Weiss. Influence des variations de temperature sur les periodes latentes du muscle, du nerf et de la moelle. Compt. rend, hebdom. des seances de la Societe de Biologie T. III No. 3 p. 51 1900. About the influence of temperature on the latent period of irritation of muscle, nerve and spinal cord

The intensity of the chemical processes occurring in living tissues undergoes significant changes, the temperature of these tissues changes; on muscle tissue, this law can be demonstrated with greater clarity; It is known that when the temperature rises or falls, the muscle curve shrinks sharply, and the latent period of irritation lengthens for low temperatures and shortens for high temperatures. The duration of the latent period is thus associated with the rapidity of the appearance of chemical changes in the muscles and can serve, to a certain extent, as yardstick.