Werewolves are incurable

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 4642

Oh, another thing I noticed when going through Chamber again. Everyone's
favorite, ol' most-charming-smile himself, in describing his encounter
with the werewolf, says he subdued it and performed the Homorphus Charm,
which turned the werewolf into a man. And saved the village. But it
doesn't say anywhere that he *cured* him, and I think a cure is
misreading.

Seems to me, what the Homorphus Charm does is force a transfigured human
(in this case, transfigured by a curse) to revert to human form, even
during the duration of the curse (or against their will?). If you subdue
a werewolf and re-human him, you have proven his or her identity and the
villagers can then take appropriate action to negate the danger (it is
to be hoped that appropriate action does not include killing the
werewolf, but whatever). The point is, you have saved the village by
identifying the source of the danger in an unmistakable way. You have
*not* cured the werewolf.

This had bothered me, that it was said anywhere that lycanthropy was
curable, since Lupin pretty much indicated it wasn't, so if anyone else
was wondering, too, here's my attempt at clarification.

--Amanda