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heart_n imposthume_n or_o swell_v in_o the_o artery_n of_o the_o lung_n near_o the_o heart_n which_o galen_n say_v befall_v antipater_n the_o physician_n 4._o de_fw-fr loc_fw-la off_o by_o which_o after_o a_o unequal_a pulse_n he_o fall_v into_o a_o palpitation_n and_o a_o asthma_n and_o so_o die_v so_o dodonaeus_n report_v that_o he_o find_v a_o callus_fw-la in_o the_o great_a artery_n next_o to_o the_o heart_n which_o cause_v a_o palpitation_n for_o many_o year_n also_o tumour_n in_o the_o pericardium_n whether_o they_o be_v without_o humour_n and_o scirrhus_fw-la or_o with_o humour_n in_o they_o as_o the_o hydatide_n or_o watery_a pustle_v and_o little_a stone_n bone_n and_o piece_n of_o flesh_n be_v sometime_o grow_v in_o the_o heart_n which_o cause_n palpitation_n so_o platerus_n report_v that_o in_o one_o who_o have_v a_o long_a palpitation_n and_o die_v thereof_o there_o be_v find_v a_o bone_n in_o his_o heart_n but_o schenkius_n report_v that_o in_o a_o priest_n who_o be_v 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