[HPforGrownups] Re: Illness in wizarding (was: A Few Observations)

[jessenigma at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 10827

In a message dated 1/26/2001 2:02:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
rlpenar at yahoo.com writes:

> 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?

There was a bunch of students with colds in CoS. The Pepperup Potion that 
Percy made Ginny take because she was looking pale. And, of course, since 
it's an isolated place, wouldn't illnesses be less likely? I don't know, just 
thinking out loud.

And hello, I'm Jessica. I've been lurking on this list for almost a week now. 
I'm 16 (hope that doesn't bother anyone--very few people my age read Harry 
Potter and the general lists tend to be very pointless arguments over very 
pointless stuff). I found a link to the list somewhere--I can't remember 
exactly where (wasn't salon.com, as I've only been there a few times). 
Anyway, I find this list rather fascinating. I never met a group of people 
that could analyze so many details to death. I must say, though, analyzing 
Harry Potter *is* much better than finding deep symbolism in Grapes of Wrath. 
Shame the English department at school would never consider these books. :)

jessica