The Cure - Why not use it Poppy?

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 169997

Goddlefrood:
>I agree on this point. There was something I wanted to add to
the discussion of the SNEAK pustules even though it may not be
thought possible to do so.

Ceridwen:
Heh.  I don't see why not.  DH isn't quite out yet. ;)

Goddlefrood:
Why, if bubotuber pus is effective against the more stubborn
froms of acne (p. 172 - GoF, Blomsbury Hardback), did Poppy
not apply it to Marietta?

Ceridwen:
Maybe she did.  Maybe it didn't work.  I'm sure, if such a cure is 
available and known, that the healers at St. Mungo's tried it too, on 
her parents' behest.

Goddlefrood:
Madam Sprout had given a large supply of the stuff to Madam
Pomfrey and it would be well known to her, methinks. Perhaps
Poppy doesn't like sneaks and felt it apposite to leave Ms.
Edgecombe with her pustules.

Ceridwen:
I expect you're right that Madam Pomphrey is familiar with bubotuber 
pus.  She is a competent nurse: she has seen to many of Harry's 
injuries.  He has never gone to St. Mungo's for treatment after a 
problem at school.

In my opinion, whether Poppy doesn't like sneaks has no bearing on 
Madam Pomphrey doing her job.  This is not only a case of personal 
feelings, but of a life's-work.  Her professional standing, her 
position within her workplace, depends on her doing her job 
professionally, which means being divorced from feelings about a 
particular student and whether or not that student "deserved" what he 
or she got.  Look at the man who oversees her efforts: Dumbledore, 
who gave Snape, Lupin, Draco, and possibly others, second chances, 
and who objected strenuously when Umbridge tried to physically 
assault Marietta herself.  Hogwarts is not a place where "s/he 
deserved it" is a valid reason for shirking duty; as if Madam 
Pomphrey ever would.

Ceridwen.