Board Thread:The Reference Desk/@comment-188432-20130505035914/@comment-1990034-20130506182505

I thought it was the effects of the venom of the Red Leech. Another thing, how did Winifred Gillyflower not get the Crimson Horror? She had a Red Leech attached to her, giving her the liquids from it's body. Wouldn't she be poisoned? Unless it's harmless, and they were making it into poison?