In the 1780’s, an Italian physician watched a dead frog’s leg twitch and revealed the science of bioelectricity

In the late 1700s, Luigi Galvani’s observation of a dead frog’s leg twitching led to the groundbreaking discovery of “animal electricity.” This phenomenon revealed that living organisms possess electrical currents, fundamentally shifting scientific understanding from mystical theories to biological processes. Galvani’s work laid the foundation for electrophysiology and continues to influence modern bioelectricity research.