#magical medicine

[serenaew]

Fest submission: Repertum

Story Title: Repertum Fandom: Harry Potter Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43378927 Summary:

repertum, i, n noun 1. discovery 2. finding again 3. invention

For Healer Harry Potter, the war is not over even years after Voldemort's defeat. As he finds himself recovering from an attack at his workplace, St Mungo's, familiar comfort flies in in the form of a kingfisher.

Warnings: Graphical Violence, hospital setting, references to oncology and mental illness Characters: Harry Potter, Severus Snape, OMC, OFC Pairings: Harry Potter/Severs Snape When I Started: I started this series more than a year ago - July 2022, I think? I posted the first part for last year's @snarryauctoberfest How I Lost My Shit: Life happened. How I Finished My Shit: Well. @wipbigbang happened.

Thank you to all of you who supported me, and to @dandelionstars for your wonderful art "Harrry and the Kingfisher"!

[luc3]

[Toads, part V.] /French Folk Traditions.

- Magical Medicine:

The toad is an ingredient widely used in magical medicine because it is supposed to absorb "bad humors" and thus behaves in popular tradition as a "panacea" (i.e : that cures everything.)

Toad is recommended in direct application for at least 24 hours in a row (alive, without being mutilated anywhere) on tumors / cancerous ulcerations. The recipe clearly specified that if the toad is dead (eaten by the cancer) then the patient is considered to be cure.

To stop "body fluids", nosebleeds, open wounds, menstruation, dysentery, put toad powder opposite the part to be treated. To do this, we will have dried in the bread oven a large toad locked up alive in an earthen pot.

Placed under the armpit, in the hand or behind the ear, the powder stops nosebleeds and a woman's flow of menses can be stopped by tying a toad around her neck.

Most of the time toad powder is boiled in wine.

You can also pick up two toads' eyes, crush them and put them to macerate in white wine: "we'll rub our eyes with it and drink what's left!" This recipe is good for "all" vision problems.

Worn under a hat until it dies, a living toad relieves migraine and cures meningitis.

Toad's paws discreetly slipped into the patient's hat or headdress put an end to all toothaches.

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[Excerpts from Sebillot / Delmas / Joisten. And pic @ le dictionnaire infernal.]

[3rdhousevenusian]

Swamp ~ Rose 🥀

Clarity~ stillness ~ movement flow ~ breathe ~ prayer

Transitioning to the next seasonal earth 🌎 cycle

[azures-grace]

While sitting here, thinking about that time I went into the ER with anaphylactic shock and sat there for 2 hours feeling like my chest was gonna collapse in on itself (I actually went cause I thought I was having a heart attack) I began wondering how fantasy worlds deal with allergies and anaphylaxis.

Idk if anyone is gonna see this, but if you do, I'd like to know your thoughts on it.

[solifelessblog]

Darius taking care of Hunter after a visit to the emperor...

Please reblog, don’t repost :)

[egophiliac]

I've had a beast of a cold for the last few days, but I wanted to get this out before the new year! while I've sort of made my peace with my first take on Lilia's UM poster, I really wanted to do a version with the new context that chapter 6 gave us. because. c'mon.

(don't worry, Lilia can carry ALL HIS KIDS AT ONCE)

[azulhood]

Conversations between best friends has often led to some reckless/stupid/not thought out at all decisions. Like one conversation the amity park trio had where Danny said that he couldn't see Tucker as a doctor (the medical kind) to which Tucker responded with "Alright, bet." and enrolled in medical school. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Wayne and Tucker Foley somehow by coincidence *cough* clockwork* became friends. And stayed friends even after Bruce dropped out and Tucker went on to finish med school. It was a strange friendship that was mainly just Bruce calling Tucker from the weirdest locations and asking things "Out of curiosity, if an immortal nutjob wanted you to marry his daughter and become his heir what would you do? uh-huh, uh-huh, really? ok, thanks." and meeting up for coffee every now and then. It was during one of these coffee meet-ups that Bruce confessed that he wanted to adopt a recently orphaned child by the name of Richard. There was currently push back from people who didn't think 'Brucie Wayne' would be a good parent and from others who didn't want a random kid having a chance to inherit the Wayne fortune, the media was also having a field day. Everyone kept asking him to "reconsider" and doing everything they can to stall/stop the adoption process. Tucker, being the good friend he was, said "Don't worry, I got this" Stood up from the cafe table, walked to the nearest library and politely asked to use one of their computers, spent a good ten minutes on it, printed something out on the library's printer, walked back to the cafe where he left Bruce waiting. And finally, he handed over the paper with the words "Take this." and continued drinking his now cold coffee. Bruce was, understandably, confused. "What is-" "Trust me, it'll work." Tucker assured him. That is how Bruce Wayne adopted one Richard 'Dick' Grayson.

