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{{Infobox power
{{Infobox power
| image = powers_linderman_2.jpg
| image = Healing in Tabula Rasa.JPG
| caption = [[Daniel Linderman|Linderman]] revives a dying flower.
| caption = [[Jeremy Greer]] heals [[Peter]]'s wounds.
| held by = [[Daniel Linderman]] (deceased), <br>[[Ishi Nakamura]] (deceased), <br>[[Jeremy Greer]] (deceased)
| held by = [[Jeremy Greer]] (deceased)
| absorbed by = [[Peter Petrelli]] ([[Ability loss|lost]])
| absorbed by = [[Peter Petrelli]] ([[Ability loss|lost]])
| ability to = Heal the injuries of any living thing
| ability to = Heal or harm others by controlling the flow of life
}}
}}
'''Healing touch''' is the [[ability]] to cause other individuals to heal injuries at an increased rate, resulting in complete recovery in a matter of seconds. In some cases the user is able to drain the life out of living subjects, thus killing them.
'''Healing touch''' is the [[ability]] to control the flow of life in living beings, healing or harming them.

== Characters ==
== Characters ==
<u>'''Confirmed'''</u>
<u>'''Confirmed'''</u>
* [[Daniel Linderman]] is the first character to demonstrate this ability. (''[[.07%]]'')
* [[Jeremy Greer]] possessed this ability naturally. (''[[Tabula Rasa]]'')
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* [[Peter Petrelli]] [[Ability replication|replicated]] this ability from Jeremy (''[[Tabula Rasa]]''), but discarded it in favor of [[flight]] (''[[Brother's Keeper]]'').
* [[Ishi Nakamura]] also demonstrated this ability. (''[[Our Father]]'')
* [[Jeremy Greer]] also possessed this ability. (''[[Tabula Rasa]]'')
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* [[Peter Petrelli]] had replicated this ability from Jeremy (''[[Tabula Rasa]]''), but has since disgarded it in favour of [[Flight]] ([[Brother's Keeper]]).


<u>'''Unconfirmed'''</u>
<u>'''Unconfirmed'''</u>
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== Limits ==
== Limits ==
===[[Daniel Linderman]]===
Linderman has demonstrated the ability to completely heal serious injuries including a bullet wound that went all the way through a man's abdomen, a broken jaw, and a spinal injury that had left [[Heidi Petrelli|Heidi Petrelli's]] legs paralyzed for six months. He was also able to heal the damage caused by his mother's liver [[cancer]], but it is unclear whether he fully "cured" the disease.

It is not currently known if Linderman could have healed Dallas's injury if the bullet was still in the wound. It is also not known if he can heal his own injuries.

During the [[Vietnam War]], Linderman seemed to need to be in physical contact with the sick or injured person--touching the wound, if possible--for at least several seconds to cause healing. By 2006, he appears to be able to initiate healing with brief contact and then continue merely by holding his hand close to the subject. When healing Heidi's spinal injury, he only touched her hand, but he did hold it for several seconds.

By his own admission, Linderman cannot "bring back the dead". This apparently means that he cannot heal someone who is clinically dead, even if they have only been dead a short time. Specifically, although none of them had been dead for more than a few minutes, he could not revive members of his special operations unit who were killed in an ambush, nor could he revive [[Au Co]]. He also seems unable to cure illnesses caused by viruses and/or bacteria, otherwise he would have been able to cure [[Molly Walker]] without the assistance of [[Mohinder Suresh]].

Linderman can heal the brain damage caused by telepathic attacks that alter a person's behavior or memory, effectively restoring the person's original memories and personality. (''[[Villains]]'')

Linderman's healing abilities are not restricted to human beings or even animals; he seems to be able to repair damage to any living thing.

===[[Ishi Nakamura]]===
Ishi Nakamura was apparently unable to use her ability to heal whatever condition was killing her. It is unclear if this means that healers cannot heal their own injuries or if Ishi's condition was beyond all healing. An alternative possibility is that her disease was caused by a pathogen, in which case the limitations on Linderman's ability mentioned above (he was unable to cure [[the Shanti Virus]]) could apply here.

Ishi's apparent preferred gesture was that of a kiss, due to her affection for her son and for her dove, but she presumably has the same physical contact requirements as Linderman.

Though she was unsure, Ishi was able to restore more than a decade's worth of her [[Hiro|son]]'s memories after [[Arthur]]'s attack.

