Blood

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 149168

Lupinlore:
> Good forensic points.  I would not think it would be unusual for a 
> dead body to expel a small amount of fresh blood after being dropped 
> a hundred feet.  I agree that it would be unusual for it to bleed for 
> half an hour.  Having said that, I don't think such issues came 
> anywhere close to crossing JKR's mind.  Just as she doesn't bother to 
> work out the speed of owls, so she did not, I think, care in any way 
> whether she was being realistic about blood drying.

Ceridwen:
But, she was pretty good about Harry's dried blood when Draco stomped 
his nose.  Hermione had to use her wand to syphon it off his face.

Also, Dumbledore was on his back, IIRC.  Blood rising without being 
pumped by the heart or pushed out by air from the lungs?  If he was 
already dead when he hit, the hit would have pushed the blood out by 
expelling the last of the air from his lungs.  But, half an hour 
later?  Did anyone think 'Dragon's Blood Ampule Between The Teeth'?

Since everyone's putting in personal experience, anyone with kids would 
know about dried blood, on skin and in the hair.  Kids get some nasty-
looking cuts and scrapes in the most inconvenient places.  I have four 
kids, JKR has two or three (though the new one doesn't count for OMG!
BloodEverywhere!).  My best friend's eldest used to get some horrific 
nosebleeds, which got in his hair.  She had a heck of a time wiping it 
out, even when it was fresh.

Ceridwen, who is not really a doctor, but who has played Dr. Mom on 
occasion.