Ways to treat werewolf bites?

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 140092

Molley:
> 	SS/PS on page 220, chapter 15,
> Nicolas Flamel: "The next morning in DADA, while copying down 
different ways
> of treating werewolf bites, (snip) The kids had just discovered who 
Nicolas Flamel
> was and at this point in the series (book 1),  the presumption 
would be that
> a werewolf bite from a transformed, in- the- fur werewolf is just 
another
> magical beast injury sustained as a consequence of living in the 
wizarding
> world - easily corrected.  Or is there a difference 
between "treating" a
> werewolf bite and "curing"  it?

Ginger (late as usual):

I'm going on a guess here, but since there is no cure, I'd have to 
say that there are some sort of treatments.

Perhaps they studied wolfsbane at this point, but the quote 
says "treating werewolf bites" rather than treating the lycanthropy 
itself.

Going out further on a limb, I'm going to speculate that there may be 
certain circumstances where a treatment is viable.

Quote from a completely imaginary text:
Treatment of Werewolf Bites

In certain cases, a bite may be treated on the scene.  These are 
rare, but the well-trained wizard could save a life by using one of 
the following procedures.

1)  Amputation.  If the bite is on a finger or toe, the offending 
digit may be removed with a painless severing charm (see also 
Fantastic Beasts, removal of crup tails).  This is only effective if 
the bite is fresh and the werewolf saliva has not traveled beyond the 
digit into the blood stream.

The offending digit may be dried and powdered and spread around 
henhouses to deter wolves.  It may also be served with a pinch of 
cumin over couscous.  

2)  Removal of saliva from the blood stream.  If the bite is on an 
arm or leg, but the saliva has not yet travelled, a tourniquet may be 
placed above the wound, and the wound sliced open.  The victim should 
be placed in a prone position so that the offending limb is below the 
level of the heart.
 
The rescuer must check his/her mouth for cuts or wounds, and if there 
are none, may proceed to suck the blood out of the would and spit it 
out.  DO NOT SWALLOW.  The victim is in no state to care if you 
truely love him/her. 

If the blood has travelled into the rest of the limb, amputation may 
be necessary.

In all cases, the victim should be taken to St. Mungo's as soon as 
possible.  It is best to have one person stay with the victim, whilst 
another apparates or flies to St. Mungo's where portkey transport can 
be arranged.  


Anyway, that's my take on possible treatments.  Maybe it's right, 
maybe it isn't.  Maybe JKR will write a Magical First Aid Guide.

Ginger, just going with the thought stream today.