Orcs and healing

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by Alfirin

If an orc is mortally wounded, however, most other orcs would probably not do much to help, since they would consider the cost to them exceeded the benefit. Commanders would not want seriosly injured men slowing down the ranks and the additional loss of manpower to carry and care for the incapacitated. In fact there would probably be a bit of incentive to actively "finish off" the mortally wounded.

Oddly enough, either Shagrat or Gorbag (don't have my books at present) remarks of Frodo's "great" companion that he apparently didn't value Frodo much because he just left Frodo lying there in the tunnel. It's interesting too that he calls that sort of behavior a "regular elvish trick". Was he referring to the failure to try and save Frodo, or not properly disposing of the body?