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1 having problems of what is noted in his medical
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2 records of exertion and dyspnea which means when he
3 tried to do things and tried to lift things, he was
4 severely short of breath.
5 He went to Baltimore County General Hospital
6 the day after Christmas on December 26th of 1989. He
7 was admitted at the hospital at that time with those
8 complaints, and he was severely short of breath.
9 Chest X-rays were taken. And he remained in
10 the hospital until December 28th, for two days in
11 1989 .
12 Those chest X-rays at that time showed that
13 Mr. Wood had a large mass in his right base of his
14 lung and at that time they didn't know what it was,
15 but they thought it was a possibility that it was a
16 tumor.
17 Dr. Jacobs at Baltimore County General
18 Hospital performed a diagnostic thoracentesis and you
19 have heard that word before and what that means is,
20 again, fluid was removed from Mr. Wood's lung.
21 Mr. Wood remained in the hospital. His