MARY SHELLEY, FRANKENSTEIN; OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS Giovanni Aldini arrived in London in the winter of 1802 with his uncle’s galvanic instruments and a dash of the swagger that made him so controversial in Bologna. His goal was to find a perfect dead body that he could use to perform his galvanic experiments and prove that his theories, and those of his uncle, were correct. The city that greeted him was by then growing rapidly. By the early 1800s, nearly one million people had poured into the metropolis from all corners of Britain and abroad, allowing for an amalgamation of cultures and social classes to take place. In the West End the ostentatiously rich made use of every technological advance available, every medical discovery money could buy them, and every frivolous fad they believed would prolong their lives, or at least rejuvenate their sagging bodies. Meanwhile, the poor barely survived in the ramshackle alleys of the old city.
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