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A series of twenty-nine patients with mitral stenosis were studied; twenty-four had surgery. As expected, there were many indications of the marked symbolic
and magical meanings of heart disease and surgery on the heart. Some catastrophic postoperative psychological reactions occurred, similar to those seen in acute poliomyelitis cases.