The Goa'uld healing device is a hand device used by the Goa'uld to heal a person.
Overview
The healing device of the Goa'uld is a device consisting of a large red crystal emitter which can be slid on one's hand. Like other Goa'uld hand devices, the healing device can only be used by people who have Naquadah in their blood such as Goa'uld, Tok'ra, and former hosts. The device is capable of healing Staff weapon wounds, several diseases and even near fatal injuries. It is however not as powerful as a Sarcophagus and can't revive the dead.
History
Although it is unknown how the Goa'uld invented the healing device, it is quite possible that it was created using data from the Ancient healing device, similar to the sarcophagus.
SG-1 first made contact with such a device when they visited the planet Cimmeria, where it was used by the former Goa'uld host Kendra to heal injures of the Cimmerians. When Heru'ur took over the planet one year later, Kendra was killed and her Goa'uld devices came into the possession of the SGC. (SG1: "Thor's Hammer", "Thor's Chariot"). This device was several months later used by Samantha Carter to heal the injuries of Cronus after he was injured by Nirrti. (SG1: "Fair Game")
When Daniel Jackson was mortaly wounded due to Naquadria radiation, Jacob Carter tried to heal his injuries with a healing device, although the device didn't have the power to completely heal him. The process was interrupted when Daniel Ascended. (SG1: "Meridian")
Vala Mal Doran, as the former host of the Goa'uld Qetesh, used a healing device to heal the people on P8X-412 after they were infected with a deadly plague by a Prior. Although she was able to heal many people at first, the device soon lost its effect. A year later, Vala used another such device to heal members of SG-25 who were attacked by a mutated beast on P9J-333. (SG1: "The Powers That Be", "Uninvited")
See also
External links
- Healing Device in Kathleen Ritter's Lexicon.
- GateWorld's article on Healing device in The Stargate Omnipedia
- Healing Device article on Stargate SG-1 Solutions' The StargateWiki