- "Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has."
- ― Hippocrates, Founder of Hippocratic School of Medicine
- "Ungh! Is this to be an every night occurrence, sir?"
- ― Alfred Pennyworth to a severely injured Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
The power to instantly understand the healing properties of subjects in one's environment. Variation of Intuitive Aptitude.
Contents
Also Called
- Medical Skills
- Medical Training
- Medical Management
- Surgery Intuition
Capabilities
The user has great, if not innate, medical knowledge, enabling them to easily treat others' injuries and create medicines. One with this ability can cook up concoctions and remedies for ailments with nearly anything in one's environments. They are also able to tell which things in the wild (or in one’s kitchen) are poisonous and which are safe to ingest or to use to treat injuries. This ability is not always accompanied by the ability Healing, just the ability to discern sources of natural remedies in domestic products and the like.
Applications
- Anatomical Intuition
- Biochemistry Intuition
- Dental Intuition
- Drug Intuition
- Genetics Intuition
- Medicine Creation
- Medical/Lab Weaponry Proficiency
- Microbiology Intuition
- Necropsy Intuition
- Neurology Intuition
- Pharmacology Intuition
- Pressure Point Intuition
- Preservation Intuition
- Psychological Intuition
- Scatology Intuition
- Virology Intuition
Variations
Associations
- Biology Intuition
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Potion Creation
- Healing
- Health Manipulation
- Medicine Manipulation
- Restoration
- Science Intuition
- Supernatural Surgery
- Vital Scanning
Limitations
- Some injuries may be too great for the user to heal unless the user also has Healing powers.
Known Users
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Heaven Canceller (A Certain Magical Index)
- Shirayuki (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime)
- Doctor (Black Cat)
- Kuro Hazama/Dr. Black Jack (Black Jack)
- Retsu Unohana (Bleach)
- Mayuri Kurotsuchi (Bleach)
- Szayelaporro Granz (Bleach)
- Tenjirō Kirinji (Bleach)
- Akiko Yosano (Bungou Stray Dogs)
- Kanzaki Keine (Choujin Koukousei-tachi wa Isekai demo Yoyuu de Ikinuku you desu!)
- Shinobu Kocho (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Tamayo (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Medicmon (Digimon)
- Dr. Haruka Nishikikōji (Dokkiri Doctor)
- Porlyusica/Edolas Grandenney (Fairy Tail)
- Yachiho (Gan-Kon)
- Akisame Kōetsuj (History's Mightiest Disciple Kenichi)
- Kikyō (InuYasha)
- Cioccolata (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V/5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)
- Minakata Jin (JIN)
- Orochimaru (Naruto)
- Kabuto Yakushi (Naruto)
- Tsunade (Naruto)
- Sakura Haruno (Naruto)
- Chiyo (Naruto)
- Madara Uchiha (Naruto)
- Obito Uchiha (Naruto)
- Shinnō (Naruto)
- Haku (Naruto)
- Torino Tribe (One Piece)
- Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)
- Kureha (One Piece)
- Hogback (One Piece)
- Trafalgar D. Water Law (One Piece)
- Franky (One Piece)
- Caesar Clown (One Piece)
- Johann Faust VIII (Shaman King)
- Oregano (Sora no Otoshimono)
- Doctor Kazuya (Super Doctor K)
- Akihiro Kanou (Tokyo Ghoul)
- Shin Walford (Wise Man's Grandson)
- Minoru Kamiya (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Video Games
- Ajay "Lifeline" Che (Apex Legends)
- Ayesha Altugle (Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk)
- The Doctor (Assassin's Creed: Bonfire of the Vanities)
- Lisa Tepes (Castlevania)
- Mikan Tsumiki (Danganronpa)
- Meddy.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network 5)
- Naomi Hunter (Metal Gear Solid)
- Para-Medic (Metal Gear Solid)
- Dr. Angela "Mercy" Ziegler (Overwatch)
- Tae Takemi (Persona 5)
- Rebecca Chambers (Resident Evil)
- Emma (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
- Rena Lanford (Star Ocean: Blue Sphere)
- Dr. Mario (Super Mario)
- The Medic (Team Fortress 2)
- Asclepius (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Jonathan Reid (Vampyr)
- Doc Ginger (Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric)
Cartoons/Comics
- Horatio Quentin Quack (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Fiona Fox (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Alfred Pennyworth (DC Comics)
- Hush (DC Comics)
