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Episode: Electrifying! - a special minicast from Martha
Description: Martha here with a special minicast of A Way with Words. Today I want to tell you an electrifying story — and make a request for you to support A Way with Words. want to tell you a story — and make a request for you to support A Way with Words. https://www.waywordradio.org/donate/The story is about a guy named Luigi. He was born in 1737 in Bologna, Italy. Studied medicine and philosophy at the university there, then went on to work as a physician and surgeon. In those early years, when he wasn't practicing medicine, he w...