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harry potter - Why did St Mungo's not have any Mandrake juice to un-petrify people with?



In Chamber of Secrets, it appears that Hogwarts is the only place in the entire country to get fresh mandrake juice to unpetrify the students/cat that were petrified by the Basilisk.


Wouldn't St Mungo's have had any, it being a hospital for magical maladies, whereas Hogwarts is just a school that happens to teach about herbology and have mandrakes growing? Is it that much of an unusual ingredient for the potion required?




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