You could argue that if tobacco companies had a monopoly on
lung health research, it's
possible that the damaging effects
of tobacco smoke would not have come
out as quickly.
Back at the hospital,
out of concern for
possible aspiration pneumonia (inflammation
of lungs and airway as a result
of breathing in foreign material — in this case, steak), Dr. Hilton and Casey's nurses took chest radiographs, which were normal.