CHAPDISC: DH33, The Prince's Tale

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 184909

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> Had Wolfbane Potion been invented yet? If so,
> Potions genius Severus would assume that he was given that potion 
> and could safely be viewed.

zanooda:

The Wolfsbane potion was not invented yet, Lupin said in PoA that it 
was "a very recent discovery", and he described how he bit himself and 
screamed during transformation, which he doesn't do after taking the 
potion. Also, James and Sirius wouldn't have needed to "keep a werewolf 
in check" as animals, if he was able to keep his mind after the 
transformation. No, I think Snape just thought that the werewolf was 
either caged, or magically restrained somehow, as you and others 
already said.