In both realms I am in, the generals bulletin says you should have one healer for every 20 men you have.
I know this is just conventional wisdom, but I was wondering how that number was arrived at and how healers work. Is it actually that one healer can care for 20 men, healthy or wounded, or is it just that large units are expected to have large numbers of casualties. I mean if I have 60 healthy men, one wounded man, and 2 healers, will that not be enough because I don't have 3 healers? Or is it just that after a big battle I ought to have 3 healers to care for the 30 wounded men I might have?
Is one per 20 the "optimal" number, but even one for 60 is better than none, or is one for 60 so overworked as to be practically useless?
Thanks.