===[[Jeremy Greer]]===
===[[Jeremy Greer]]===
Jeremy had the ability to heal, but he could also use his ability to take the life out of living things. This seemed to happen whenever he experienced negative emotions, as he said that he was angry when he used his ability to kill his parents. But by thinking positively, he was able to use his ability to heal. While in anger, Jeremy killed a citzen of his town and Noah tried to get him to reverse it, but instead he chose to let him die. Later, Jeremy had the choice of using his ability to kill Deputy Gil, but didn't as he was finally able to control himself with using this ability.
Jeremy had the ability to heal, but he could also use his ability to take the life out of living things. This seemed to happen whenever he experienced negative emotions, as he said that he was angry when he used his ability to kill his parents. But by thinking positively, he was able to use his ability to heal. While in anger, Jeremy killed a citizen of his town and Noah tried to get him to reverse it, but instead he chose to let him die. Later, Jeremy had the choice of using his ability to kill [[Deputy Gill]], but didn't as he was finally able to control himself with using this ability.


===[[Peter Petrelli]]===
===[[Peter Petrelli]]===
Peter initially [[ability replication|took]] this ability in order to heal Hiro of his brain tumor, but Hiro [[space-time manipulation|teleported]] away before he got back and Peter never got the chance. Peter began using this ability to help people in his job as a paramedic. When two trains collided, he healed at least four people of most of their injuries on the way to the hospital (including one man who was paralyzed from at least the waist down indicating a broken back or neck) and one man with serious burns at the hospital. He also is able to control this ability enough that he heals ''most'' of the people's injuries to presumably avoid suspicion, targeting only the most serious and life-threatening ones. An example is how he healed the paralyzed man's paralysis but not an apparently minor head wound he had. However, using this ability so much exhausted him with Peter describing it as the ability draining in and out of him, however he refuses to give it up and be ordinary.
Peter initially [[Ability replication|replicated]] this ability in order to heal [[Hiro]] of his brain tumor, but Hiro [[Space-time manipulation|teleported]] away before he got back and Peter never got the chance. Peter began using this ability to help people in his job as a paramedic. When two trains collided, he healed at least four people of most of their injuries on the way to the hospital (including one man who was paralyzed from at least the waist down, indicating a broken back or neck) and one man with serious burns at the hospital. He also is able to use this ability to only heal ''most'' of those people's injuries to presumably avoid suspicion, targeting only the most serious and life-threatening ones. An example is how he healed a man's paralysis but not an apparently minor head wound he had. However, using this ability exhausted him. Peter described it as the ability continually draining out of him, however, he refuses to give it up and be ordinary. He later used it to heal [[Matt Parkman]]'s wounds, but discarded the ability in favor of [[flight]] from [[Sylar]], before he could heal Hiro.


==Selected [[Examples of healing touch|Examples]]==
==Examples==
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Image:mr. and Mrs. Greer.jpg|[[Jeremy Greer]] normally causes anything he touches to die...
Image:Healing liver cancer.JPG|Austin tells Dallas about how he was treated after he healed [[Linderman's mother|his mother]] of liver [[cancer]].<br />(''[[War Buddies, Part 3]]'')
Image:Dead Au Co.JPG|Austin tries to heal [[Au Co]], but is unsuccessful--he cannot heal the dead.<br />(''[[War Buddies, Part 5]]'')
Image:Healing in Tabula Rasa.JPG|...but with help from [[Noah]], Jeremy manages to heal [[Peter]] after shooting him.<br />(''[[Tabula Rasa]]'')
Image:Healing touch in Strange Attractors.JPG|The dark side of Jeremy's ability shows itself as he kills [[Cainan citizen|a man]].<br />(''[[Strange Attractors]]'')
Image:powers_linderman_3.jpg|Linderman demonstrates his powers to [[Nathan]] by returning a flower to full bloom.<br />(''[[.07%]]'')
Image:Healing touch in 408 (1).JPG|[[Peter]] uses this ability to heal [[Patrick]]...
Image:Powers healing heidi.jpg|With just a touch and a rub, Linderman heals [[Heidi Petrelli]] and she can walk again.<br />(''[[Landslide]]'')
Image:0308-linderman-ability-angela.jpg|[[Linderman]] uses his ability to heal [[Angela]]'s mind.<br />(''[[Villains]]'')
Image:Healing touch in 408 (2).JPG|...as well as another injured patient.<br />(''[[Shadowboxing]]'')
Image:Healing touch in 409 (1).JPG|Peter touches [[Matt]]...
Image:Holy Kiss.jpg|Ishi heals Hiro's mind.<br />(''[[Our Father]]'')
Image:Linderman heals Angelas scar.jpg|In [[1961 (year)|1961]], Linderman heals Angela's leg scar.<br/>{{epp|323}}
Image:Healing touch in 409 (2).JPG|...and his wounds slowly heal.<br />{{epp|409}}
Image:Healing in Tabula Rasa.JPG|After shooting Peter, [[Jeremy Greer]] heals him.<br />{{epp|405}}
</gallery>
</gallery>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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*[[Noah]] says that it's possible for healing abilities to "flipside" and evolve into abilities that can also take away a person's life force (''[[Tabula Rasa]]''). This has been demonstrated by [[Jeremy Greer]] and an unnamed woman from China.
*Linderman's healing is similar to [[Claire Bennet|Claire Bennet's]] [[regeneration]] power because they both have regenerative properties. However, they differ in that Claire has demonstrated her ability to come back from the dead, whereas Linderman specifically states that he cannot bring back the dead. Linderman is also able to heal others, whereas Claire is unable to heal anyone other than herself without the person being injected with her blood.
* According to the [[episode commentary]] for ''[[Shadowboxing]]'', Peter is "not able to heal everyone." In fact, [[Adam Armus]] said that every time Peter heals somebody, it "takes something out of him."
*[[yamagatofellowship.org|Yamagato Fellowship]] has files on heroes of the past. One hero is Gawain, whose knowledge of herbs made him a great healer.
*At a young age, [[Peter]] had a meeting with [[Linderman]], but Peter had not [[empathic mimicry|displayed]] his ability of healing.
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*[[Noah]] says that healing abilities often evolve into abilities that can also take away a person's life force. This has been demonstrated by [[Jeremy Greer]] and an unnamed woman from China. However, [[Daniel Linderman]] and [[Ishi Nakamura]], two healers, have never displayed this aspect of healing.
*Every on-screen character who naturally possessed this ability has ironically died.


