[HPforGrownups] Re: oops..and a wondering....

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 15945

naama_gat at hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> --- 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.
> > It's very likely that the injury Draco suffered didn't damage bone
> > at all, but ripped through the muscles and blood vessels - obviously
> > the damage was contained - if it hadn't been, he could've bled to
> > death - but there may not be a potion that causes muscles and blood
> > vessels to regrow themselves the same way SkeleGrow does.
> > Or the same way that some Muggles can't use certain antibiotics
> > because of penecillin allergies, Draco may be allergic to whatever
> > should be/could be used to heal him quickly.
> 
> Whoa there! Draco DID heal quickly - he just PRETENDED that he was
> still hurt. And it's not just Harry's opinion, there's the wink at
> Crabbe and Goyle, remember? (When Pansy I think asks him (Draco) how
> he's feeling).

Sure, but Draco couldn't have faked it plausibly if it weren't
=possible= for such injuries to linger (or have complications). 
Remember that he wasn't only snowing his classmates, but the
Ministry board reviewing Buckbeak's case.


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>