willi 



Doctor Pinel*. The application of galvanifm in melancholic 



Jnfanity cured, infanity is abfolutely new, and of great intereft. He perfectly 



cured two patients at Bologna of this diforder; and on that 



account he is more defirous ©f recommending the trial in an 



affli&ion fo diftreffing, again!! which the prefent fytlem oi 



phyfic has fo little to offer. 



Apoplexy. It appears to be equally promising in cafes of apoplexy. 



Recovery of the Aldini thinks it may be highly ufeful in recovering drowned 



drowned. perfons, and on that account he is delirous of communicating 



. with the Society eftabliflied at London for the recovery of 



thefe unfortunate individuals. An experiment lately made at 



Refpiratlon Paris adds much to his expectations. At the Hofpital de la 



ftrongly excited charite" he (hewed the pupils, that galvanifm applied to the 



t>y galvanifm. , «. , , r • ' i i • r • 



trunk of a dog, to the ipinal marrow, and the inteitmes, 



caufed the lungs to a6t in fuch a manner that the air that ilfued 

 from the afpera arteria twice in fucceffion, extinguithed a large 

 candle placed oppofite. Now, as in mod cafes little more is 

 required in drowned fubje6ts, than to fet the organs of refpira- 

 tion into action, it is to be prefumed that the action of galvan- 

 preeautions. ifm may be of the highefi utility in thefe cafes. Many precau- 

 tions are necelTary to be ufed in the adminiftration of this 

 powerful remedy in lunacy or apoplexy, which will be de* 

 Kofeffor Aldini tailed in a large work which ProfeiTor Aldini intends to publifh 

 intends to pub- j n this country before his return to Italy. In the mean tiniQ 

 Jiflxalar * ewc>rk * the reader will doubtlefs receive fatisfaaion from this fhort 

 notice he has enabled me to give of his labours on a fubjeel 

 which promifes greatly to extend the limits of natural fcience, 

 and may be reasonably expected to add to the powers which 

 man is enabled to exert for his own benefit over the numerous 

 beings around him. 



* Whofe Treatifefur la Manie is well known in this country. , 



" Examen, 



