CHAPDISC: HBP24, Sectumsempra

[quick_silver71]

No: HPFGUIDX 161274

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "zgirnius" <zgirnius at ...> wrote:
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> zgirnius:
> I am not sure why you conclude that Madam Pomfrey 'supposedly' knew the 
> healing incantation. I would have concluded from teh evidence in the 
> books that she most likely does not. 
> 
> First, because Snape identifies Sectumsempra as Dark Magic, and we are 
> told by Dumbledroe that Snape knows far more about the Dark Arts than 
> she does. Dumbledore says that this is why Snape, and not Madam 
> Pomfrey, is called on to heal Dumbledore and Katie Bell earlier in the 
> book.
> 
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Quick_Silver:
Wouldn't someone other then Snape have to know the healing
counter-curse for Sectumsempra though? Snape used Sectumsempra on
James but James isn't described as having any scars on his face (going
from vague memory here). So I'd say that a Marauder could probably
have healed Draco as well (which actually would make sense since James
knew Levicorpus).

Quick_Silver