Note 22 — EPITOME OF GALVANISM.

With regard to the similarity between the taste of Galvanism and that of electricity, Dr. Fowler observes that he found considerable difference between them—. “Both (says he) are sub-acid, but as unlike each other, as the taste of vinegar is to that of diluted vitriolic acid.”

This sensation, produced upon the tongue by Galvanism, is most distinct when the tongue is of its usual temperature, and the metals of the same temperature with it. When either the tongue, the metals, or both, are heated or cooled, as far as can be borne without inconvenience, scarcely any taste is produced.