Best of Enemies all three parts

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
> 
> Kneasy:
>  Is Basilisk poison magical? I'd have thought not, it's
>  just a run-of-the-mill curdle your blood, fry your nervous system, 
> death- dealing venom. May be wrong of course. But it's my 
> understanding that according to the conventions of role-playing 
> games a magical poison is considered as a bit underhand, 
> sharp practice. Perhaps Jo doesn't play games.
> 
> Pippin:
> Arthur needs a magical remedy to counter the venom of the 
> snake that bit him in OOP,  and surgical stitches won't close the 
> wound, so I'm afraid, yes, the basilisk's poison is magical, too.
>

It was thought to be "unusual", yes.  The wound kept re-opening -
and they were looking for an "antidote" which sounds fairly standard 
when envenomation takes place, even amongst Muggles.

You may recall a discussion elsewhere - the best fit for Nagini
was Lachesis muta muta - the Bushmaster - and the effects of its
bite pretty much match Arthur's wound, tissue damage, slow
healing and bleeding abnormalities.

Nice! The sort of stuff I used to read with horror in those medical 
handbooks you buy before you go somewhere hot, nasty and days
from the nearest fridge. Dear, oh dear. The daft things I've done in
my life. Repeatedly. Must be mad.
Why bother with magical fantasy when you can experience the real 
thing?

'Scuse me, back to the grindstone - there's at least another 2 parts
still to pound out on this BoE series of posts yet.

Kneasy