Rigidity Lyrics

RIGOR MORTIS
RIGOR MORTIS
RIGOR MORTIS
RIGOR...
...THE RIGIDITY OF THE BODY AFTER DEATH

THE MUSCLES SHORTEN
AS A RESULT OF SWELLING
OF THE COLOIDS OF FIBRILAR
MUSCULAR SUBSTANCE
- THE RESULT OF POSTMORTAL PRODUCTION
OF LACTIC ACID
FERMENTATIVE ANAEROBE
SPLITTING OF GLYKOGEN

BEGINS IN THE 1ST HOUR AFTER DEATH
FIRST IT ATTACKS THE CHEWING MUSCLES

THEN IT ATTACKS
THE UPPER LIMBS,
TORS AND AT LAST
THE LOWER LIMBS
AFTER 6 TO 10 (HOURS)
IT EVOLVES COMPLETELY
AFTER 24 HOURS
THE RIGOR MORTIS DISAPPEARS

IT EVOLVES QUICKLY AMONG THE STRONG ONES AND THE ONES THAT DIED QUICKLY
IT IS PROTUBERANT IN THESE CASES OF DEATH:

- TETANUS, CHOLERA, STRYCHNINE POISONING
OR SLOW FADING OF LIFE

THE CACHETIC PERSONS - WEAKENED BY THE ILLNESS
- THE MANIFESTATIONS ARE USUALY MILD
WEAK OR NON-PRESENT BY SEPTIC ILLNESSES
IT APPEARS FASTER BY HIGH FEVER

THE CARDIAL MUSCLE STIFFENS HALF AN HOUR AFTER DEATH
AS IF BY A SYSTOLE - THE BLOOD IS PUSHED OUT OF THE CHAMBER
AFTER 24 HOURS THE CARDIAL MUSCLE WEAKENS

STRONG DEGENERATIVE PERMUTATIONS OF MUSCULAR FIBRES
ARE THE USUAL CAUSE OF TAME SYMPTOMES

THE SMOOTH MUSCULATURE OF GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT
- ALSO SHOWS POSTMORTAL RIGIDITY...

STRONG DEGENERATIVE PERMUTATIONS OF MUSCULAR FIBRES
ARE THE USUAL CAUSE OF TAME SYMPTOMES

THE SMOOTH MUSCULATURE OF UTER AND NEARBY ORGANS
- ALSO SHOWS POSTMORTAL RIGIDITY...