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Ancalime · 04-12-2002, 09:44 AM

I don't think modern medicine is a very good example of how elves are different than men, because aren't they the experts of Middle-Earth medicine? One example would be Elrond healing Frodo's wound from Weathertop. I'm sure there are other examples, but it's late and I can't think. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] Which makes me wonder: how did the elves come to be the experts in the first place? As Ibun_Clawarrow said, elves are immortal and immune to illness, so why would the develop the art of healing? Anyone know? [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

04-12-2002, 09:44 AM	#9
Ancalime Pile O'Bones Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Numenor (I wish. . . Milwaukee, WI) Posts: 15	I don't think modern medicine is a very good example of how elves are different than men, because aren't they the experts of Middle-Earth medicine? One example would be Elrond healing Frodo's wound from Weathertop. I'm sure there are other examples, but it's late and I can't think. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] Which makes me wonder: how did the elves come to be the experts in the first place? As Ibun_Clawarrow said, elves are immortal and immune to illness, so why would the develop the art of healing? Anyone know? [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] __________________ Giorraíonn beirt bóthar (Two shorten the road)