Mtallic Taste In Mouth

Frankenstein e la fuga dei cervelli

that morning of January 18, 1803 was cold and foggy. (You know that a winter's morning news for London!). At the crossroads of Newgate Street and Old Bailey had gathered a substantial crowd. George Foster, accused of multiple murder, is about to be hanged in Newgate prison . The congregation seems tuttavia essere molto più numerosa rispetto alle consuete folle che si assembrano per assistere alle esecuzioni pubbliche.

Per quale motivo l'asecuzione di quel 18 gennaio sta attraendo tutta quella gente?

La responsabilità di quell'affollamento è di un italiano. Quello che forse oggi chiameremmo un cervello in fuga? Un cervello in fuga che si serviva dei risultati ottenuti da uno zio celebre. Eh sì, anche allora le parentele con zii celebri venivano a volte usate per procurarsi dei vantaggi. Lo zio celebre era Luigi Galvani ed il nostro nipote nonché cervello in fuga era Giovanni Aldini .

Galvani nel 1790 aveva scoperto che l'elettricità could move the frogs to death. The anatomist was struck by the discovery and continued his experiments. To the point of pushing up the cost of frog legs in the market in Bologna. It seems that towards the end of his career, perhaps not much more polished, also conducted some experiments on the corpses of executed prisoners in Bologna.

was watching his uncle that the young Giovanni Aldini was probably the idea that would make him rich and famous in the lands across the Channel: raise the dead thanks to electricity.
Aldini was able to convince the British government of the validity of his theory. And soon, the pseudo-scientific experiments of Aldis, the corpses of executed prisoners, turned into street theater.

Giovanni Aldini turned around the island collecting British success with his performances in which he moved the dead.
became rich and famous. Famous enough to have probably inspired Mary Shelley famous for his Frankenstein . Belli

the times when the antics inspired Italian literature ..... But it is also possible that the vagaries of today may someday inspire a great artist.