Spells and Enchantments Lesson 3

Welcome back class! This lesson is called Simple Medical Spells.

The following spells are used to help with simple injuries, such as breaking your legs, waking a person up, and stopping someone. With these spells, it is important to care about your subject, as if you do not care to help, then the spell won't help, and often times can create a bigger mess.

The first spell we are learning about today is "enervate". This spell brings someone to consciousness. This spells is pronounced "in-ner-veit". I've seen some nasty problems with this spell, such that the spell was intended to help, but the caster didn't care, and created a full-body stinging hex on accident. Rather nasty, but it woke the poor boy up.

An important spell to wizard medicine is, of course, "ferula". This spell creates a sling when you flick your wand to the left, and creates a web of bandages when you flick your wand to the right of the injury. This spell is pronounced two ways; "Fer-u-la" is the most common, but "Fu-roo-la" works fine too. This spell does not produce anything when flicked straight up, but, when flicked straight down, it can create a web of bandages as long as the human body, and cast itself completely around the subject.

"Stupefy", an odd spell with sometimes frightening effects, simply immobilizes someone. This means that they are not able to move. This charm lasts 30 minutes on average, but a student under NEWT level could probably only make it last for 10. To cast this spell, you shout "stupefy!" (stoo-pe-fi) while pointing your wand at the person's head. If you say it too softly or evilly, though, you can send the student into a flutter of stupidity for five minutes. You should always be careful with this spell, as the record for longest immobilization of a person is 23 days, cast by Sir Ronald Whittleburg.

"hypnokinas" is a spell used to make someone fall asleep. This spell works for 8 hours, and is used by wizards in many high-noise cities. This spell is pronounced "hip-no-kee-nas". It's counter-spell is "enervate", which makes the person wake up. This spell needs to be said softly, as if humming a lullaby. And it is told that if the spell is said too strongly, it can put a person into an eternal sleep. Margaret Hemminly of London, England, is currently on display at an underground wizarding museum near Oxford because she's been under that curse for 1600 years! The wizard that cast the spell went to Azkaban for two weeks, but didn't get charged with anything as she was never pronounced "dead".

Spells and Enchantments - Assignment 3:

1. What is this lesson called?

2. What does "enervate" do?

3. If you're unconscious, and a person who doesn't care to help you attempts to, what can happen?

4. What are the two uses of Ferula?

5. How long does "stupefy" last for a below-NEWT-level wizard? What about for a full grown wizard?

6. What is the longest record of immobilization? Who set it?

7. What is the spell used to make someone fall asleep? How long does it work?

8. Complete the sentence: "Hypnokinas", the spell to make someone fall into a deep ________, lasts for ___ hours. Many wizards in ____-noise areas use it to ________.

9. How do you pronounce "hypnokinas"? How do you say it (with what tone of voice?)?

10. What is your favorite medical spell out of these five? Which alarms you the most, if at all? Have you used any, and which one (s)?

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