THE tough, almost Darwinian question on who should receive priority medical attention in a time of great crisis was first debated during the Napoleonic Wars. Casualties were heavy and the battlefields had neither enough medical personnel nor resources to treat all of the wounded.

The first decision to treat all the wounded, regardless of rank and severity of wounds, was taxing resources and dragging the entire campaign.

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