triage in medical sense (1918)

[Dave Wilton]

OED2 has 1930 (in reference to WWI):

>From the Washington Post of 14 June 1918:
Some "Triage" Hospitals.
Back of the nontransportable hospital near Montdidier that I described
yesterday we have established, in that sector a considerable number of field
hospitals[.] Some of these are "triage["] hospitals that is hospitals for
meeting first aid emergencies, but equipped to do surgical work if
necessary.
Essentially these hospitals are for the classification and distribution of
wounded to the rear according to the character of the injuries.

>From the Janesville Daily Gazette (Wisconsin) of 15 July 1918:
It takes us about four hours to make a round trip from the triage to the
hospital.

>From the <i>New York Times</i>, 22 September 1918:
The men came in from the field and went first to the main triage, where Les
Dames Anglaisé gave them coffee and lemonade.

--Dave Wilton
  dave at wilton.net

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