... inorganic matter could easily generate living beings. The search for the power that could give life seemed to have ended with the discovery of electricity. In Martin Tropp's work, "Mary Shelley's Monster," published in 1976, Tropp states, "One prominent scientist declared that galvanic phenomena seemed ... and non-living matter" (53). The Galvanist was one who was able to manipulate and use the therapeutic application of direct - current electricity, particularly in the application of electrical stimulation of nerves and muscles. Such thinking led to the conclusion that the animation of ...

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