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Likewise with 10102 and 90000. *gets started on tea and cookies for the void zone*

One hour remains. knLCbS02T1Y

They are at least acknowledging looking into the problems here, including the 90000 server error now: http://forum.square-enix.com/ARR-Test/threads/100415-The-beta-test-server-status-for-Aug.-16 Hopefully will be a fix soon!

Thank you very much for the replies and the link to the healing thread! *tips hat* This has helped me already a great deal! The role that the study of medicine in this setting plays has definitely interested me, and alchemists definitely would have their part in it. It seems closer to the age of the renaissance where poultices have become an officially acknowledged form of study as well as anatomy. I am mainly curious if the technology such as blood transfusions or organ transplants would be among the known methodologies or if perhaps the inclusion of magic would have better analog alternatives? Would the knowledge of microorganisms be present with the biologists of the world, for instance? Focuses such as physical therapy, preventative medicine, inoculations, and nutrition seem to still have a very valid use within the world then as they are not covered easily by magic. The existence of a widespread plague among the Hyur is very interesting, is there any mention of the means by which the cure was found? Indeed the outcome should always be in the hands of the injured character's player after reaching a consensus of the results of any healing, magical or non. Roleplaying a healer is far more meaningful if they are not simply a vending machine for cure spells, hence my great interest in combining medicine into healing within what is reasonable for Eorzea but first consulting if such a combination would be reasonable and useful. The constant quest to further one's medical arts to help people is likely what drives most called to the healer's path but my concern is with such powerful magic available if the study of magical healing would overpower the physical physician.

A very interesting character concept for me would be a doctor or a field surgeon using physical medicine to accompany their Conjuration magics. But I am finding little information on what would be the appropriate practices and technology that would fit within Eorzea. Is there anyone else who has considered these topics and willing to provide insight? Within lore, are there examples of ailments that Conjurers have not been able to treat effectively? Would some basic surgical knowledge help the recovery time of patients, such as sutures over a large laceration before a Conjurer could be located and have their magic applied? And would there have been enough cause for the technology to develop, perhaps before Conjurers were as widespread and available? After reading several related posts on how magic works, such as here, Conjuration magic seems very similar to older medicine traditions. Such examples are the Five Elements and drawing each elemental power to a being to encourage a patient to heal faster as well as sensing and treating ailments such as diseases or poisons. Perhaps traditional methods involving this view of medicine would have become more in practice, for instance acupuncture and herbs that would help with elemental flows within a patient? Also does the existence of Magitek grafts give the potential for earlier surgical methods being known, for instance removing limbs safely as well as an understanding of anatomy?