Daily Archives: September 16, 2014


Stephen Hales
September 17 is Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne du Boulogne’s birthday. Duchenne du Bologne was a French physician and pioneering neurophysiologist. Duchenne began his neurophysiology work with a new device called an electropuncture. This device was designed to deliver electric shocks to stimulate muscle tissue using sharp electrodes. He eventually improved the device […]

Today In Science History – September 17 – Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne ...