The Eternal City . Healing Basics

The Eternal City has its own set of useful help files, both on the main website and in the game. To access the game's help files on healing, type ?healing. Below are the help files from the game on the skill actions.

The first thing that you must do is get your patient to sit or lay down. This is not always an easy task. Once you have settled your patient, focus your attention on them. To do this, you HEAL that person. (HEAL LUTHAL). HEAL will give you a quick overview of the parts of that person's body that need tending to, and alert you to any life-threatening situations. Once you have HEALed someone, you no longer need to add their name to healing commands. Typing HEAL with no name after it tells you who your current patient is. The rest of the healing commands deal with specific body parts. To get a more detailed description of a body part, you can DIAGNOSE it. (DIAGNOSE LEFT SHOULDER) The more training you have, the more information a successful diagnosis will give you. Diagnosis is not strictly necessary to treat a wound, but it is strongly recommended that you diagnose every wounded body part. Most wounds will require only cleaning and bandaging to heal. Severe slashing wounds may require stitches, and broken limbs must be set. ALIGN syntax: align <limb name | torso> Minor bonesetting will fix a broken limb or bind broken ribs, to help them to heal. You must first diagnose a patient before setting a minor broken bone. APPLY syntax: apply <substance> [to] <body part> Salves, for example, will help a burn to heal. You must first diagnose a patient before applying something to a limb. BANDAGE syntax: bandage <body part> with bandage Bandaging a wounded part (after it has been cleaned) starts the healing process. You must first diagnose your patient before bandaging a part. CUT syntax: cut bandages [from] <body part> cut stitches [from] <body part> cut tourniquet [from] <body part> cut splint [from] <body part> Cut lets you remove bandages or stitches from a formerly wounded body part once you judge it to be healed. You must first diagnose a patient before removing bandages or stitches. DIAGNOSE syntax: diagnose <body part> The diagnose command gives you more information about any wounded body part that you have noticed using HEAL (person). FEED syntax: feed <item> [to] <patient> This command lets you feed healing herbs or other items to a passive or unconscious person. PASSIVE syntax: passive This command relaxes your defenses, allowing people greater access to you. Note that while this is helpful with a healer, becoming passive with an enemy is a bad idea. ROUSE syntax: rouse <person> [with] salts Rouse lets you wake up an unconscious person. You do not need to diagnose a target, but you do need salts. SPLINT syntax: splint <body part> [with] <any longish item> Applying a splint to an aligned bone will keep the bone in place while it sets. Remember to align the limb before you splint it. STITCH syntax: stitch <body part> with thread Stitching halts the flow of blood from a bad slash wound. You must first diagnose a patient before stitching a wound. TIE syntax: tie <body part> [with] bandage This places a tourniquet on a bleeding limb, temporarily stopping the bleeding until the person can be helped.