- Ra's al Ghul (DC Comics)
- Leslie Thompkins (DC Comics)
- Professor Pyg (DC Comics)
- John Zoidberg (Futurama)
- Downburst (The Incredibles)
- Lyca (Lavender Castle)
- Doctor Stephen Strange (Marvel Comics)
- Donald Blake (Marvel Comics)
- Jane Foster (Marvel Comics)
- Night Nurses (Marvel Comics)
- Marshall (Paw Patrol)
- Barbara Lake (Tales of Arcadia)
- Katie (Paw Patrol)
- Baymax (Big Hero 6)
- Mage Meadowbrook (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Folklore/Mythology
- Asclepius (Greek Mythology)
- Chiron (Greek Mythology)
- Apollo (Greek Mythology)
Literature
- Rezkin (King's Dark Tidings)
- Mary Cooper (Maze Runner)
- Teresa Agnes (Maze Runner)
- Dr. John H. Watson (Sherlock Holmes)
- Bonesaw (Worm)
Live Television
- Healer Alphas (Alphas)
- Fiona (Alphas)
- Ben Wilkinson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Doctor Venus (Fireball XL5)
- Henry Morgan (Forever)
- Robin Scorpio (General Hospital)
- Gregory House (House)
- Rowan Mayfair (Lives of the Mayfair Witches)
- Caduceo/Horace Diaz (Mighty Med)
- Dana Mitchell (Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue)
- Perry Cox (Scrubs)
- The Doctor (Star Trek: Voyager)
Web Animation/Series/Original
- SCP-049 - Plague Doctor (SCP Foundation)
Gallery
Heaven Canceller (A Certain Magical Index) can heal anything, whether it is a terminal illness or mortal wounds, distorting the laws of heaven, so long as the patient is still alive.
Doctor (Black Cat) is very skilled in medicals, using soft chi kung to accelerate cellular functions, healing wounds, and reattaching limbs.
Mayuri Kurotsuchi (Bleach) is very knowledgeable in medical science, having modified many people, including himself, in very innovative, yet disturbing, ways.
Szayelaporro Granz (Bleach) uses his scientific expertise to modify many of his subordinates for extra strength, or transform them into walking medicament.
Tenjirō Kirinji (Bleach) is the most powerful known healer, having taught Unohana many of her medical skills, personally, he specializes in balneotherapy, having invented powerful healing hot springs that not only cleanses bodies of impurities...
Kanzaki Keine (Choujin Koukousei-tachi wa Isekai demo Yoyuu de Ikinuku you desu!) is a medical prodigy and the finest doctor in the world, having successfully saved thousands of patients without a single death.
Although psychotic and completely deranged, Professor Pyg (DC Comics) is an adept surgeon who can perform complicated surgeries.
As a former field medic, Alfred Pennyworth (DC Comics) can perform first aid and more complex medical procedures such as arthroscopy and other advanced surgery to suture grievous wounds and remove bullets, limiting the need for hospital care for the Batman Family.
A world-class surgeon and neurologist, Tommy Eliot/Hush (DC Comics) has achieved extraordinary, near-impossible medical breakthroughs with his talents alone...
...most infamously feat was a surgically stitched a collection of certain facial features from inmates in Arkham City to his own face to look exactly like Bruce Wayne.
Ra's al Ghul (DC Comics) was a genius master physician, whose medical knowledge was six hundred years ahead of his contemporaries. He even managed to refine the Lazarus Pit to bestow immortality and regeneration.
Dr. John Zoidberg (Futurama) was considered by Professor Farnsworth to be a fine physician for aliens despite his knowledge of human physiology being absolutely atrocious.
As the divine physician of Olympus, Apollo (Greek Mythology) is the Greek God of Medicine and Healing, not only can he give divine protection from epidemics but also induced deadly plague via his arrows.
Apollo's disciple, Chiron (Greek Mythology) is legendary as the founder of Greek herbalism and pharmacy.
The demi-god physician, Asclepius (Greek Mythology) has surpassed his father Apollo and mentor Chiron in the art of medicine, able to even heal others back to life from the brink of death and beyond.
Dr. Gregory House (House) is well-known for his excellent if unorthodox, methods of practicing medicine.
Before his car accident, Dr.Stephen Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe) was one of the world's most renowned neurosurgeons.
Tsunade (Naruto) is heralded as the Greatest Medical Ninja in History, able to perform even the most complicated surgeries and even developed the ultimate regeneration technique.
