when Davis et al. in 1962, demonstrated the breakdown of ATP in a single tetanic contraction of a muscle treated with l-fluoro-2, 4-dinitrobenzene. Chapter 15 is devoted to rigor mortis. Preceded by chapters on the general history of respiration (Chapter 16) and of oxidative phosphorylation (Chapter 17), Chapter 18 is concerned with the regulation of carbohydrate metabolism for energy supply to...