Matron (was Dark Injuries)

dfrankiswork at netscape.net dfrankiswork at netscape.net
Mon Oct 15 20:46:47 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 27698

Cindy wrote:

> Cindy (also wondering why Madam Pomfrey is referred to as the 
> school's "matron" in one of the books)

Matron is just what the nurse at boarding schools used to be (and for 
all I know still is) called.  Of course, Madam Pomfrey is not simply 
a nurse, she is also the magical equivalent of a physician.

Read Billy Bunter, or Jennings, and you will meet this character.

David





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