Moody's maimed body parts and the limitations of wizarding medicine

[tex23236]

No: HPFGUIDX 34912

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jrober4211" <midwife34 at a...> wrote:
> ...Dudley's tongue- here is where an inconsistency 
> lies with my soft tissue theory. Unless the twins have
inadvertently 
> come up with something that could be used in wizarding medicine and 
> are unaware of its potential use for soft tissue regeneration. 

That, and Duley's tail from PS/SS. I wonder if Dudley had full use 
of the tail or the tongue. As I recall, people who have an extra
finger can't use it.

My guess is that the Ton-Tongue Tofees had a potion equvalent
of something almost like an engorgement "charm." I wonder
what the cell structure would have been.  I speculate that a Muggle
doctor would have called it a cancer.  So nice of the Weasleys or
the MoM to fix it.  Others have noticed that Madam Pomfrey can 
reverse  the effects of kid prank magic.  She probably could have
removed the tail Dudders got courtesy of Hagrid. If it had been
the result of a birth defect, however, I think she couldn't have 
removed it.

It may be that Moody's injuries may not have been direct effects
of magic, but may have been secondary physical blast effects from
the curses.  He could block the magic itself, but not the blast.  It
may have been the blast from the AK curse that made Harry's scar, 
although the curse itself was blocked.  JKR's magic seems to 
involve perpetual motion.  My guess is that even so, Newton would
prevail, and there would be an equal reaction to every magical 
action. So, there would be a lot of dissordering force opposite the 
magical action.

That said, it seems strange that Cedric Diggory nor V's father and 
grandparents weren't mangled by the AK curse. Moody's damage
may have been due to his blocking the AK curse.  That damage may 
be too great to treat even magically, especially when it happens
may times.

Wizards might, in the future, find an analogy to the polyjuice 
potion: a selective poison made including a biopsy sample of a 
cancer, which would rid the body of all the occurences of that 
particular cancer in that particular person. It would have to be
concocted individually for each case.

Tex, who imagines Hermione saying, "Mom, Dad, this is Professor
Moody. He wants to talk to you about me becoming an Auror."