After a long struggle with illness, Mary Shelley died #onthisday in 1851. Read about the science behind her most famous novel, Frankenstein, including investigations into resuscitation, galvanism and the possibility of states between life + death: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-science-of-life-and-death-in-mary-shelleys-frankenstein #otd

After a long struggle with illness, Mary Shelley died #onthisday in 1851. Read about the science behind her most famous novel, Frankenstein, including investigations into resuscitation, galvanism and the possibility of states between life + death: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-science-of-life-and-death-in-mary-shelleys-frankenstein #otd