And after that, Bruce went to Tucker whenever he came across a kid that he wanted to adopt, which was often. It's one reason why Tucker will do everything in his power to make sure Danny and Bruce never meet for fear that the Gothamite might try to add the Halfa to the growing army of children. Aka

Tucker Foley is The Guy

[thewisestdino]

The Moonpool

[creature-wizard]

It's so cool that potions are real and we can just buy them at actual stores. It's also really cool that we figured out how to dehydrate and shape them so that they be measured in perfectly even doses. Like wow I got a migraine about to knock me out? Eat Potion of Migraine Pain Relief (acetaminophen)!

[wizardsaur]

This is your friendly reminder that herbs aren't inherently safe.

Natural doesn't mean Safe.

Lightning is natural. Opium, therefore heroin and opiate drugs are derived from poppies. Cinnamon oil will burn your skin. Lilies are toxic to cats and will cause organ failure. Activated charcoal will neutralize your prescription medications and literally anything else in your system. St. John's Wort will destroy your serotonin production and mess with your happiness threshold if it DOESNT KILL YOU FIRST.

So anyway.

Do some damn good research every time you go to eat, breathe, bring around your pets, bathe in, or smoke something. Be safe please.

[thealexanderfiles]

[mindblowingscience]

Once maligned for their psychedelic properties, magic mushrooms are increasingly attracting attention for their same mind-altering potential as a therapy for a wide variety of mental health issues. Yet surprisingly little is known about the diverse neurological effects of the fungus's psychoactive compound, psilocybin, making it difficult to predict how the drug might ultimately benefit the community as a medicine. A study led by Washington University School of Medicine psychiatrist Joshua Siegel tracked brain changes in seven healthy adults before, during, and after taking a high dose of psilocybin, identifying disruptions in connectivity that persisted for weeks in some areas of the brain.

Continue Reading.

[pratchettquotes]

It was a cottage of questioning witches, research witches. Eye of what newt? What species of ravined salt-sea shark? It's all very well a potion calling for Love-in-idleness, but which of the thirty-seven common plants called by that name in various parts of the continent was actually meant?

The reason that Granny Weatherwax was a better witch than Magrat was that she knew that in witchcraft it didn't matter a damn which one it was, or even if it was a piece of grass.

The reason Magrat was a better doctor than Granny was that she thought it did.

Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

[sas-afras]

i kinda don’t get people who characterize maccready as like… secretly generous, or having a heart of gold or anything. like don’t get me wrong i don’t think he’s downright malicious or anything, but the dude is absolutely a selfish jerk once you get past the charming facade. that’s the part that’s compelling!

like, he’s nice enough and open enough with the player once you get high enough affinity with him, but his reactions to player actions still point to him being a jerk overall. the sosu just happens to be in His Circle of people he can be vulnerable with. that includes you, his son, and maybe daisy. everyone else can kick rocks, the same way it was in little lamplight

he HAD to grow up with that kind of “us vs the world, every man for himself” mentality in the capitol wasteland. doing so otherwise gets you killed or taken advantage of, which is just protracted death anyways. having grown up in a place where slavers run rampant, people are all pushing each other further down just to boost themselves up and live one more day, and it’s literally impossible to make renewable food sources because the ground is so poisoned i genuinely don’t blame him for ending up a little tight fisted. the fact that he was the mayor of little lamplight just meant that he ended up being able to accept a few people as His To Protect instead of being a total lone wolf.

the way he reacts to the players open generosity isn’t just for show, he Actually Dislikes when you give stuff away without expecting anything in return. you might need that thing and now its just gone!! that person might see you as a sucker! you give an inch and they’ll take a mile! and it makes sense for his character to be like that considering everything. i don’t get why people want to change that into him just being kind of tsundere.

i understand that having your babygirl blorbo comfort character be a canonical asshole in ways that aren’t just kinda charming can be offputting, but like…. the way he treats the sosu is a very notable exception to the rest of his life & it’s a much more interesting dynamic imo. especially if you’re playing a goody two shoes martyr. but that’s just me

[caycanteven]

Don Balsam ref I? I think?

Cant believe the mafia version got a “ref” before his actual one LOL.

Balsam has a powerful hand in the medical field in his part of the city and some parts outside it depending on alliances. If an unfamiliar subordinate ends up in one of "his" facilities, it's not uncommon to hear from a another boss or even a Don looking for "cures" for their family who got in a pretty bad tussle. Don Bal doesn't really show himself in public unless it's to visit his favorite diner—or his favorite waitress, and meet for business. People who know his practices well nicknamed him "The Doctor.”

[ryuki-draws]

Cursed son from my sketchbook