oops..and a wondering....

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No: HPFGUIDX 15942


> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Rachel Bray" <bray.262 at o...> wrote:
> 
> > I was wondering something, though.  If magic healings worked so 
> > well (broken bones healed instantly, etc.) why did everyone (well, 
> > everyone in Slytherin and those who read the paper) believe Draco 
> > going on and on about how his arm was hurt?  Why didn't everyone 
> > call his bluff?  I just thought that was odd.

> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., heidit at n... wrote:
> We know that broken bones can be fixed easily, and it seems that cuts 
> and bruises heal quickly as well. 
> What we do not know from canon is whether an injury to muscles, 
> ligaments & tendons, and possibly arteries or veins, can be healed as 
> easily. 
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I think you're right on this.  It seems like deep injuries to skin 
(like Cedric's burns and Hermione's hands in GoF) require more than 
just insta-healing.  That may be true of muscles and ligaments as well 
(otherwise the wizard Arthur W. borrowed the tent from would not suffer 
from lumbago).  Hmmm...that may also explain why Moody still has a 
chunk missing out of his nose and didn't just get his leg regrown.  
Maybe if there's too much damage to skin and muscle the folks are just 
out of luck.
Of course, there may not have been a healer around that he trusted 
enough to give him a potion, so maybe his injuries don't count as 
evidence. <g>
a.