==See Also==
==See Also==
* {{seealsodisambig|healing}}
* {{seealsodisambig|healing}}
* For the similar ability to take the life force and change age, see '''[[age transferal]]'''.
* For the similar ability to take the life force and change age, see '''[[age transferal]]'''.
* For another ability to heal injuries of living things, see '''[[healing]]'''.
* For the similar ability to detect and heal physical, mental, and emotional damage, see '''[[health optimizing]]'''.
* For the similar ability to detect and heal physical, mental, and emotional damage, see '''[[health optimizing]]'''.


Latest revision as of 18:41, 19 August 2010

Healing touch

Jeremy Greer heals Peter's wounds.
Originally held by: Jeremy Greer (deceased)
Absorbed by: Peter Petrelli (lost)
Ability to: Heal or harm others by controlling the flow of life

Healing touch is the ability to control the flow of life in living beings, healing or harming them.

Characters

Confirmed

Unconfirmed

Limits

Jeremy Greer

Jeremy had the ability to heal, but he could also use his ability to take the life out of living things. This seemed to happen whenever he experienced negative emotions, as he said that he was angry when he used his ability to kill his parents. But by thinking positively, he was able to use his ability to heal. While in anger, Jeremy killed a citizen of his town and Noah tried to get him to reverse it, but instead he chose to let him die. Later, Jeremy had the choice of using his ability to kill Deputy Gill, but didn't as he was finally able to control himself with using this ability.

Peter Petrelli

Peter initially replicated this ability in order to heal Hiro of his brain tumor, but Hiro teleported away before he got back and Peter never got the chance. Peter began using this ability to help people in his job as a paramedic. When two trains collided, he healed at least four people of most of their injuries on the way to the hospital (including one man who was paralyzed from at least the waist down, indicating a broken back or neck) and one man with serious burns at the hospital. He also is able to use this ability to only heal most of those people's injuries to presumably avoid suspicion, targeting only the most serious and life-threatening ones. An example is how he healed a man's paralysis but not an apparently minor head wound he had. However, using this ability exhausted him. Peter described it as the ability continually draining out of him, however, he refuses to give it up and be ordinary. He later used it to heal Matt Parkman's wounds, but discarded the ability in favor of flight from Sylar, before he could heal Hiro.

Examples

Notes

  • Noah says that it's possible for healing abilities to "flipside" and evolve into abilities that can also take away a person's life force (Tabula Rasa). This has been demonstrated by Jeremy Greer and an unnamed woman from China.
  • According to the episode commentary for Shadowboxing, Peter is "not able to heal everyone." In fact, Adam Armus said that every time Peter heals somebody, it "takes something out of him."

See Also

  • For other uses of healing, see healing (disambig).
  • For the similar ability to take the life force and change age, see age transferal.
  • For another ability to heal injuries of living things, see healing.
  • For the similar ability to detect and heal physical, mental, and emotional damage, see health optimizing.

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:Healing touch for fan-created theories and other speculation.


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