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Carlo Matteucci (20 or 21 June 1811 – 25 June 1868) was an Italian physicist and neurophysiologist who was a pioneer in the study of bioelectricity.
history of defibrillation. …1790s and by Italian physicist Carlo Matteucci in the 1840s, shed light on the electrical properties of animal tissues. In fact, Matteucci, in his studies of electricity detection in pigeons, was the first to detect an electrical current in the heart.
Jan 1, 1996 · The electrophysiological work to which Matteucci owes his imperishable fame begins in 1836. It can be divided into three parts: electrophysiological investigations on electric fish, studies of the demarcation potentials of muscle, and observations on muscle action potentials.
- Giuseppe Moruzzi
- 1996
Carlo Matteucci was an Italian physicist and neurophysiologist who was a pioneer in the study of bioelectricity.
Carlo Matteucci was born two centuries ago but this remarkable anniversary has passed almost without notice. With his “frogs pile” discovery, he provided the platform from which electrophysiology could spring by establishing experi-mentally the link between Galvani and modern electrophysi-ology.
Carlo Matteucci 1811–1868. Click portrait to view at full size. Matteucci’s galvanoscopic frogs. The action of nerves on muscles led first Matteucci and later du Bois-Reymond to propose the ways in which nerves propagate impulses.
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By discovering fundamental phenomena such as the demarcation potential and action current in muscle and nerve, Matteucci paved the way for the development of modern electrophysiology.
