\name{Muscle} \alias{Muscle} \title{Contraction of heart muscle sections} \description{ The \code{Muscle} data frame has 60 rows and 3 columns. } \format{ This data frame contains the following columns: \describe{ \item{Strip}{ an ordered factor indicating the strip of muscle being measured. } \item{conc}{ a numeric vector giving the concentration of CaCl2 } \item{length}{ a numeric vector giving the shortening ofthe heart muscle strip. } } } \details{ Baumann and Waldvogel (1963) describe data on the shortening of heart muscle strips dipped in a CaCl$_2$ solution. The muscle strips are taken from the left auricle of a rat's heart.} \source{ Baumann, F. and Waldvogel, F. (1963), La restitution pastsystolique de la contraction de l'oreillette gauche du rat. Effets de divers ions et de l'acetylcholine, \emph{Helvetica Physiologica Acta}, \bold{21}. } \examples{ str(Muscle) } \keyword{datasets}