galvanism (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[galvanism 词源字典]
"electricity produced by chemical action," 1797, from French galvanisme or Italian galvanismo, from Luigi Galvani (1737-1798), professor of anatomy at Bologna, who discovered it c. 1792 while running currents through the legs of dead frogs.[galvanism etymology, galvanism origin, 英语词源]