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mentioned under dilatation, seemed to have lived and prospered, 

 in spite of its somewhat precarious, hunted existence. In other 

 cases there have been symptoms of dilatation such as increased 

 area of dullness ; or of insufficiency of the valves, as in blowing 

 murmurs ; also such general signs of heart disease as dyspncea, 

 palpitations, accelerated, irregular or intermittent pulse on exer- 

 tion, venous pulsation in the jugulars, faintness, early weariness, 

 sluggishness, stocking of the hind or fore legs, oedema of the 

 sheath or under the chest and abdomen, and sudden death by 

 syncope. Hughes has noted night aggravations in certain cases, 

 perhaps by reason of the lack of fresh air. 

 Treatment is manifestly hopeless. 



