DECEREBRATE RIGIDITY: see EQUILIBRIUM, ANI MAL.
DE CESARE, CARLO (1824-1882), Italian political econ omist and legislator, was born at Spinazzola. He studied at Naples and was successively inspector-general of the banks of issue, secre tary-general of agriculture, industry and commerce in 1868, and counsellor of the "cour des comptes." In his chief work, Manuale di Economia pubblica (2 vols., 1862), he advocated the doctrines of Ricardo. Of his numerous other works the most important are Il mondo civile e industriale nel secolo xix (1857) ; Del potere tem porale del Papa (2nd ed., 1861) ; Il primo unitario italiano (2nd ed., 1861) ; La Politica, L'Economia e la Morale die moderni Italiani (1869) ; and La Germania Moderna (2nd ed., 18 74)• De Cesare died at Rome in 1882.