Healer

Healer
Organisation information
Headquarters	St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, London, England
Intentions	To tend to the sick and wounded
Affiliation	St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries Mungo Bonham Mediwizard Matron

Harry Potter: "Are they doctors?"

Ron Weasley: "Doctors? Those Muggle nutters that cut people up? Nah, they're Healers."

— Discussion regarding healers

A Healer was a qualified witch or wizard who tended to the sick and injured using healing magic. They were the wizarding world equivalent of a Muggle doctor. St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries (which was the primary hospital to England's wizarding community) was one such place where a Healer may have worked tending to the sick and injured.

Nature

"Witches and wizards in lime-green robes were walking up and down the rows, asking questions and making notes on clipboards like Umbridge's. Harry noticed the emblem embroidered on their chests: a wand and bone, crossed."

— Description of the Healers that work at St Mungo's

Healers and Mediwizards were the wizarding world equivalent of Muggle doctors and nurses.

St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries was one of the most well known places where Healers worked. It was founded by Healer Mungo Bonham in the 17th century. They treated magical diseases such as Dragon Pox, spattergroit, and vanishing sickness and injuries. Healers at St Mungo's wore lime green robes with the sign of a bone and a wand.

Healers could work in a variety of places. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, there was a Hospital Wing run by the matron. Madam Poppy Pomfrey was the matron from 1971 until at least 2014. Healers at Hogwarts tended to the sick and wounded at the school, but transferred anyone they did not have the resources to treat, to St Mungo's.

Healing magic

Healing magic was a branch of magic used by Healers and Mediwizards to treat the sick or wounded.

There were many different types of spells in this branch of magic, that had a variety of effects. There were also a vast group of potions that were dedicated to healing as well. Magical medication was also implemented and was normally related to healing potions, but things such as chocolate were also a type of medication. Some of these described below were:

Potion	Effect
Skele-Gro	Caused vanished or otherwise lost bones to regrow in a notably slow and painful process.
Pepperup Potion	Cured the common cold.
Blood-Replenishing Potion	Topped up the blood levels of the drinker after blood loss from injury or otherwise.
Wiggenweld Potion	Replenished lost stamina, and acted as the antidote to the Draught of Living Death.

Requirements

To become a Healer, one had to have excellent academic credentials. In Great Britain and Ireland, they needed at least five N.E.W.T.s, with a high mark of either 'Outstanding' or 'Exceeds Expectations' at: Potions, Transfiguration, Herbology, Charms, and Defence Against the Dark Arts.

Known Healers

Fat Friar

Gunhilda de Gorsemoor

Mungo Bonham

Josefina Calderon

Dilys Derwent

Noreen Blainey

Poppy Pomfrey

Miriam Strout

Wiggins

Eustace Burke (formerly)

Chiara Lobosca

Ruby Honeysuckle (formerly)

Lancelot

Wainscott

Hannah Abbott

Omar Abasi

Astrid Cole

• Urquhart Rackharrow
• Hippocrates Smethwyck
• Augustus Pye
• Six unidentified Healers
• Talbott Winger's mother
• Helbert Spleen
• H. Pollingtonious
• Maud Ashborn
• Rutherford Poke

See also

• Mediwizard

Behind the scenes

• A healer is defined as "a person who claims to be able to cure a disease or injury using special powers."
• The exact relationship between mediwizards and healers has never been made explicitly clear. Given the context where mediwizards are seen (attending to an injured Quidditch player), they may be healers specialising in traumatic injuries or the wizarding world equivalent of first responders. It may also simply be an alternate term.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First identified as Healer)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Appears as statue) (Appears in portrait(s))
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Mentioned only)
• J. K. Rowling's official site
• Daily Prophet Newsletters (Mentioned only)
• Pottermore
• Wizarding World
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Appears as statue)
• Harry Potter: The Character Vault
• Harry Potter Trading Card Game
• LEGO Harry Potter
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
• Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
• Hogwarts Legacy
• The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy (Mentioned only)