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by caylus 1545 days ago
> No matter how grave the emergency, the guardians of such temples will not admit a client if he cannot give a rich gift to the custodian

My first reaction on reading this was, "no, it's illegal for a hospital to deny emergency care". But then I noticed this was written in 1956, whereas the EMTALA was only passed in 1986. Good to know we've improved at least a little bit.