Illness in wizarding (was: A Few Observations)

[rlpenar at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 10820

> > Malfoy and Buckbeak - [snip] We all know that Malfoy was
> pretending, 
> > but why couldn't the teachers see that?  Whenever anyone else is 
> > wounded, they are expected to just get over it.  Of course, 
> > Buckbeak's predicament *was* a major plot line <g>.
> > 
> > Donna Rae
> 
<snip> Not that Malfoy Sr. wouldn't be proud of that--"A chip of the 
old block," he'd probably say.  :-)
> 
> marvin
> 

To take this in a slightly different direction - does the fact that 
all illnesses and injuries can be healed either instantaneously or 
overnight (unless caused by a magical creature) mean that no one in 
the wizarding community is ever sick or crippled? I mean, you don't 
exactly hear about a flu bug taking out half of Hogwarts for a week, 
huh? Someone put in an earlier post today that Dumbledore was 150 
years old - is this true, I don't remember reading it?  If so, 
though, it is understandable if there are no lasting illnesses....

Becky