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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
===1995===
 
===1995===
{{Quote|Look, [[Broderick Bode|Broderick]], you've been sent a [[Devil's Snare|potted plant]] and a lovely calendar with a different fancy [[Hippogriff]] for each month.|Miriam Strout's mistake|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}Strout was responsible for looking after long-term patients such as [[Agnes]], [[Gilderoy Lockhart]], and [[Alice Longbottom|Alice]] and [[Frank Longbottom]]. When [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] and [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] came up to the [[Janus Thickey Ward]] by accident, she led them in, mistaking them wanting to visit Lockhart, who had managed to sneak out of his room for a while.<ref>{{OOTP|B|23}}</ref>
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{{Quote|Look, [[Broderick Bode|Broderick]], you've been sent a [[Devil's Snare|potted plant]] and a [[Fancy hippogriff calendar|lovely calendar]] with a different fancy [[Hippogriff]] for each month.|Miriam Strout's mistake|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}Strout was responsible for looking after long-term patients such as [[Agnes]], [[Gilderoy Lockhart]], and [[Alice Longbottom|Alice]] and [[Frank Longbottom]]. When [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] and [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] came up to the [[Janus Thickey Ward]] by accident, she led them in, mistaking them wanting to visit Lockhart, who had managed to sneak out of his room for a while.<ref name="OOTP23">{{OOTP|B|23}}</ref>
   
She was also looking after [[Broderick Bode]] when he was killed by a [[Devil's Snare]] plant sent to him by [[Death Eaters]]. Although [[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries|St Mungo's]] has strict regulations of the gifts allowed into the hospital, Strout mistook the Devil Snare to be a harmless [[Flitterbloom]] and thought the improving Bode could take care of it, a mistake which cost him his life. She was suspended on full pay whilst the matter was investigated and was unavailable for comments for the ''[[Daily Prophet]]''. It is unknown if Strout was eventually fired or reinstated in her position.<ref>{{OOTP|B|25}}</ref>
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She was also looking after [[Broderick Bode]] when he was killed by a [[Devil's Snare]] plant sent to him by the [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] [[Walden Macnair]], disguised at the time as an elderly wizard. Although [[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries|St Mungo's]] has very strict regulations of the gifts allowed into the hospital, Strout mistook the Devil Snare to be a harmless [[Flitterbloom]] and thought the improving Bode could take care of it, a dreadful mistake which cost him his life. She was suspended on full pay whilst the matter was investigated and was unavailable for comments for the ''[[Daily Prophet]]''. It is unknown if Strout was eventually fired or reinstated in her position.<ref name="OOTP25">{{OOTP|B|25}}</ref>
   
 
==Personality and traits==
 
==Personality and traits==
Strout was evidently a very caring and kind-hearted witch, given her job as a [[Healer]], meaning she specialised in tending to the both the physically and mentally unwell, in the [[Janus Thickey Ward]]. She was very mothering and protective of her vulnerable patients, such as [[Gilderoy Lockhart]], who she even seemed to feel much compassion for, since he received no visitors. However, she was somewhat naive and inattentive in her professional duties, as she foolishly failed to identify a lethal [[Devil Snare]] plant that had been brought into her hospital ward (mistaking it for a harmless [[Flitterbloom]]), a thoughtless mistake which resulted in her patient [[Broderick Bode]] being killed by the plant, and her being suspended from her position.
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Strout was evidently a very caring and kind-hearted witch, given her job as a [[Healer]], meaning she specialised in tending to the both the physically and mentally unwell, in the [[Janus Thickey Ward]]. She was very mothering and protective of her vulnerable patients, such as [[Gilderoy Lockhart]], who she even seemed to feel much compassion for, since he received no visitors. However, she was somewhat naive and inattentive in her professional duties, as she foolishly failed to identify a lethal [[Devil's Snare]] plant that had been brought into her hospital ward (mistaking it for a harmless [[Flitterbloom]]), a thoughtless mistake which resulted in her patient [[Broderick Bode]] being killed by the plant, and her being suspended from her position.
   
