Why didn't Mrs. Figg Mend Her Broken Bone?

[Diane <cressida_tt@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48096

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sixhoursahead 
<sixhoursahead at y...>" <sixhoursahead at y...> wrote:
> Has Arabella been forced to live COMPLETELY as a muggle for the 
last 
> 14 years?  The fact that she didn't mend her broken leg in the 
> privacy of her own home surprises me.  I mean, no one saw her break 
> it, except the cat she tripped over, so why not use magic?  I think 
> it would be interesting that even more than Arabella being there to 
> keep an eye on Harry, she had to actually completely renounce using 
> any and all magic.  Maybe this was the only way for her to "keep 
off 
> radar", and avoid being attacked by Voldemort or the DEs.
> 
> Sixhoursahead

I wonder if magical medicine, in the same way as Muggle medicine, is 
in fact a licensed or at least a specialist skill. After all in 
Chamber of Secrets we saw Gilderoy Lockhart making a total mess of it 
with Harry's arm so maybe it has to be got absolutely right. Perhaps 
arabella was not confident of making a perfect job of it so she held 
back.

Diane