HBP:First Impressions, esp about blood

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Amy Z" <lupinesque at y...> wrote:
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> Pippin wrote:
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> > That trickle of blood is either the biggest Flint this side of
> > Everest, or our man Snape is outed. The curse didn't work. AK 
> > doesn't leave any sign. If it had stopped Dumbledore's heart then 
> > he wouldn't have bled. QED
> 
> I had the same thought but I think we're both wrong.  If you have a 
> fatal heart attack and immediately fall off a tower, I think blood 
> will come out of your mouth or nose.  Is there a forensic physician 
> in the house?
> 

Yeah, there probably would be a small amount of blood.

Mind you, DD has had a gut-full of poison(?). He's dying.
There are lots of chemicals, natural and manufactured, that are corrosive
to the G.I. tract. One of the first actions in poisoning cases is to find out 
if it's one of these that has been ingested. And if so, the rule is do not 
induce vomiting, try to dilute the stuff. Which  is more or less what Harry
tried to do. A stomach full of corrosive could cause a bit of a bleed too.
And Jo is married to a medic. She probably checked.

No; I wouldn't get too fussed about a trickle of blood from the mouth or
nose if someone's been poisoned and drops off a tower after being AK'd.
I'd guess they've got enough problems already.

Kneasy