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One of the possible versions of the third question in the sorting hat quiz on the old Pottermore read:

A troll has gone berserk in the Headmaster's study at Hogwarts. It is about to smash, crush and tear several irreplaceable items and treasures, including a cure for dragon pox, which the Headmaster has nearly perfected; student records going back 1000 years and a mysterious handwritten book full of strange runes, believed to have belonged to Merlin. In which order would you rescue these objects from the troll's club, if you could?

But a cure for Dragon Pox had already been discovered in the sixteenth century:

Gunhilda of Gorsemoor

 

Healer

 

1556 - 1639

 

One-eyed, hump-backed witch famous for developing a cure for Dragon Pox. When she died, everyone who knew her felt great sorrow, for she was a talented and hardworking healer (fw37)

Is there any in-universe explanation as to why a Hogwarts headmaster would be developing a cure to something already cured, or why there would be any point in saving said incomplete cure?

One of the possible versions of the third question in the sorting hat quiz on the old Pottermore read:

A troll has gone berserk in the Headmaster's study at Hogwarts. It is about to smash, crush and tear several irreplaceable items and treasures, including a cure for dragon pox, which the Headmaster has nearly perfected; student records going back 1000 years and a mysterious handwritten book full of strange runes, believed to have belonged to Merlin. In which order would you rescue these objects from the troll's club, if you could?

But a cure for Dragon Pox had already been discovered in the sixteenth century:

Gunhilda of Gorsemoor

 

Healer

 

1556 - 1639

 

One-eyed, hump-backed witch famous for developing a cure for Dragon Pox. When she died, everyone who knew her felt great sorrow, for she was a talented and hardworking healer (fw37)

Is there any in-universe explanation as to why a Hogwarts headmaster would be developing a cure to something already cured, or why there would be any point in saving said incomplete cure?

One of the possible versions of the third question in the sorting hat quiz on the old Pottermore read:

A troll has gone berserk in the Headmaster's study at Hogwarts. It is about to smash, crush and tear several irreplaceable items and treasures, including a cure for dragon pox, which the Headmaster has nearly perfected; student records going back 1000 years and a mysterious handwritten book full of strange runes, believed to have belonged to Merlin. In which order would you rescue these objects from the troll's club, if you could?

But a cure for Dragon Pox had already been discovered in the sixteenth century:

Gunhilda of Gorsemoor

Healer

1556 - 1639

One-eyed, hump-backed witch famous for developing a cure for Dragon Pox. When she died, everyone who knew her felt great sorrow, for she was a talented and hardworking healer (fw37)

Is there any in-universe explanation as to why a Hogwarts headmaster would be developing a cure to something already cured, or why there would be any point in saving said incomplete cure?

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Why would the Headmaster try re-curing Dragon Pox?

One of the possible versions of the third question in the sorting hat quiz on the old Pottermore read:

A troll has gone berserk in the Headmaster's study at Hogwarts. It is about to smash, crush and tear several irreplaceable items and treasures, including a cure for dragon pox, which the Headmaster has nearly perfected; student records going back 1000 years and a mysterious handwritten book full of strange runes, believed to have belonged to Merlin. In which order would you rescue these objects from the troll's club, if you could?

But a cure for Dragon Pox had already been discovered in the sixteenth century:

Gunhilda of Gorsemoor

Healer

1556 - 1639

One-eyed, hump-backed witch famous for developing a cure for Dragon Pox. When she died, everyone who knew her felt great sorrow, for she was a talented and hardworking healer (fw37)

Is there any in-universe explanation as to why a Hogwarts headmaster would be developing a cure to something already cured, or why there would be any point in saving said incomplete cure?