Disease and Sickness

[siriuskase]

No: HPFGUIDX 55822

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rebecca Stephens
<rsteph1981 at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- fandulin <fandulin at h...> wrote:
> 
> > Is there anything in canon or conjecture that
> > mentions sickness and 
> > disease in the wizarding world?  I've been
> > re-reading the books 
> > recently and although it's clear that they are
> > subject to all manner 
> > of injuries, curses, and wounds, I can't remember an
> > instance of 
> > someone coming down with any run-of-the-mill colds,
> > aches, sniffles, 
> > or anything like that.  
> 
> 
> IIRC, there was mention of a cold or something of the
> sort in COS.  Isn't that why people were taking Pepper
> Up potion?

In PoA, Trelawney predicted that there would a flu outbreak after
Christmas, does that count?

sirius kase
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