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PHYSIOLOGY 



CHAP. 



(fremitus), as can be perceived on laying the hand upon the 

 precordial region. 



The mechanical deficiencies of the heart can be compensated 



so that patients may live for many years. This compensation 

 depends essentially upon hypertrophy of the myocardium; more 

 particularly upon hypertrophy of the ventricles, in cases of 

 valvular insufficiency upon hypertrophy of the auricles in arterial 

 stenosis. 



