Some laws concerning the distribution of electric currents in volume conductors with applications to experiments on animal electricity

The basic laws for the solution of problems involving the distribution of electric currents in bodily conductors are explained by Smaasen and Kirchhoff. Our mathematical aids, however, are only sufficient for some of the simplest cases. In addition, we have only recently been able to measure electric fields in linear conductors. Thus, the results of the theory for the internal flow through a bodily conductor cannot even be compared to experiments. All the more, such tasks-in which current intensity in connection with bodily and linear conductors might be determined-now have a great practical importance. First, I will prove the relevant theorems which I have demonstrated. Then, I will report about experiments in which I have attempted as much as possible to confirm them. Finally, I will briefly explain the nature of their application in animal-electric experiments.