teeth and eyes

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 97870

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <teilani2002 at y...> 
wrote:
 
> 
> Being nearsighted, and knowing how Hermione fixes her teeth without 
> the help of her dentist parents, I've often wondered why HP, or any 
> other wizard, would need glasses.  Wouldn't that be great if all us 
> blind folks could just repair our failing eyesight with the touch of 
> a wand and a quick incantation?


Finwitch:

No. I doubt they can do that.

Hermione's "fix" - well, it was the counter-charm against an engorgio 
charm (say, little less _bone_ than she started with). Tooth is a 
very simple part of body - if not the simplest. That was about the 
overall size of her teeth, so it's SIMPLE enough.

I need glasses, too - ones that need regular changing...

Eyes are different. For one thing, their development in the fetus is 
closely linked with the development of the brain. The nearsightedness 
is much more complex. It has to do with the structure of the Eye in 
total, including loads of little details... nah, glasses are much 
easier (and since it's corrected, why bother with more?)...

Anyway, they can grow bone and muscle, but I have yet to see them 
reparing a nerve/mental case. Memory Charms they can cast, causing 
amnesia, but I don't see them finding a cure on that, either. Nor 
with Frank and Alice Longbottom...

However, they DO have excellent protesis for a lost eye - you get 360 
vision with ability to see trough objects as you please! (Though I'm 
sure no one is going to sacrifice an eye just for that...)

However, the clubfoot of Moody's... can't he get a better protesis 
(even Muggles have ones that look like real legs), or does he have 
some sort of (paranoid as he is) reason for the clubfoot?

--Finwitch