Vol 2 Chapter 463: Unexpected potions lesson

"What?" Miss Ginny Weasley almost blurted out.
She looked at Professor Albus Dumbledore in surprise, and blinked suspiciously.
"Well... why the bezoar can detoxify the poison..." Ginny murmured: "Uh, I remember... Professor Arseny-Spoel introduced the bezoar in the book "Magic Potion and Potion" That's what I said..."
"Very good... So how did Professor Spoel make such a judgment?" Dumbledore asked at the same time with a kind expression.
"This..." Miss Weasley was speechless. She blushed and explained in a low voice: "Sorry... I don't know... Professor..."
"Well, it's nothing!" Dumbledore smiled slightly and waved to Ginny at the same time, motioning her to sit down first.
And under the podium, many students couldn't help whispering to each other... Obviously it was not just Ginny Weasley who was puzzled by this. Everyone was wondering why the professor would ask such a somewhat inexplicable question. .
Then he glanced at the crowd, raised his tone slightly, and said, "I think, I'm sorry about that...because on your faces, I can guess that none of you has ever thought about this problem... No one has ever questioned Professor Arseny Spoel’s description in the book "Magic Potion and Potion"..."
"...Of course, I am not showing disrespect to Professor Arseny Spoel, but simply questioning the rigor of his conclusion..." Professor Albus Dumbledore continued to explain calmly: "For example, he It just tells us roughly that bezoar can detoxify...but he did not specify in detail which kinds of toxic bezoars can achieve good results, and which kinds of toxic bezoars are powerless..."
"At the same time... there are still many things worth discussing... For example, how many doses of bezoar can achieve the best effect; if the dosage is exceeded, it will have an adverse effect... under what temperature and other conditions can help bezoar obtain The best effect; and under what conditions, the effect of bezoar will be very poor..."
Many of the students who said Professor Albus Dumbledore looked at each other.
"...In fact, if you read the "History of Magic" carefully, you will find some relevant records..." Dumbledore continued, "For example, in 1379, the Roman apothecary Alvaro Cecilio A small tube of loba worm venom was mistakenly swallowed as Motra mouse juice; after realizing something was wrong with his body, he quickly took a lot of bezoar again..."
"But the final result was that Mr. Cecilio died unfortunately three days later... In fact, the Loba worm's venom can cause a certain degree of nervous breakdown, but it is not fatal... Although the "History of Magic" does not provide details about it Described, but according to my guess, he probably died of poisoning after overdose of bezoar..."
Professor Dumbledore glanced at the crowd, then stopped the story he was telling.
Then he calmly called, "Any question, Miss Greengrass?"
Astoria Greengrass at the Slytherin table stood up, and she asked softly, "Uh...Professor Dumbledore... Do you mean that your "potions" course requires Take us to discuss the principle of potion action?"
"Correctly understand... Give Slytherin ten points!" Albus Dumbledore smiled.
"Yes...I hope that your understanding of potions does not stop at the potions themselves, but to understand them from a deeper perspective...their mechanisms, their principles, and the changes they produce... …"
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This unique potion class began like this.
They no longer use the cauldron or wield their wands... Albus Dumbledore has prepared many "cute" mice for them.
Of course, there are also bottles of Loba venom and bezoars ground into powder.
Professor Dumbledore instructed them to first give the mice different doses of venom, and then use different doses of bezoar to detoxify...At the same time, use the "growth curse" to speed up the growth of the mice and observe the changes in their appearance.
At the same time, Professor Dumbledore also instructed them how to use "cutting" and a sharp knife to "dissect" the dead mice, and observe the changes in their internal organs under some strange instruments...
Finally, Professor Dumbledore instructed them how to record everything they observed and summarize the corresponding "conclusion"!
...
If it is any other professor who has made such a subversive move in class... then he will definitely face the doubts of many students and even their parents.
But since it was Albus Dumbledore who was standing on the podium, the situation became a little different.
After all, Dumbledore is recognized as the most outstanding wizard of the 20th century...and one of the best alchemists of the 20th century...
Two hours later, as the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Professor Dumbledore left the potions class.
A group of students were left, and the discussion continued unfinished.
"It's amazing, isn't it..."
"Especially the thing that the professor called the ‘microscope’... it’s really amazing magic..."
"Unexpectedly~EbookFREE.me~ there are so many weird little bugs on our skin... It's terrible..."
The students from the four colleges chatted and left the class.
"This is definitely... the most interesting potions lesson I have ever taken!" Luna Lovegood was almost the last student who got up from her seat. She looked at Melinda beside her seriously. -Popin said.
"It's really interesting..." Miss Pobin looked worried: "But Luna, don't forget the o.w.l.s exam. Will the content of the exam be related to our courses?"
"I think you think too much, Melinda!" Luna covered her mouth and giggled. "Don't forget... But Professor Dumbledore taught us the courses... He will prevent us from getting the owls diploma. Huh?"
"That's..." Miss Pobin nodded. She picked up her backpack, but saw Luna sitting down again: "What's wrong, Luna... won't you go back?"
"Wait a moment!" Luna blinked, then lowered her head again and pointed at the strange instrument: "You go back first... I seem to have found something interesting!"