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The idea of the king as a healer is an ancient one. Scrufula was known as the King's evil and the touch of early English kings was meant to cure it. Elrond had a long time to learn herblore and healing and no doubt ensured that all that could be taught was passed on to the Dunedain however there is clearly some healing going on in ME that isn't just knowledge. Glorfindel's touch alone eases Frodo's wound a little. Aragorn seems to have more power inhealing in Minas Tirith than he does at Weathertop but by then he has been acknowledged as king albeit informally by Imrahil legitimate suzerain in the absence of the steward AND he has the Elessar.
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace
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