Why wasn't the choedan GAL used on Rands wound?

[Dagon Thyne]

new theory:

 

use a sister to plant some iron in rands skin around the wound, then use egween to channel it into cuellindar. no more splitting open!

 

 

Or they could experiment...take an condemned criminal and tell him if he lets the Aes Sedai cut him with a tainted blade and do tests on it trying to heal it, he will go free later on....The only reason it is said to be impossible to heal is because no one in the White Tower can heal it...they said the same thing about healing severing...but they were wrong...

[didymos]

new theory:

 

use a sister to plant some iron in rands skin around the wound, then use egween to channel it into cuellindar. no more splitting open!

 

Aaaaaand watch all the iron in his blood turn into heartstone too. At best, you've got a lovely and priceless statue of the Ex-Dragon Reborn. More likely, a very nasty mess.

[Byzantine279]

Actually this made me think of a question about his wound: Why do they not simply cut it out, bit by bit, and physically remove the tainted section, healing it as they go along so he doesn't bleed out. I mean the wound does not appear to go deep enough to be instantly fatal on its own, and the OP can heal any untainted physical wound, so why not simply cut out the flesh that is tainted, it is how you deal with infections that are too far gone for antibiotics to work.

[Durinax]

Actually this made me think of a question about his wound: Why do they not simply cut it out, bit by bit, and physically remove the tainted section, healing it as they go along so he doesn't bleed out. I mean the wound does not appear to go deep enough to be instantly fatal on its own, and the OP can heal any untainted physical wound, so why not simply cut out the flesh that is tainted, it is how you deal with infections that are too far gone for antibiotics to work.

probly because it would hurt way to much and we havent seen any surgions in the WoT yet

[nophone]

Actually this made me think of a question about his wound: Why do they not simply cut it out, bit by bit, and physically remove the tainted section, healing it as they go along so he doesn't bleed out. I mean the wound does not appear to go deep enough to be instantly fatal on its own, and the OP can heal any untainted physical wound, so why not simply cut out the flesh that is tainted, it is how you deal with infections that are too far gone for antibiotics to work.

probly because it would hurt way to much and we havent seen any surgions in the WoT yet

 

nynaeve could do it. they did something like that to perrin when he had some bit of arrow head wedged in his self.

[Val Mickey]

That evil will corrupt the knife. :wacko:

[dovien]

Choegam Gal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choeden_Kal#Choedan_Kal

[nophone]

Don't wanna spoil the thread but TP and OP are evenly matched, even in healing "insanity".

 

In aCoS, Moridin, or maybe it was the watcher (i'm reading it again now) mentions that there are thins that can be done with the TP that can't be done with the OP. (you know what maybe it said that can't be done with saidin, but im' pretty sure it said the OP).

[nophone]

Choegam Gal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choeden_Kal#Choedan_Kal

 

i was wondering if anyone would say something. It's a pun, I'm specifically revering to the female statue (the gal statue) because i don't believe rand would ever have trusted another man with the male statue.

 

back to the topic. we have argued up and down about whether or not the OP or the TP would be capable of healing this wound or not, but considering Nyneve's reputation for healing and nursing and general delving (i mean it was the first thing she did to Lan when she saw him again)...Considering all of that... every time I read this part of the novel, i'm aghast that she didn't even take another quick peak at his wound. it just astonishes me that she wouldn't try.

 

I'd even go so far as to say it's significant because it's out of character for RJ to write Nynaeve that way. Didn't anybody else think really quick "i wonder what she's gonna be able to do with his wound really quick" or feel a bit of shock when she didn't even delve him?

[didymos]

In aCoS, Moridin, or maybe it was the watcher

 

Moridin was the watcher. And the wanderer.

[nophone]

In aCoS, Moridin, or maybe it was the watcher

 

Moridin was the watcher. And the wanderer.

 

ah okay, i was under the assumption that it was, but i havn't been in a discussion where anyone proved it. at the moment i can't actually remember the wanderer.