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A mixture of powdered silver and dittany was used by wizards to treat werewolf bites, thus preventing a victim from bleeding to death. Despite this, there were several tales of wizards who begged to be allowed to die, rather than face life as a werewolf.[1]
The different ways of treating werewolf bites were covered on the first year Defence Against the Dark Arts curriculum at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry[2] (something that the Ministry of Magic deemed an "age appropriate subject").[3]
This mixture was, with all likelihood, behind the (false) Muggle belief that a werewolf could be killed by using a silver bullet.[1]
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- Pottermore (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter (website) (Mentioned only)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film) (Mentioned on label)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (Mentioned in History of Magic classes)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Werewolves" at Harry Potter (website)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 13 (Nicolas Flamel)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)