Question re: Nearly Headless Nick

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 18026

Cait wrote:

> Maybe they just sort of doused him? I don't have any evidence to 
back that 
> up, but presumably they were able to do SOMETHING!
> 
> 
> Cait (It's not a flint, it's creative omission! ^_^)

I think so too.  This passage makes it clear, IMO, that everyone who'd 
been petrified, including Nick, came out of it just fine (CS 18):

  "You will find that Madam Pomfrey is still awake.  She's just giving 
out Mandrake juice--I daresay the Basilisk's victims will be waking up 
any moment."
  "So Hermoine's OK!" said Ron brightly[, setting off the Shipping 
Early Warning System].
  "There has been no lasting harm done," said Dumbledore.

A skillful nurse like Madam Pomfrey, serving an institution with a 
significant ghost population, must be well-versed in the treatment of 
ailments in post-biological beings.  Maybe you make the potion out of 
a Mandrake ghost? 

Cait's sig said:
 
> Corgi Haiku: "Are you going to eat that?"
>              "Are you going to eat that?" If not
>               Then I will eat that.

LOL!

Amy Z

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   "Don't you call me an idiot!" said Neville.  "I don't think
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