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Mercy Dogs of World War 1 who brought care and comfort to the wounded and dying (historynet.com)
3 points by Gaishan on Jan 8, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> The dogs were trained in triage, able to indicate who needed aid the most and who was too far gone to establish any medical care.

That's a crazy concept to even conceptualize. As a non-medically trained person, if I was to triage 5 injured people, assuming it wasn't terribly visually obvious (ex: missing leg)... I'd probably do a terrible job of it. Somehow they trained dogs to do so? Which really begs the question: What is the smell the dogs are looking for?




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