Forensic Medicine (A Textbook for Students and Practitioners)

New items included are : (1) part played by adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in the contraction of muscles and in rigor mortis. The substance decomposes and disappears after death, resulting in the conversion of actomysin of the living muscle into a stiff gel of the dead muscle. (2) Rh Factor. The medicolegal significance of this new blood character is discussed. As the various antisera become more generally available and the basic hypotheses become