Galvani called this animal electricity, believing that a type of electricity was stored in the very stuff of life.

Galvani把这叫做动物电，他认为这是一种储存在生命体某个特殊部位的电。

In 1791 he published “The motion of electricity in muscular strength, ” where he proposed his idea of “animal electricity, ” which is the innate life force that animates living things.

1791年，他发表了《肌肉力量中的电的运动》一书，在书中他提出了“动物电”的概念，这是赋予生物生命的内在力量。