 
==Magical abilities and skills==
 
==Magical abilities and skills==
*'''[[Healing magic]]''': As a professional [[Healer]] working at [[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries]], Strout was highly proficient in the art of medical [[magic]]. She worked in the [[Janus Thickey Ward]], meaning she was very able of looking after people who had suffered permanent [[spell]] damage. For her healing duties, she would have been highly accomplished with [[healing spell]]s, healing [[potion]]s, and other magical remedies to help cure or medicate her patients. In addition, in order to have trained as a Healer, she would have needed [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.s]] in [[Charms (class)|Charms]], [[Potions (class)|Potions]], [[Herbology]], [[Transfiguration (class)|Transfiguration]] and [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]], all at least "[[Exceeds Expectations]]" or "[[Outstanding]]" level.<ref>{{OOTP|B|29}}</ref>
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*'''[[Healing magic]]''': As a professional [[Healer]] working at [[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries]], Strout was highly proficient in the art of medical [[magic]]. She worked in the [[Janus Thickey Ward]], meaning she was very able in looking after people who had suffered permanent [[spell]] damage. For her healing duties, she would have been highly accomplished with [[healing spell]]s, healing [[potion]]s, and other magical remedies to help cure or medicate her patients. In addition, in order to have trained as a Healer, she would have needed [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.s]] in [[Charms (class)|Charms]], [[Potions (class)|Potions]], [[Herbology]], [[Transfiguration (class)|Transfiguration]] and [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]], all at least "[[Exceeds Expectations]]" or "[[Outstanding]]" level.<ref name="OOTP29">{{OOTP|B|29}}</ref>
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*'''[[Charm]]s''': Strout was highly capable in charm-work, given how a N.E.W.T. is required in [[Charms (class)|Charms]] for all Healers; furthermore, she was capable of unlocking the locked door to the [[Janus Thickey Ward]] with the [[Unlocking Charm]], as well as fixing a [[Fancy hippogriff calendar]] to the wall with her [[wand]] for [[Broderick Bode]], most likely using the [[Sticking Charm]].
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==

Revision as of 16:11, 29 June 2019

"A motherly-looking Healer wearing a tinsel wreath in her hair came bustling up the corridor, smiling warmly at Harry and the others."
— Description[src]

Miriam Strout was a British witch and Healer on the Janus Thickey Ward at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. She was described to be a motherly-looking healer.

Biography

1995

"Look, Broderick, you've been sent a potted plant and a lovely calendar with a different fancy Hippogriff for each month."
— Miriam Strout's mistake[src]

Strout was responsible for looking after long-term patients such as Agnes, Gilderoy Lockhart, and Alice and Frank Longbottom. When Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron and Ginny Weasley came up to the Janus Thickey Ward by accident, she led them in, mistaking them wanting to visit Lockhart, who had managed to sneak out of his room for a while.[1]

She was also looking after Broderick Bode when he was killed by a Devil's Snare plant sent to him by the Death Eater Walden Macnair, disguised at the time as an elderly wizard. Although St Mungo's has very strict regulations of the gifts allowed into the hospital, Strout mistook the Devil Snare to be a harmless Flitterbloom and thought the improving Bode could take care of it, a dreadful mistake which cost him his life. She was suspended on full pay whilst the matter was investigated and was unavailable for comments for the Daily Prophet. It is unknown if Strout was eventually fired or reinstated in her position.[2]

Personality and traits

Strout was evidently a very caring and kind-hearted witch, given her job as a Healer, meaning she specialised in tending to the both the physically and mentally unwell, in the Janus Thickey Ward. She was very mothering and protective of her vulnerable patients, such as Gilderoy Lockhart, who she even seemed to feel much compassion for, since he received no visitors. However, she was somewhat naive and inattentive in her professional duties, as she foolishly failed to identify a lethal Devil's Snare plant that had been brought into her hospital ward (mistaking it for a harmless Flitterbloom), a thoughtless mistake which resulted in her patient Broderick Bode being killed by the plant, and her being suspended from her position.

Magical abilities and skills

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 23 (Christmas on the Closed Ward)
  2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 25 (The Beetle at Bay)
  3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29 (Careers Advice)
St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
Founder: Mungo Bonham
Locations
Alchemy Room · 'Dangerous' Dai Llewellyn Ward: Serious Bites · Entrance dummy · Hospital Ward · Janus Thickey Ward · Poisoning Department · Purge and Dowse, Ltd · St Mungo's Admissions Department · St Mungo's Certified Healer Insignia · St Mungo's student programme
Employees
Positions Healer · Mediwizard · Trainee Healer · Welcome Witch St Mungo's emblem
Healers Astrid Cole · Dilys Derwent · Omar Abasi · Eustace Burke · Ruby Honeysuckle · Lancelot · Chiara Lobosca · Rutherford Poke · Augustus Pye · Hippocrates Smethwyck · Helbert Spleen · Miriam Strout · Portrait of a Healer · Wiggins · Talbott Winger's mother
Patients
Katie Bell · Bilton Bilmes · Bitten St Mungo's patient · Barnabus Blenkinsop · Philbert Chivers · Herbert Chorley · William Dale · John Dawlish · Andre Egwu's sister · Fugitive werewolf · Dorian Fungbury · Grubby-looking St Mungo's patient · Rubeus Hagrid · Penny Haywood · Gordon Horton · Jacob · Tulip Karasu · Cecil Lee · Cassandra Mason's tenants · Minerva McGonagall · Tasmina McLaggen · Eloise Mintumble · Montgomery · Naasz · Esme Page · Miriam Strout · Laura Thorn · Nymphadora Tonks · Unidentified dragonologist · Unidentified St Mungo's patient · Unidentified werewolf · Arthur Weasley · Ginevra Weasley · Winged St Mungo's patient · Winifred Warrington
Long-term residents Agnes · Alice Longbottom · Broderick Bode (deceased) · Frank Longbottom · Gilderoy Lockhart · Zenith Xeep