A Manual of Maladies: Infected Lycanthropy

Infected Lycanthropy is the affliction of those which results from being wounded by one with True Lycanthropy, which should be distinguished from Induced Lycanthropy. Neither of the latter conditions are actual diseases. The difference can often be readily deduced from whether the lycanthrope is distressed over his fate.

Any humanoid creature injured by a lycanthrope but not actually killed (and presumably eaten) has a chance to contract lycanthropy. Some lycanthropes transmit their affliction only through their bite, others through any natural attack, and some have been recorded even through the weapons they use.

If one who is wounded eats a sprig of fresh belladonna within an hour of the attack, there is a good chance this will cure the affliction. Overdosing is possible. Absent this immediate treatment, no natural methods are known to cure the disease, though some claim miracles have been performed. Regardless, lycanthropy infection will definitely incapacitate the patient from one to four days.

Diagnosing lycanthropy is easily done. Most lycanthropes will have the ability to take on three forms; though some will have only two. Form I is always the natural humanoid form, which over time becomes more and more reminiscent of the lycanthrope's animal form. Form II is a hybrid, combining both animal and humanoid features; the size of this hybrid tends to lie between the humanoid size and the size of the creature replicated. Form III is externally identical to that of a normal creature of the replicated species; the only visual clue is that the eyes may glow in the dark.

As a final test, the healer should be aware that a lycanthrope always reverts to its natural humanoid form within minutes of death.