a. The power of electricity and the energy of lightning captivated nineteenth-century physicists.
b. Physicists built scientific machines and devices in their laboratories to make experiments.
c. Some doctors tried to apply electric shock to reanimate dead people.
d. In hospitals, anatomists dissected the human body to understand it better
e. People robbed (stole) bodies in cemeteries for the surgeons to dissect.
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