fish. This other interpretation of the novel refers to the work on these animals, and also to a natural electricity, here organic.12 12 To give just a few examples of French language references of articles on Thomas Courant’s therapies: Le Siècle from September 18, 1821, article by M. Pecatier; La France Musicale from January 25, 1852, article “Castil-Blaze”; Le Constitutionnel from June 20, 1852; L’Assemblée Nationale de juin 1853, article by Doctor Aussandon; Le Siècle from October 19, 1853, article by Doctor Aussandon; Les Débats from September 10, 1854, article by M. F. Barrière; Le Siècle from July 13 and January 25, 1855, articles by Léon Plée; Le Pays from September 16, 1855, article by M. Lecouturier; Le Courrier médical from April 30 and July 23, 1861, Le Mouvement médical from August 20, 1805 (Scientific observations); Le Temps from October 14, 1865, les ceintures du docteur Courant sont recommandées contre le choléra, by Doctor O. de Langenhagen, Le Pays from January 10, 1866, article by M. J.-F. Gall; finally, the English language Daily Post, London, August 2, 1864.
13 13 Andrew Crosse is known for his research on electrocrystallization.
14 14 Excerpt from the newspaper Le monde illustré, dated August 14, 1887.
15 15 Aldini also experimented with human conduction chains: “Let four or more people, holding hands moistened with a solution of muriate of soda, form a long animal chain; let the first person hold in his hand the muscles of a prepared frog; if the last person, placed at the opposite end of the room, touches the spinal cord or the crural nerves, the contractions take place; if the animal chain is interrupted, the contractions cease at that instant” [ALD 04, p. 10, author’s translation].
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