Orochimaru (Naruto) has tremendous knowledge of the human body, having studied so long to achieve immortality and drawing out human strength.
As Tsunade's first disciple, Shizune (Naruto) is one of Konoha's finest and greatest masters of medical ninjutsu...
...able to successfully perform the most difficult surgical ninjutsu such as the Healing Resuscitation Regeneration technique to save a mortally wounded Neji.
One of the best of his generation, Kabuto Yakushi (Naruto) is a very powerful medical ninja, so full of surprising talent that even Tsunade believes him to surpass her during prime.
Sakura Haruno (Naruto) has inherited all of Tsunade's medical skills, being her second disciple, and is considered to be her equal in prime.
Obito Uchiha (Naruto) possesses such skill in surgery that he was able to transplant one of Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan into himself.
Chiyo (Naruto) was considered to be one of the best medical ninjas in Hidden Sand Village/Sunagakure, as she created many poisons, and can even transfer life force to bring the dead back to life and heal the injured.
Shinnō (Naruto) may have utter disregard for human life, but his immense knowledge in the human body allows him to perform flawless surgeries with only minor tools, and even enhance his own body.
...using his Thousand Needles of Death to precisely strike all his enemies' pressure points to kill them painlessly.
Trafalgar D. Water Law (One Piece) is a genius surgeon, he can treat the most brutal injuries such as magma burns, and with his Ope Ope no Mi, he can perform miraculous surgeries to treat incurable diseases.
Caesar Clown (One Piece) has tremendous medical knowledge, as he could use his chemical expertise to apply to heal and turn children into giants, as well as create artificial Devil Fruit ingredients that affects a person's bloodline.
Doctor Kureha (One Piece) is one of the finest doctors in the world as she maintains her aging 141-year-old body in top physical health and condition and trained Tony Tony Chopper into an outstanding medical doctor and expert.
The brilliant student of Kureha, Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) is an extraordinarily multi-talented prodigy in all fields of medical science...
...having researched and developed a massive collection of powerful medicines, far more advanced than most countries.
Tae Takemi (Persona 5) is an extremely talented Pharmacist, having developed many effective medications for the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.
Johann Faust VIII (Shaman King) has extraordinary talent in medical science. He could cure Eliza of an incurable disease and come up with unorthodox and gruesome, but effective healing methods such as deboning fractured bones to replace it with bones from corpses.
A surgical genius, Cioccolata's (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part V/5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo) sick medical experiments on his patients gave him an intimate knowledge of the human body, especially which body parts he can cut while preserving his victim's life...
...and with his surgery skills, he could perform surgery on himself quickly enough to bisect and reattach his own body.
Dr. Mario (Super Mario) is an excellent physician, having created special Megavitamins that can cure a common cold and the flu.
Minoru Kamiya (Yu Yu Hakusho) has medical knowledge as knowing the by striking certain pressure points/joints.
Oregano (Sora No Otoshimono) is a Medical Specialist Angeloid with an advanced medical system for accessing illness and injuries and restoring them to back to health
Shin Walford (Wise Man's Grandson) applied modern medical knowledge of human anatomy into his Abjuration magic skills to heal injuries more effectively, restoring the body of dying patients at a cellular level.
Ayesha Altugle (Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk) is talented in making all sorts of remedies and medications.
Akihiro Kanou (Tokyo Ghoul) is a brilliant surgeon, even creating a procedure to create artificial one-eyed ghouls by transplanting a kakuhou into humans.
Jonathan Reid (Vampyr) is a renowned surgeon and blood specialist, even serving as a medic during World War I.
Particularly skilled in the esoteric applications of medical qigong, Kyou Kai (Kingdom) is one of the resident medical experts and healers in the Hi Shin Army...
...thanks to her Shiyuu knowledge on chi, she can harness her own Chi to speed a person's recovery time as she did for Ri Shin after their duel and battle with Clan Gouma...
...and with knowledge on rare herbs and plants, she can create potent and effective medical ointments that can mend and boost a person's healing rate like with Ri Shin as he nearly lost his arm after a bloody duel with Rin Ko of the Four Heavenly Kings and Ou Hon as he nearly died after his fight with Gyou'un.
Kikyō (InuYasha) is extremely talented in Japanese Kampo medicine, having managed to save numerous lives despite the poor health care quality of the Sengoku era.
Ajay "Lifeline" Che (Apex Legends) can heal and revive her squad mates rapidly, with the aid of her D.O.C Drone.
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