What did physicians conclude about living organisms

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1. In the chapter "Captured in a Bottle", why was electricity and getting shocked socially acceptable despite clear biological dangers with its discovery in the 1700s? What symptoms did doctors witness of patients getting shocked and in this electromania what medical experiments were conducted? Why do you think contemporary doctors are generally ignorant of the effects of electricity?

2. In the chapter "The Deaf to Hear, and the Lame to Walk", What did researchers and physicians conclude about living organisms and electricity? What limited cures were discovered using electricity?

3. In the chapter "Electrical Sensitivity", What is electro-sensitivity (ES)? How early on was electro-sensitivity documented? Thinking about our modern electrical world, why do you think ES is rarely acknowledged even though it has been well-documented early on?

4. In the chapter "The Road Not Taken", what was the big difference between what the researchers Galvani vs. Volta said about electricity and organisms? Who won the argument and why? But what was the more global view documented by Galvani and doctors?

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