triage

[Dave Wilton]

But like most such stories, the incidence of the tellings far outweighs the
incidence of actual occurrence.


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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Jonathan Lighter
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 8:36 AM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: triage

It's hard for me to believe that it *didn't* happen somewhere, some time.

JL

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Dave Wilton <dave at wilton.net> wrote:

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> There's a tale of this happening going back to at least WWII, except
> that it was a friend of the wounded man who had the gun and insisted
> the doctor treat the man. It's told in Cornelius Ryan's "A Bridge Too
> Far." IIRC (it's been a long time since I read the book), Ryan could
> not verify that it actually happened, but he said it was too good a
> story not to tell. James Caan plays the sergeant with the gun in the
> movie version.
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> Actually, I reference a claim by a friend, an Army physician's
> assistant, that he had directed, at gunpoint, that he be moved from
> the "expectant" to the "immediate" group.
> Dave
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> From: "W Brewer" <brewerwa at GMAIL.COM>
> DH: <<<No, the first order of urgency is to disarm the casualties to
> they don't dispute your decisions.>>>
> WB:  Touche', Dr Hause. Loose cannons in the wards would not be very
> hospitable. ... Or by disarming did you mean ... AMPUTATION?
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